Plant Questions
Hello Cactus Jungle,
We lover your store. We bought these plants there.
They are getting brown curling on the ends of some leaves, and some leaves have fallen off?
Help? Save us?
Thank You
Tom and Joy
Tom and Joy,
You have 2 different problems.
1. Rex Begonias are a generally easy houseplant, preferring bright indirect light, but there’s a few tricks. The first thing is they like a moist environment, even though they’re drought-tolerant. So water weekly. And when it’s warm, mist the leaves twice a week. But the problem is, they don’t like wet leaves. So the trick is to water the soil, not the leaves, and to mist with a very fine spray, with no visible water droplets on the leaves. Also, direct sun can burn the leaves. Even then, they are semi-deciduous and will have fewer leaves in winter. For the brown leaves, just cut them off.
2. The Aeonium kiwi looks like it’s not getting enough sunlight, or it’s getting too much water. Or maybe there are little pests on the underside of the leaves? Hard to say from the photo.
Hope this helps,
Peter
