table of contents
- Check location
- Check care
- humidity
- Natural process
- Further measures
- frequently asked Questions
The green lily is a popular houseplant, especially in offices but also in many apartments. This is mainly due to the fact that it is usually very easy to care for. But why does a green lily get brown tips?
In a nutshell
- Brown tips on the leaves of green lilies are widespread and show up on every plant, sooner or later
- If the discoloration and dehydration show up, the location must be checked
- ideal watering is important so that the brown leaves can be avoided
- Tip of a leaf may be cut when it is brown
- Remove all of the leaves that have turned brown from the base
Check location
The plant must not be too sunny, because the brown tips of the leaves may well be sunburn. Problems can also arise when the plant is in the sun behind the window glass all day long, or when it is suddenly moved outside to a sunny location in summer. Then the ideal location should be sought:
- on a light window sill
- without direct sunlight
- otherwise protect with a curtain or roller blind
- straight on a south window sill
- in summer on the balcony or terrace
- bright but in light shade or partial shade
- Avoid the midday sun at all costs
Tip: If the green lily has brown tips or leaves, then you don't have to worry. Because mostly the plant only shows that it is not satisfied with the care given to it or the location. If you change that, the plant will stay nice and green for a long time.
Check care
As a rule, the green lily (Chlorophytum comosum) get too little water if the tips of the leaves and then the entire leaf turn brown. In such a case, however, the plant can be helped quickly:
- if possible, remove the root ball from the pot
- Immerse in lukewarm water for a short time
- until no more bubbles rise
- then drain well
- put back in the ground
- more regular watering in the near future
- Avoid waterlogging
- Pour off the collecting plate half an hour after the pouring process
Note: If you cannot remove the root ball from the container, you can also dip the pot in a bucket with lukewarm water and then let it drain off.
humidity
Green lilies are usually houseplants, except in the hot summer months. In winter they are therefore regularly exposed to the dry heating air. But the plants need a certain humidity so that they do not get brown tips on the decorative leaves:
- spray regularly with water from the air
- Place the bowl with water next to the plant pot
- alternatively use electrical humidification
- do not sit on a window sill over a heater
- Green lilies are also suitable for hydroponics
- this way they always get enough moisture
- Water from the hydrotot evaporates into the surrounding air at the same time
Natural process
If the location and care have been checked and there is nothing wrong with it, then it can also be a natural process that the leaves of the plant turn brown:
- possible causes can also be age
- evergreen plant
- from time to time repels an old sheet
- this first turns yellow, then brown and dries out
- simply remove directly from the base
Tip: Green lilies also form so-called kindles. If many of these have been formed, it is often the case that the plant puts too much energy into these offshoots that it has to branch off elsewhere, which leads to brown tips and leaves can.
Further measures
So that the plant does not waste its strength on the brown leaves or leaf tips, these should be removed. This should also be done for visual reasons:
- Remove the entire browned leaf at the base
- cut off brown tips
- oblique to the sheet
- so optical new tip is indicated
- Cutting tool must be clean
- disinfect beforehand
- even if household scissors are used
Note: All kinds of bacteria and fungi cavort on the blades of the cutting tools. If this is not cleaned and disinfected before the leaf tips are cut, these diseases quickly enter the plant via the interface and can damage it as a whole.
frequently asked Questions
This can be done very easily by paying attention to the ideal care and the right location of the actually easy-care evergreen plant from the outset. Because then the green lily has no need to let the leaves turn brown.
If the plant is too wet for a long time, the roots can rot. As a result, they no longer absorb water, so that the plant slowly dries up in this way. In such a case, too, leaves are lost. Here, however, you have to act quickly, remove the plant from the wet soil, remove the rotten roots and put everything back into fresh and dry substrate. Plants that have been exposed to waterlogging for a long time can often no longer be saved.
It is the opposite case. Because the plant must not be too dark. If the first leaf turns yellow, this is an indication that the decorative plant needs more light. But this should be done very slowly. It must first get used to more brightness from the shadow and should therefore be very slowly first implemented in partial shade and then in lighter, light shade so that they do not come into shock learns.