Corn Plant save

10 years ago

Walmart had several large Draceana and Diffenbachia's on the clearance aisle and I couldn't resist. So I need help with making it look pretty again. I'm gonna keep it outside since it was already outside in the sun at Wally World.

Should I trim off the ugly leaves?

I plan on flushing the soil once it dries.

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Mentha (East TN, Zone 6B-7A)

10 years ago

Looks like sun damage to me. You can take a pair of scissors and follow the lines of the leaves, just cut off the brown spots. The plant needs all the leaf surface it can have and just cutting off edges at an angle will leave a lot of the leaves intact.

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Dave
10 years ago
What part of the world are you in? Looks like it may have some cold damage.
jamilalshaw26
Original Author
10 years ago
I'm in Texas LOL. There's no telling what's wrong but it has "some" healthy leaves. It's actually hot here (84 degrees today) so I'm not sure if its cold damage or what. Could be a leftover plant from winter.
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jamilalshaw26
Original Author
10 years ago
I thought sun damage too because they usually keep these indoors.

When it cools off this evening I'll go out and get rid of those brown spots!!!!
jamilalshaw26
Original Author
10 years ago
So I trimmed the brown the best I could. I'm soo tempted to cut off the ugly leaves but I don't wanna kill the poor thing! Is there any chance the leaves will grow back if I defoliate it?
it looks a lot better though.
Sugi_C (Las Vegas, NV)
10 years ago
The cold + lack of watering did that to mine, too. I snipped off full leaves and just left the unblemished ones just because I no longer wanted to look at any yellow.

FWIW, mine happened indoors in a shady room w/ minimal sun, but in its defense, I lived w/ a few of the windows permanently opened this winter w/ temps dipping down to +/- 30. :) Nobody but this one screamed.
jamilalshaw26 thanked Sugi_C (Las Vegas, NV)
jamilalshaw26
Original Author
10 years ago
How did your plant react to cutting off the leaves? Have they grown back?