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tips of plants turning brown?
#203405 Apr 21st, 2008 at 05:12 PM
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i have a few plants around my house and the majority of them are all turning brown , i would just like to know why and if that means they are all going to die?!

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kayte #203429 Apr 21st, 2008 at 06:01 PM
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Do you water them ?
Some do that when they age. Most do it when they age. You just pick off the dead parts and keep it going. You must water weekly indoors and more often in the sun..
SOme houseplants do not like sun. SOme do not like shade.....And some like shade>

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kayte #203520 Apr 21st, 2008 at 10:12 PM
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i do water them regularly and even my newer clippings, the tips still turn brown.

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kayte #203522 Apr 21st, 2008 at 11:03 PM
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if you're using water straight from the tap, that may be why.

cold water isn't good for the plants and the chlorine isn't either. if you treat with a water softener, then that is really bad for the plants.

if have a softener system, you'll need to draw water for the plants at a point before the system. if you don't have a softener, just let the water sit overnight in gallon water jugs...the chlorine will have dissipated and it'll be at room temp - perfect conditions.

if your water has fluride added, you'll need to buy water that doesn't have any of that in it...it's bad for the plants.

you could also not be watering thoroughly enough. what types of plants do you have and what kind of soil are they in and what kind of pots (plastic, unglazed, glazed, with/without drainage)??

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Joclyn #203545 Apr 22nd, 2008 at 05:05 AM
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Catch rain water like I do ourside.. I have a huge plastic barrel from a soda company and cut the top off . It is under my rain spout and it catches all.
See I recycle water outdoors.

Indoors we have well water ....Yes I use tiped water for plants in our cold climate.....Cold shocks the day lites out of them. Thus stunting.

Show us a photo of a bad plant ....We can sometime diagnois it.

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Could you be OVER watering? Remember to let the soil dry out quite a bit between waterings - You might just be drowning them.


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