Why Are My Plant Leaves Curling?
The direction a leaf curls tells you the cause: inward means thirst or dry air, downward means root trouble, upward means too much light. And it reverses.
The direction a leaf curls tells you the cause: inward means thirst or dry air, downward means root trouble, upward means too much light. And it reverses.
Whole leaves going brown and crisp means the leaf ran out of water, and there are two opposite reasons. Check the soil, read the pattern, fix the cause.
Drooping means too much water as often as too little. Check the soil, then use how fast it happened to find the real cause, and how long recovery takes.
Three checks that tell you when a houseplant needs water, which one to use for your pot size, and why drooping leaves are the worst signal to trust.
Both overwatered and underwatered plants droop and yellow. Check the soil, not the leaves, to tell them apart, then fix each the right way.
There is no fixed schedule. Learn the simple soil check that tells you exactly when to water indoor plants, plus how light, pots, and season change it.