Quite often, the language of plant care suggests a simplistic symptom/remedy style of care – if yellowed leaves, then overwatering; if browned tips, raise the humidity or let your water sit for 24 hours to let the chlorine dissipate. This not only causes panic and promotes a poor mental model of how plants work, it doesn’t leave room for natural processes like leaf turnover and blemishes from hard work – older leaves WILL yellow and die as new ones grow; tips WILL eventually become brown. You are a plant parent! You’re not baking a cake or maintaining a piece of furniture.
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1️⃣ This is my peace lily, which is coming up to 5 years living with me. It started in a 6″ pot and moved up to 8″ and now, a 12″ pot. It looks pretty much “perfect” but just a few minutes ago…
2️⃣ 3️⃣ The plant had several yellowed leaves. Conventional wisdom would say this is a sign of “overwatering” but clearly, the plant would not be alive for 5 years if I consistently watered when the soil was already moist.
4️⃣ And a closer look will show that pretty much ALL the older leaves have browned tips (left to right – oldest to newest). Since I know my plant is growing well, I know that leaf turnover and older leaves browing at the tips are just realities of peace lily ownership.
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The most satisfied plant parents are those who appreciate how plants grow as opposed to just how they look now.
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