I have become the official caretaker for the plants at work, and one of them is dying because the pot has no drainage. My boss wants to keep the pot but gave me permission to drill some drainage holes in it.
The first pic shows some of the healthy leaves and the second two show some damaged leaves, I’m suspecting that in the last pic, some kid tore it apart, but the other ones look like sitting water.
She sits in a south facing window and I only water when the top inch is dry, but Im pretty sure other people try to “help” by watering it too.
by maneaterr18
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The most common reason that plants’ leaves turn yellow is because of moisture stress, which can be from either over watering or under watering. If you have a plant that has yellow leaves, check the soil in the pot to see if the soil is dry.
This is two different plants — pothos and syngonium. Drainage is necessary, but one alternative would be to repot the plants into a nursery pot and put that back in the bigger pot. Then they can be taken out to be watered, which is better anyway.
They don’t look bad. The second picture with the yellow leaf on the pothos is just a dead leaf. They do die off. The third picture, the front leaf is damaged and the one on the bottom right as well but the back two standing up are just fine. The pink spots are normal for that type of syngonium. It looks like Milk Confetti syngonium to me but I’m not à syngonium expert.
Two different plants with different watering needs., pothos which likes to be kept drier and the syngonium which like more damp conditions. Repot them into separate pots with plenty of drainage
Probably overwatered..
Like the one i bought for our front desk