Does the zamioculcas turn yellow? I tell you how to stop and grow a beautiful green bush
Fiery fireworks, fellow flower growers!
Looking to grow an attractive zamioculcas that is full of greenery? Today I will tell you why his leaves turn yellow and shoots die off. Because of these mistakes in care, instead of a solid bush with an emerald crown, several "pitiful" feathers stick out, and then they are about to leave the green world of the house.
What you need to know about zamioculcas in order to understand the reason for what is happening
Zamioculcas is a true succulent, patiently storing moisture in tubers and using it sparingly. Still: a born housekeeper came to our windowsills straight from Africa, where during periods of drought there is not so much life-giving moisture.
Zamiokulkas battery - underground tubers, similar to round and smooth potatoes. Here the "Dollar Tree" stores moisture. Leaves don't fall out of the extreme economy plan. The leathery film covering their surface prevents moisture from rapidly evaporating at the classic African temperature.
Our apartments and caring care, comrades, are not exactly the conditions to which Zamioculcas are accustomed. And here problems begin, due to which the shoots of a houseplant turn yellow and dry out. We cannot establish a Mozambique branch in our apartment. But we can make efforts so that the conditions of detention and care do not contradict the nature of the succulent flower.
So, we fix the mistakes!
Improper planting is one of the reasons why zamioculcas loses leaves and grows slowly
How often flower growers, guided by good intentions, give zamiokulkas space. Fantasy paints a picture of how huge shoots with shiny leaves will grow from a large and beautiful planter. But the green fountain does not happen.
Zamioculcas, hitting a large volume of soil, puts the task of survival at the forefront. The flower primarily increases the growth of tubers, and leaves the growth of shoots for later. On the other hand, a large pot is always a sufficient amount of moisture, which is not so easy for leathery leaves to evaporate from the ground. And always wet soil is not quite what Zamiokulkas needs for health. Due to excess moisture, both tops and roots suffer.
✔ What to do: If your Dollar Tree is growing in a large pot, transplant the flower into a smaller container. So that from a bunch of tubers to the walls it is 2-3 cm. Comrades, make a drainage layer and fill the pot with loose earth (a mixture with sand or perlite is welcome) so that moisture does not stagnate. The time for the next transplant comes when the tubers are already abutting the walls of the pot.
The wrong place
On the Internet, zamioculcas was nicknamed "shade-loving plant". You should not take the information literally and put the flower pot in the far corners of the room. The "dollar tree" tolerates shading well. But with a lack of light, it develops slowly at best.
And in the worst case, it drops the leaves. All plants need light, and African zamioculcas is no exception. You may have noticed that in winter many plants shed some of their leaves due to reduced lighting. Take the same geranium. The same thing happens with the Dollar Tree. And low lighting is always a slow drying out of the soil. Excessive moisture is the ideological enemy of zamiokulkas.
✔ What to do: If your plant is in the back of the room, and not on the window, then move it to the windowsill. You will soon notice a striking and pleasant change in its appearance.
About the most important thing. About him - about watering zamiokulkas
But most often the leaves turn yellow and shoots disappear due to improper watering. Do not water zamioculcas like other flowers. The constant excess of moisture disrupts the natural cycle of the "Dollar Tree": moisture build-up - slow release. The indoor plant loses leaves and shoots, and the tubers inside begin to rot.
✔ What to do: Water the zamioculcas after the soil is completely dry. In the summer, 2 waterings per month are enough for him. In winter, their frequency is reduced to 1 per month.