What if the evergreen Milan leaves turn yellow?

The reason why Milan is popular, in addition to the ornamental leaves evergreen all the year round, but also can produce fragrant flowers, and blossom many times a year, which is the best gift for flower growers. Milan can not only be planted in the courtyard, but also can be potted at home to add a touch of green. In the process of maintenance, people often ask, what if the Milan leaves turn yellow? That may be caused by these four major reasons, let's take a look.

A brief introduction to Milan

1, Milan nickname: Pearl orchid, pearl orchid, golden millet orchid, tea orchid, caviar orchid, chicken claw orchid and so on.

2. The growth morphology of Milan: the leaves are green, small, thick and symmetrical. The whole plant looks dense, and the flowers are yellow, conical, small and fragrant.

3. Milan's florescence, flower language: Milan's florescence is usually May-December every year, depending on conservation, and it is not surprising that there are blossoms in the four seasons. Milan's flower language is tenacious, there is life will blossom, there is love. Milan also has a certain symbolic meaning, symbolizing bravery and passion.

4. The value of Milan: Milan has edible, medicinal, ornamental and other values. Milan flowers can extract essence and drink as scented tea; Milan branches and leaves can be used as medicine to treat injuries caused by falls; Milan potted plants can not only decorate the interior or courtyard, but also purify the air.

Second, what if the Milan leaves turn yellow?

In the course of conservation in Milan, if there is a yellowing of leaves, there must be something wrong, because as evergreen plants can appear yellow leaves, it may be caused by the following reasons:

1. Improper lighting

Milan likes to grow in the sun, give it enough sunlight it can keep the leaves green, if it is kept indoors for a long time, it is easy to yellowing leaves.

Solution: you can take care of it on the balcony at home so that it can be bathed in the sun. However, it is also prone to leaf sunburn, especially in summer, we must take measures such as cooling, shading and so on. You can also spray water around the leaves to increase the humidity of the air in case it gets too dry.

2. The soil did not reach acidity.

The soils that raise green plants can be acidic and alkaline, but many people don't notice this. Milan is born in acidic soil, and if planted in alkaline soil, it may cause leaves to yellowing.

Solution: increase the concentration of 1% FeSo4 when watering or fertilizing to integrate the acidity and alkalinity of the soil.

3. Overwatering or long-term lack of water

When Milan is watered too much, it will lead to stagnant water in the basin soil, the soil is airtight, the roots can not breathe, the leaves are difficult to absorb the water from the roots, and the leaves begin to turn yellow for a long time. The main manifestation of long-term water shortage is that the leaves begin to become lighter, slowly turn yellow, dry and fall, just like people who do not drink water for a long time, will die.

Solution: according to the soil wettability to watering, watering too much timely discharge, loose soil, increase air permeability; watering too little, immediately replenish water, but the first time do not irrigate too much, to slowly increase the amount of water.

4. Caused by lack of fertilizer

Novices who raise green plants have basically no knowledge of topdressing. Milan can easily turn their leaves yellow due to lack of fertilizer.

Solution: in the absence of sufficient base fertilizer, it is necessary to properly topdressing, promote branching leaves, and keep in mind that the concentration is not too high.

The above is the introduction of the reasons and solutions for the yellowing of Milan leaves. I hope it will be helpful for you to raise Milan.