Should I cut the brown tips off my mass cane plant?
You can cut them off. The leaves will continue to brown and you will need to keep cutting. I usually just cut off the whole leaf once it starts to look silly. These lose their older leaves as they grow naturally, so they have to come all the way off eventually anyway. Don’t be alarmed if a few lower leaves look dry. Lower leaves tend to turn yellow/light brown with age and it’s okay to remove these to encourage new growth.
Do brown tips mean overwatering?
Inconsistent Watering Habits. Brown tips on plant leaves are often an indication that you need to rethink the way you’re watering. When a plant gets overwatered, then dries out too much before the next watering, and then maybe gets just a drizzle, that’s a recipe for brown leaves. If the tips of your dracaena leaves turn brown, it’s a sign that you may not be watering your plant enough. If you allow your plant to go dry for a long time, your dracaena reacts, not by wilting, but by tipping you off with brown tips. But don’t overreact by overwatering, which is the most common plant killer.
Is it OK to cut off brown tips?
Get rid of brown leaf tips Use sharp scissors to cut away the dead, brown areas. Just be sure to follow the leaf’s natural shape. You’ll still have a thin brown line along the cut, but the rest of the leaf will stay green, and your secret will be safe. If it’s bothering me I’ll trim off the brown tips with scissors, just like you’ve been doing. It’s not necessary, just cosmetic preference. Some people will cut the stem that the leaves are growing from at a 45 degree angle, completely removing the whole leaf head.Trim dead and browning foliage Start by removing dead leaves with a pair of scissors. Then trim off brown tips to make the plant look fresher.If you trim it, do not cut into the green, leave a little brown margin. If it were mine, I would remove the burned leaves all the way to the stem.