Brown leaf tips that appear on the hemp palm do not always indicate diseases or incorrect care. Sometimes the discoloration of the leaves has completely natural causes. However, poor location or incorrect watering are often responsible for the brown leaf tips.
Why does my hemp palm have brown leaf tips?
Brown leaf tips on hemp palms can be caused by stress after repotting, lack of nutrients, too little light, incorrect watering, frost damage, low humidity or disease. To fix the problem, you should care for the palm tree properly and cut off the affected leaves if necessary.
Causes of brown leaf tips of the hemp palm
If the leaf tips of the hemp palm change color, there are various possible causes:
- Stress after repotting
- Nutrient Deficiency
- too little light
- pouring wrong
- Frost Damage
- humidity too low
- Diseases
If brown leaf tips, yellow or brown leaves appear after repotting, the hemp palm is suffering from stress. Does not matter. Simply cut off the leaves as soon as they are completely dry. Be sure to leave a residue of four to six centimeters on the trunk.
Bright location with direct sunlight
Hemp palms like it very bright. If the palm is too dark, it not only stops growing, the leaves also change color and dry out. This is first visible at the tips of the leaves.
Ensure that the hemp palm receives at least two to three hours of direct sunlight in its location - even in winter.
Brown leaf tips due to incorrect overwintering
Hemp palms are considered hardy, but they cannot cope with the sub-zero temperatures that often prevail in our latitudes. If it gets very cold in winter, the leaves freeze.
No matter whether you overwinter a hemp palm outdoors or in a pot - ensure it has adequate winter protection. This also applies to the palm heart, which you have to protect from both cold and moisture.
Cover the fan palm with suitable materials:
- Garden fleece
- Burlap
- Coconut mats
- Fir branches
Place hemp palms in a protected container so that the plant does not get too wet.
Cut off brown leaf tips
You can cut off brown leaf tips with scissors.
Use sharp scissors and not knives. This will prevent the interfaces from tearing and thus provide a good breeding ground for pathogens.
Tip
When watering and fertilizing a hemp palm, you must be careful not to do too much or too little of a good thing. Always only water when the soil surface is completely dry and do not fertilize hemp palms too often.
