brown tips on Calathea Makoyana
Quick answer
If your Calathea Makoyana has brown tips, the most likely cause is: Brown tips and margins on Calathea makoyana develop when the plant is kept in air that is too dry or when it is watered with hard tap water; the foliage is thin and the leaf edges are the first area to react to low humidity or mineral-laden water, eventually developing large biscuit-coloured, papery patches that kill both the leaf and stalk if exposure continues.
Start here:
- 1. Increase humidity around the plant by standing the pot on a tray of wet pebbles or surrounding it with peat that is always kept moist, and mist spray the plant daily using rainwater in hard-water areas to avoid mineral marks on the leaves.
- 2. Switch to distilled water or soft rainwater for both watering and misting, since Calathea makoyana reacts to hard tap water with brown leaf edges and is also sensitive to the chemicals found in municipal supplies.
Why Calathea Makoyana gets brown tips
calathea makoyana
Brown tips and margins on Calathea makoyana develop when the plant is kept in air that is too dry or when it is watered with hard tap water; the foliage is thin and the leaf edges are the first area to react to low humidity or mineral-laden water, eventually developing large biscuit-coloured, papery patches that kill both the leaf and stalk if exposure continues.
How to reverse brown tips on Calathea Makoyana
- 1
Increase humidity around the plant by standing the pot on a tray of wet pebbles or surrounding it with peat that is always kept moist, and mist spray the plant daily using rainwater in hard-water areas to avoid mineral marks on the leaves.
- 2
Switch to distilled water or soft rainwater for both watering and misting, since Calathea makoyana reacts to hard tap water with brown leaf edges and is also sensitive to the chemicals found in municipal supplies.
Keep brown tips off this Calathea Makoyana
Keep the plant in a warm, humid environment out of draughts and away from radiators, water and mist with soft rainwater or distilled water, and maintain even room temperatures so humidity around the foliage stays consistently high.