AT A GLANCE
Why is my flower maple getting yellow leaves?
When a flower mallow yellow leaves, the houseplant often suffers waterlogging. Other causes of yellow abutilon leaves are these deficiency symptoms and pests:
- nutrient deficiency
- lack of water
- lack of light
- aphids
- spider mites
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Tips for root cause analysis
In addition to yellow leaf discoloration, you can identify the causes by:
- Indication of waterlogging: wet soil, soft, rotten roots.
- Signs of nutrient deficiency: small, pale leaves, yellow leaf tips.
- Indications of lack of water: limp hanging leaves, curled leaf edges, dried-out substrate.
- Symptom of lack of light: long, weak fear drives to the light.
- Characteristics of aphid infestation: tiny lice on the underside of the leaves, later also aphid colonies on the shoots.
- Indicators of spider mites: silvery spots, webs.
What can I do about yellow leaves on the maple?
The first step is to determine using a root cause analysis the actual reason why your flowering maple is turning yellow leaves. In the second step, you solve the problem that was discovered:
- Eliminate waterlogging: Flowering Maple repot and water more sparingly from now on.
- Compensate for lack of nutrients: foliar fertilization, April to September weekly with liquid fertilizer fertilize.
- Eliminate the lack of water: immerse the root ball in rainwater; water more often in the future; Don't let the soil dry out.
- Compensate for lack of light: move to a bright window seat that is not in full sun; in the winter with a plant lamp(€29.00 at Amazon*) illuminate.
- Fight pests: Rinse off lice and spider mites, then fight with curd soap and alcohol solution.
Tip
Scattered yellow abutilon leaves are normal
Flowering mallow is an evergreen houseplant. Nevertheless, the leaves have not leased eternal life. A sporadic exchange of individual leaves is characteristic of all exotic Abutilon species. Occasionally a leaf changes colour room maple yellow, this is no cause for concern. It is best to wait until the discolored leaf has died off completely and simply pluck it off.
