What are we doing wrong with our rubber plant? (lemmy.zip)

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It started dropping its lowest leafs a few weeks ago, then it stopped, now the bottom leafs are getting yellow again and i suppose will be dropped…

edit: Thanks everyone for responding, i will try to atering less and placing in a brighter spot

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[-] noride@lemmy.zip 5 points 17 hours ago

This is correct. Yellowing leaves starting at the bottom and working their way up is nitrogen, which is a mobile nutrient and can be moved from old leaves (bottom) to new (top) in order to support growth.

Root rot was suggested elsewhere in the thread but that typically presents with browning of leaves with no specific locality.

[-] hereiamagain@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 hours ago

Non-plant guy here. Is that upward browning effect universal to most houseplants? If so that is a very cool fact

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