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Help needed with jade gollum plant

3 years ago

So i have a jade gollum plant. I have had it for a little over a year now. It grew A LOT and it was doing amazing up until a few weeks ago when i started to notice that the tips of the leaves are first turning pitch black and then brown. They are not mushy au contraire the black spots are very firm. Can someone please tell me what could be causing that ?

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Priya Morgan
Original Author

3 years ago

Oh My God ! I haven't even thought that there could be a problem with the soil and salts!! Thank you so much! I am fairly new to plant care and I do read a lot but I swear I have never seen any article mention saturated soil. I have also noticed that it started happening after I fertilized for the first time this year so maybe that also had an impact. I repotted it to fresh mix and I can see now that there are less leaves with this problem. Only two or three. I am also going to water it with rain if I can so I will see if that also makes a difference. Thank you so so much

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Priya Morgan
Original Author
3 years ago

The first photo is the progress in a year and the second one on the left is black tip and on the right brown shriveled up
socks
3 years ago
Do both pots have drainage holes? Sorry I don't understand if this is the same plant or two plants. No one has replied, and I'm not an expert here, but if mine I would repot in pots with holes. Depending on what the roots look like, you might pot the green pot plant up a size slightly. Do you use a fast draining cactus and succulent mix amended with perlite?
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Emily (5b)
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I think she's just showing the plant has done well the past year, but noticed black tips on some of the leaves

The black tips could possibly be sunburn or a fungal infection. Did you move the plant recently at all, like giving it more sun? I don't think it's rot since you said the leaves are firm
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tapla (mid-Michigan, USDA z5b-6a)
3 years ago
It's not sunburn or a fungal infection. It's related to over-watering and/or an excessively high level of dissolved solids (salts) in the soil. IF the damage is in new foliage, it might ultimately be the result of a calcium deficiency related to soil saturation. The best solution would be to switch to a medium that won't fight you tooth and nail for control of your plant's vitality. That also opens the door to much smoother sailing insofar as the rest of the plant's care is concerned - especially nutritional supplementation.

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tapla (mid-Michigan, USDA z5b-6a)
3 years ago
I am fairly new to plant care and I do read a lot but I swear I have never seen any article mention saturated soil. I've found that getting to a place where you're not in constant battle with an overly water-retentive medium for control over your plants' vitality is a very good place to be. Soggy soils and what they spawn account for the overwhelmingly large fraction of growers who land on this site's fora in search of remedial help.

You might find this helpful.

If interested, you can follow this link to a discussion that's been active for more than 15 years and almost exclusively discusses issues related to excess water retention and how to avoid it. It might surprise you to learn that gaining an understanding what governs water retention in container media is likely the largest step forward you'll ever take, as a container gardener.

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