Facts about spider plant tips:
2️⃣ Young leaves are fresh and perfect because they just started their work for the plant – newbies; so green.
3️⃣ Older leaves (photo from the same plant) bear the marks of hard work: months of (hopefully) steady photosynthesis, transpiration, and gas exchange. Mineral accumulation and plain old physical damage cause the cells at the very tips to give out.
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Stop believing that you can and should prevent brown tips. They are inevitable. Are you raising a plant or maintaining a piece of decor?
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