Cut the leaves from the elephant's foot

You may feel the same way if the tips of the narrow leaves turn brown and the attractiveness of your elephant foot suffers. But caution is advised here. The unattractive brown leaf tips are quickly cut off, but the consequences are probably not desired.

What happens if I cut the leaves?

After you have cut off the tips of the leaves, it will not take too long for the cut edges to turn brown again. So you haven't won anything. Crop the brown leaves again, then the whole game starts over and becomes more or less a vicious circle.

How else can I get the elephant foot into shape?

It is more elegant than pruning the leaves to cut them off completely, i.e. to separate them close to the trunk. It is in the nature of evergreen plants that from time to time they get brown leaves and then these leaves fall off. A cause for concern only arises if significantly more leaves fall off or change color than new leaves grow back.

The essentials in brief:

• do not cut off the tips of the leaves
• If necessary, remove the leaves completely
• brown or sloping leaves within limits normal

Why are the leaves turning brown?

There are several possible causes of brown leaves on your elephant's foot. In most cases, they are care errors or the wrong one Location at least involved in it. Brown leaves are just as possible with a sunburn as with a lack of light. Neither is good for your elephant's foot. On the other hand, a lack of water occurs relatively rarely.

• Possible causes of brown leaves:
• sunburn
• Lack of light
• Heating air that is too warm and / or dry
• too little poured (but rarely occurs)