Why Chinese Evergreen Plants Get Yellow Leaves

 

 

Hi Roberta,

The confusing thing about Chinese evergreen plants is that they can get yellow leaves when they are either over or under-watered. Allow the top 25-30% of the soil to dry out before watering. Try to check the soil as far down as possible to see how wet it might be. You can also buy a water meter to check the water level in the soil. You can read about water meters in the Glossary of the website. It doesn’t look like the kind of damage over fertilizing would do. That said, here are some fertilizing tips: Chinese Evergreen plants need very little plant food. Feed every other month with a balanced plant food, diluted to 1/4 the recommended strength. The size of the pot should only be an inch or two larger than the rootball of the plant. This helps prevent the soil from staying wet too long and causing root rot.