Spathiphyllum: leaves turn black

Spathiphyllum is a very popular indoor flower for flower growers. The plant is rather unpretentious, but sometimes the spathiphyllum grows black with leaves, and it loses an attractive appearance. Let's try to figure out why the leaves blacken at spathiphyllum? What is the reason for the unfavorable changes that occur with the indoor plant?

Spathiphyllum: black tips of leaves

The fact that the spathiphyllum is dry and the leaves blackish, is more often associated with a violation of watering. Or the plant is excessively watered, or watering the plant is not enough, besides, in the room where the flower is contained, dry air. Experienced flower growers recommend watering the plant only as the soil dries up, but weekly spraying of the flower from the sprayer, and periodically showering with a fine shower in the summer.

Spathiphyllum turns black

Sometimes the flower growers ask a question: I do watering regularly, why does the spathiphyllum turn black? The reasons can be two.

1. The first reason is excessive filling of the flower and content in the cold room, as a result of which the roots of the plant begin to rot, and in parallel appear black spots on the leaves. If you notice that the root part of the stem began to darken - this is the exact sign that it is affected by gray rot. It is necessary to make soil treatment with fungicides, place spathiphyllum in a warm ventilated room (the temperature in the room should be not less than +16 degrees), and in winter it is better to expose it to the window facing the south side. It is necessary to reduce the amount of watering, and water the flower only with standing warm water.
2. The second reason for the appearance of black spots on the leaves of spathiphyllum is the lack of fertilizing, in particular the flower lacks nitrogen or phosphorus. In this case, it is necessary to make nitrogen-potassium phosphate fertilizer in the dosage indicated on the package. In the spring-summer period, it is advisable to apply fertilizers once every 2 to 3 weeks, and in the cold season, the feeding should be stopped because the spathiphyllum is at rest at this time.

Black flowers spathiphyllum

Less often, but there is such a phenomenon: the spitfillum blossom flowers, what to do in this case? As noted above, the indoor plant is sensitive to waterlogging of the soil, as a result, the core and the tips of the petals may become black. The council is the same: to regulate watering, not to allow excessive rooting.

With good care elegant spathiphyllum will delight you with its bright green shiny leaves and snow-white flowers!