I bought this Coffee Plant in November. It looked good until recently. Does anyone know if this can be saved and what I should do?

Never had one, but it's a nice looking plant.

Looks like yours was fine and healthy for a while, at least 7 funky leaves now but new growth seems better.

I assume that gorgeous pot has drainage and love the humidity tray but would still guess a humidity drop a while ago could cause that.

Did anything change for it about 4-6 weeks ago that could've lowered the humidity? Crank the heat in cold weather, location change, more light/heat as spring kicked in? Skip a couple waterings?

Whatever you're doing now seems to be working.

That said, what are you doing, in regards to watering?

Give it some time. The new growth looks great.

To play it safe you could give it a much larger humidity tray and deeper pebble depth.

I see debates over whether pebble trays are effective. Personally I love them and figure they can't hurt.

You can always liven up the gravel on larger trays with cuttings, pretty candles (while not lit of course), crystals, neat pieces of wood, kid's action figures, etc. I saw a great one a while ago with a bunch of local handmade glass marbles. Amazing.

Local article on them: https://www.northcoastjournal....

As long as your new growth is coming out beautiful, which it looks like it is, your plants will be fine. The damaged leaves will never look better, but you'll get new ones as they get bigger.

You don't say when and how you are watering. Does the pot have drainage holes? Do you take it out of the decorative pot to water it? Has it been subjected to sun scorch or cold? What kind of compost is it in?

All good questions above. I am sure it can be saved.

The pot does have a drainage hole. The weather has been erratic but the plant is not near a window and we keep the house between 65 and 70 degrees. I think I have realized it needs more frequent watering than I was supplying. I tend to let things get a little dry before I water but this plant doesn't seem to like that. Wish I had wicked it. Typically my plants that like to stay evenly moist do better with wick watering. Just wasn't sure if I should cut off the damaged leaves and if it would come back full or just stay leggy. Guess I will give it a try and see what happens. Thanks to everyone for your help.

You're on the right track. Looking again, one can see it has grown pretty leafy so may be starting to need more water.

sallyg said: You're on the right track. Looking again, one can see it has grown pretty leafy so may be starting to need more water.

I think it's past its bad spell also, hopefully more moisture and it'll be fine.

I would get rid of the damaged leaves