Why Does My Chinese Evergreen Have Yellow Leaves?

What worries a plant parent more than unusual unhealthy-looking features on their plants?

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I am crazy about Chinese evergreens, they are an all-time favorite plant for me. 

 I believe strongly that every plant is beautiful and each one of them has its own unique features, but sometimes we get bored of dull plants although they have their inner aspects of beauty. So if you are bored with all those too much greenery, (like my mum! ) try putting a flamingo pink or reddish aglaonema - Chinese evergreen in your home! Again, they are my treasured plants, therefore, I do worry a lot when my evergreens get yellow or wilt off.

If you are a person like me, you are reading this post. 

Now, the question comes, 'Why does it get yellow?', well... Here am I to answer that commonly asked question.

Why Does My Chinese Evergreen Have Yellow Leaves?

'If your Chinese Evergreen has yellow leaves, examine your plant closely and think about the care conditions it has been kept in. Overwatering, low light, and pests are the most likely causes of yellow leaves, so investigate for problems first.

Examine your plant closely, looking for all the available clues that might tell you what the problem is. It’s so much easier to correct the problem when you know what has gone wrong.' Smart Garden Guide - Andrew

The following information is taken from my favorite website: Smart Garden Guide

Here are 6 frequent reasons :

Stress

Stress is well known and it has reasons to occur, sometimes it can occur if repotted in the wrong soil, and other reasons.

Environment

It might be the case that you do your best to a plant but unfortunately, your environment is not just right for it, the properties or factors given to them may be done equitably, but again, the environmental effects. if that is the case don't worry about your evergreen, try analyzing whether it is too cold or too hot. if nothing works, it's not your hands, it's the pants disproval with the environment. so keep doing your best, and if its fate is to die it will, ( it's heartbreaking but not your fault.)

Watering - overwatering or underwatering

(Psst, overwatering is done by many of us because we love our Chinese evergreen babies too much!)

 When overwatered or underwatered, plants get stressed consistently. Mostly your evergreens might be overwatered. Look for these symptoms to diagnose if your Chinese evergreen is overwatered, 

The following information is taken from my favorite website: Smart Garden Guide

• Drooping foliage, despite wet soil.
• Generally yellowing leaves, often starting with lower leaves first.
• Leaf edema.
• Brown spots of infection on the leaves.
• A rotting smell from the soil – This indicates root rot and needs to be treated immediately.

Aging foliage

It will occur in the bottom of your plant's leaves. the yellow foliage is caused by aging so, no worries, if it irritates you by the unpresentable look, you could gently snip it off or it'll fall gingerly once it is ready to.

Pests

Turpitude pests are the worst.

Try inspecting and spying your plants for having the following pests:

The following information is taken from my favorite website: Smart Garden Guide

'If you notice your plant looking sickly, with mottled, yellow leaves, or if there are yellow spots or irregular holes in the leaves, you may have a pest problem.

As it happens, Chinese Evergreens are an attractive target for several tiny predators: aphids, mealy bugs, and spider mites (source). An infestation by any of these three pests can be annoying and even deadly to your Aglaonema. 

Therefore, it is important to know how to deal with these little bugs. While aphids are more likely to be found outdoors than inside, they do, on occasion, find their way in and gather on the edges of plant leaves, where they are easily visible as they feast on the plant juices.

Mealybugs look like tiny cotton balls on the stem or leaves of Chinese Evergreens. Usually easy to spot, they will typically only cause major damage to your plant with a bad infestation.  

The worst and most common offenders among insect pests are spider mites. These nearly invisible bugs gather first on the bottom of the Aglaonema’s leaves, then migrate over every part of the plant. They reveal their presence through weblike structures.

The yellowing of the Chinese Evergreen’s leaves is a result of the mites sucking away the plant’s internal fluids. Getting rid of these pests requires patience and perseverance, especially with spider mites.'

 Light conditions

low light conditions are NOT a problem to Chinese evergreens due to their impressive ability to be in low light conditions. Read the following information taken from Smart Garden Guide

'The ability to thrive in low light is one of the Chinese evergreen’s attractions – their trouble with lighting comes mainly from too much. Direct sunlight can result in Chinese evergreen leaves curling, and it will also scorch their tender foliage.'

I hope that helped you solve your dying Chinese evergreen's issues, and again, some of the information was extracted from the impressive site: Smart Garden Guide.