Yellow leaves cause: If the mint maintenance environment light is insufficient, mint appears to be signs of futility, the leaves show yellowish, most likely is the lack of light caused by yellow leaves.
Solution: when caring for mint at home, you need to put the potted plant in the best light indoors, more sunshine, which is conducive to the accumulation of nutrients in the plant, the branches and leaves are luxuriant, and the stalks are thick.
Two, the temperature is too low
Yellow leaves reason: mint like warm and afraid of cold, if the winter maintenance temperature is low, mint will stop growing.
Solution: the winter climate is cold, home mint should be placed indoors over the winter, more sunshine, increase the temperature of the maintenance environment localized.
Three, improper watering
Yellow leaves reason: mint like water and afraid of water, if the long-term watering, the soil is too dry, the mint stems and leaves will be wilted, serious will be yellow leaves. If watering too much, the soil is too wet, mint leaves will also turn yellow.
Solution: When watering the mint, we should follow the "see dry, see wet" principle of watering, usually weighing the weight of the potting soil, feel significantly lighter watering. In addition to watering the use of Bika Root Cong, can prevent root rot, to prevent the occurrence of yellow leaves
Four, the plant becomes old
Yellow leaves cause: mint in the appropriate environment, the growth rate is very fast, if not often pruning, mint stems and leaves will become old and yellow. In addition, if the potting soil is full of mint roots, soil nutrients are insufficient, mint will also appear yellow leaves.
Solution: When keeping mint at home, you need to prune the old stems and leaves frequently to encourage the plant to sprout new branches. If the potting soil is full of mint roots, you need to turn the plant over and replace the soil, trim off excessive fibrous roots and repot.