DoctorColeuses said:I have been having trouble with my indoor plants getting weird or crispy (more info incoming)...
I am very new to plants. I got a Bamboo palm this summer followed by a Kimberly fern, two Bella parlor palms, a purple waffle and a purple velvet, and finally an asparagus fern (all were big-box rescues except or the asparagus and the bamboo palm).
All are kept in medium-ish light (some getting light from a west facing window through semi-sheer curtains) while the rest are in indirect light in the same room.
Earlier in the summer, I discovered a mite infestation on the bamboo palm. I treated with soap and water but it didn't kill them, so I treated it and all my other plants with Neem oil and followed the directions for diluting.
A few days later I misted all the plants well to wash them off.
I had not been informed that neem oil shocks plants and will cause damage, so I am not sure how much is related to the neem, but *all* of my plants are damaged and in a state of recovering now. Some healthier than others.
The bamboo palm had a lot of fronds crisp up brown and shrivel until they shed. However, it's sprouting new fronds and is looking much better lately. One of the bella palms is doing better but the other is still brown and crisp with a lot of the same shriveling, falling fronds.
The purple velvet didn't survive, tho it was a $5 Walmart rescue and wasn't in the best shape to start with.
The Kimberly Fern is still pretty crisp and doesn't look very healthy anymore, but worst of the lot is the Asparagus fern.
See Photo. It turned bright yellow after being a pretty neon green, and now the yellow has faded to a brown or almost white.
I don't know how to fix it or what's wrong. I have been watering until it runs from the pot and catching the runoff in a rock covered dish to help with humidity. I water maybe once a week, checking to see if the soil is moist an inch down or so. It's not in direct light but there is an LED lamp that hangs over it that is on nearly all the time. Before considering neem shock, my best online searching made me wonder if the always-on lamp was too much light.
I don't know if the damage is from neem shock, over or under watering, too little or too much light, or some combination of all.
I'd love any advice on how to repair it, as well as how to help my crispy Kimberly and bella.
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