What are the diseases of spathiphyllum? Diagnosis, treatment

A plant native to South America, Polynesia is bred in Russia for decorative purposes. In common people call it "feminine happiness", and scientifically - spathiphyllum. Florists loved him for his unpretentiousness in care. The pot is placed on the windowsill, where direct sunlight does not fall, and watered as the soil dries up at room temperature. But sometimes even he gets sick. The main thing is to recognize it in time and establish the cause of the disease, in order to know how and how to treat it.

Plant diseases Female happiness

If the care is wrong, the flower will fall ill. What is the disease applied to it? How to determine that he was ill and that urgent measures should be taken?

Definition

Spathiphyllum disease is a process that occurs under the influence of adverse conditions of detention or due to damage by pests. The more serious it is, the more functions are disturbed (flow of water, nutrients, photosynthesis, synthesis of growth and plastic substances, respiration, etc.). The more neglected it is, the faster the flower will die.

Provocative factors

1. The harmful effects of plants in the neighborhood and parasites.
2. The influence of animals and humans.
3. Poor conditions.

External manifestations

With a disease, spathiphyllum withers leaves, turns yellow or blackens at the edges. Not always the reason is improper care. Sometimes yellowing of the leaves causes a lack of iron, and the cessation of growth is observed due to nitrogen deficiency. Sometimes not only leaves, but also flowers turn yellow in a plant. Read more about this here.

What ailments most often affect this flower?

• Lack of growth due to excess light or waterlogging of the soil.
• Lack of flowering due to a transplant into a pot larger than necessary. Spathiphyllum grows roots instead of throwing peduncles. If you have not transplanted it, but there are no buds, put the pot with it on the balcony for 15 days, where t = + 12⁰С.
• Brown spots on the leaves - a sign of overflow or pest damage. Black tips - a sign of lack or abundance of moisture. Blackening of the entire leaf plate is a sign of a lack of nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus.
• Dried tips in a young plant - a sign of adaptation to new conditions of detention. If the formed spathiphyllum suffers, watering is changed, making it more frequent.

Main reasons

Spathiphyllum is ill due to improper care. Untimely measures, improper watering and insufficiently moistened air contribute to the appearance of pests (spider mites, aphids, scutes).

How to distinguish from pests?

With a thorough inspection, the plants do not or show pests. If there are none, then, according to visible signs (wilting, yellowing, decay of the leaves), the disease is determined and treated.

Photo

In the photo below, you can see how the diseases of spathiphyllum look, and then we will tell you how to deal with them.

Step-by-step instructions on how to cure

The course of treatment of spathiphyllum depends on what part of the flower Women's happiness is ill and how exactly it is affected.

Lack of growth

Florists face this problem after planting a flower. There are two reasons for the lack of growth:

1. A pot of large diameter.
2. After transplantation, spathiphyllum is placed in the shade or under the hot rays of the sun.

If the lack of growth is caused by improperly selected containers, wait until the spathiphyllum builds up enough root mass. After that, it will be overgrown with new green foliage.

When choosing a place for the pot after transplantation, they prefer one where it will be light, but without direct sunlight.

You can read more about the reasons for the lack of growth of spathiphyllum and the treatment of the disease in this article.

Darkening

In conditions of insufficient light, leaves darken at spathiphyllum. To restore the former brightness of the foliage, the pot is transferred to another, brighter place.

Blackening

In female happiness, the leaves may blacken and dry. At some gardeners, the tips dry up, others notice a dark strip along the edge of the leaf, and at others the leaves are blackened completely and the border between the sick and healthy parts is clearly visible. How to act according to circumstances?

• If a small black edge appears on the sheet plate, the air in the room is too dry. This problem is encountered in the winter when they turn on central heating. The task of the grower is to increase air humidity by means of a humidifier, spraying or moving the flower pot into a tray with wet expanded clay.
• When blackening, most of the leaf is stopped watering, since the earth does not dry out. Spathiphyllum loves moisture, but within reasonable limits, otherwise the roots will rot.

  Reference! If the soil in the pot has dried out by 1/3, spathiphyllum is watered.

• The tips of the leaves freeze if the pot is standing on a cold windowsill.
• Stains on a leaf plate are burns due to improper fertilizer application. In this case, you can’t do without a transplant.

You can learn more about blackening of spathiphyllum here.

Next, a visual video about the blackening of leaves of spathiphyllum:

Yellowing leaves

• Massive yellowing of the leaves is caused by direct sunlight. Yellow spots are a sign of sunburn.
• Discoloration of the green mass occurs due to the fact that the pot is standing on a window facing southwest or south. She loses a bright green color, as if fading.
• With yellowing of the leaves, but with the preservation of a bright green color streaks, you can not do without feeding - iron chelate. Otherwise, the formation of chlorophyll will be disrupted and chlorosis will develop.

Spathiphyllum with yellow leaves treatable. It grows well on any window, but if it faces east or north, then shading is not needed.

Leaf drying

This problem is caused by insufficient humidity of the air masses. If you humidify the air with a humidifier or make it a rule to spray it every day for a little bit, everything will normalize. When the lower leaves dry, they are not upset: female happiness is aging.

Read more about why the leaves of spathiphyllum and its other parts dry up, what to do with it, read here, and here we talked about what other diseases of spathiphyllum leaves are.

Rot

Many gardeners miss the first symptoms of this disease. Rot appears at the base, and they examine the leaves. Over time, when the rot hits them, they will notice it. Usually it affects not the external, but the reverse side of the leaf plate, and after that the roots. Rot is an incurable disease. Its appearance is prevented: the diseased parts are removed during transplantation without regret.

Withering

In spathiphyllum, leaves fade from excess or lack of moisture.

• With excess moisture, wet the ground with paper towels or transplant it into a pot with other new soil.
• With a lack of change the irrigation scheme. The first time watered with a small amount of water, the second - a little more. Gradually increase the volume of water.

Read more about the reasons for the withering of flowers of spathiphyllum here, and here we talked about why the leaves wilt of the flower.

Spotting

Malicious Phytophthora causes root rot and leaf spotting.. The spores of this pathogen are in the ground. If you maintain high humidity in the pot, they "capture" the sub- and aboveground parts of the plant. The first and main symptom of the disease is a darkening and wetting of the root neck. Then chlorosis develops, the leaves fade, necrosis begins. The roots soften and female happiness dies.

A harmful fungus enters the soil through water sprays during irrigation or through improperly processed tools before transplantation. Whether it grows or not, depends on the actions of the grower. If he does not allow overflows, and will ensure that the topsoil will dry out, spathiphyllum will not get sick. When infected, pesticides and insecticides are useless.

You can read more about brown spots on the leaves of spathiphyllum here.

Greening flowers

This process is natural. Do not do anything. When the snow-white flower fades, it turns green.

How to resuscitate?

1. Spathiphyllum is removed from the pot, inspected by the roots and cut off all rotten ones.
2. Healthy roots are washed with a weak solution of potassium permanganate. After that, they are treated with crushed tablets of activated carbon and wrapped in a newspaper for 24 hours.
3. While the roots are dry, prepare a pot of new earth. In the flower shop buy universal soil for flowering plants. They pour it into the pot after they make drainage holes and lay a layer of drainage.
4. Gently transplant the flower into new soil, treated with Epin.
5. After transplanting, do not water it, since the soil in the pot should be slightly moist. Spathiphyllum is covered with plastic wrap or a plastic bottle from above, creating the effect of a greenhouse.
6. After transplantation, watering is not frequent, and Kornevin is added to the water for 1-1.5 months to stimulate root formation.

Preventive measures

• You can not transplant substandard seedlings.
• Do not use contaminated land when transplanting.
• It is impossible not to disinfect the instrument and the pot before transplanting.
• Do not use a sprayer with large openings for spraying.
• You can’t leave rotten roots during transplantation and you can’t transplant female happiness without treating the cut points with cinnamon powder.
• We must make it a rule to do top dressing with Fitoverm.
• It is necessary to inspect the plant regularly.

Further care at home

After the spathiphyllum is cured, take care of it, as usual.

1. The temperature in the room in summer is +26, and in winter - not lower than +16 degrees Celsius.
2. The plant is sprayed in winter and summer to combat the dry air masses in the room.
3. Water as the soil dries in the pot.
4. They are fed once every 1-1.5 months with complex fertilizers for flowering plants.

Useful video

Further, an informative video about spathiffillum leaf diseases:

Conclusion

Spathiphyllum rarely gets sick. His illness in most cases is the result of improper care. If you notice the blackening of the leaves in time and identify the cause of this condition, you will be able to save it. The main thing is to look after him correctly later.

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