Hello everyone, I really hope my plant is not dying. I'm really scared, it's my first houseplant and I love it so much. I have a Philodendron Red Emerald, I got it exactly a year ago as a birthday present and it grew beautifully from about 1m to nearly under the ceiling. It was getting too long, so I took some cuttings about a week ago. It has had issues with yellowing (more like orangebrown in this case), but only the old and big leaves near the stem, so I wasn't worried.
Then three days ago I fertilized it for the first time, because the leaves looked dull and not that shiny and deep green as they did in the beginning and I never repotted it, so the soil might be missing some minerals. I used liquid fertilizer mixed in water as instructed. Yesterday I started noticing streaky wet blotches against the light, water was dripping down the leaves and this morning the streaks are even bigger. Maybe it's my imagination but the leaves look like they're even less green and slowly turning orange.
What could the problem be? Bacteria? Root rot? Too much fertilizer? Did I do something wrong taking the clippings? (I cut off a large section instead of just two or three small nodes.Actually, the clippings that I took do not have the watery streaking). I am desperate, I really want to save this plant! thank you!
Then three days ago I fertilized it for the first time, because the leaves looked dull and not that shiny and deep green as they did in the beginning and I never repotted it, so the soil might be missing some minerals. I used liquid fertilizer mixed in water as instructed. Yesterday I started noticing streaky wet blotches against the light, water was dripping down the leaves and this morning the streaks are even bigger. Maybe it's my imagination but the leaves look like they're even less green and slowly turning orange.
What could the problem be? Bacteria? Root rot? Too much fertilizer? Did I do something wrong taking the clippings? (I cut off a large section instead of just two or three small nodes.Actually, the clippings that I took do not have the watery streaking). I am desperate, I really want to save this plant! thank you!