Why do the leaves turn black?

It happens that even with careful care of the plant its leaves begin to turn black. This causes considerable concern and frustration for fans of indoor plants.

Leaf blackness is a sign of plant disease, but in order to help it, you need to find out why the leaves turn black.

Causes of blackening of leaves

The most common cause of blackeningleaves is insufficient air humidity, and abundant watering to solve this problem is not enough. Even a waterlogged plant can continue to turn black, although its roots may begin to rot. This is especially true for demanding plants for drainage. Tropical plants, for example, dracaena, often blacken from dry air.

The leaves of plants are very negative towardsdry dusty air. Dust clogs the pores of leaves, does not allow them to fully develop nutrients. As a result, the plant becomes ill, and its leaves begin to turn black and skukozhivatsya.

Another common cause of the blackening of the leaves is the increased hardness of the water used for irrigation.

And finally, excessive or incorrect feeding also can cause the blackening of the leaves.

What if the leaves turn black?

Discovering the blackened leaves, the first thing you needremove them neatly. Then it is necessary to deal with the elimination of the cause, this will help a conventional sprayer. Start the habit of spraying plants with water at room temperature every morning. Spraying plants at night is not recommended - at nights it is usually cooler and darker, so the presence of moisture on the leaves can lead to their supercooling and even provoke decay. Plants with large leaves can be periodically wiped with a damp cloth.

If the leaves are visually heavily soiled, thenperiodically shower them, putting a pot of flower in a bath and thoroughly watering from the shower. Take care that the pressure of the water is not too strong, otherwise you can severely damage the plant.

If this was not enough, trytransplant the plant. To do this, select a pot a little smaller than the previous one, carefully wash it and put a little claydite or other drainage on the bottom. Rinse the roots of the plant under slightly warm water and cut the spoiled, rotten roots. Place the cut can be sprinkled with chopped charcoal. The earth needs to be periodically loosened - this avoids the fatal stagnation of moisture in the roots.

As for watering, it is desirable to water in winterplants with melt water, warmed to room temperature. This is the most natural moisture for any plant. In the warm season for watering it is recommended to stand for tap water for several days and only then use it for the intended purpose.

Attention should be given to fertilizing the plant. Carefully study the information on what kind of fertilizer your flower needs. Remember that in this case it is better to fertilize the plant less than to overdo it with the amount of fertilizer.

Other useful information about indoor ornamental plants can be found in the articles in the Care of Plants section.