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title: "Anyone have any idea why those two smallest leaves are SO light? I…"
description: "Anyone have any idea why those two smallest leaves are SO light? I thought maybe a root problem was happening, so I just put her in a new pot and her roots…"
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author: "Bret"
published: "2025-09-10T19:05:20.091631Z"
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# Anyone have any idea why those two smallest leaves are SO light? I…

_Posted by Bret on 2025-09-10_

Anyone have any idea why those two smallest leaves are SO light? I thought maybe a root problem was happening, so I just put her in a new pot and her roots looked great. I would say it's an overwatering issue but if anything, I underwater. I just don't want them to die, she's been doing SO well lately

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## 3 comments

### Yuleaf commented on 2025-09-10

do you add fertilizer/plant food? my guess would be not enough light / nutrients. underwatering also causes yellowing leaves, yellowing is a result of the plant trying to conserve energy. i’d go ahead and chop the yellow leaves so that your plant can focus its energy on the healthy leaves.

#### Bret replied on 2025-09-11

She does get fertilizer in her water whenever I get told to. I took them off, hopefully she can support new leaves in the future

### GreenLeaf commented on 2025-09-11

As a plant matures it will “kill” off the older/smaller leaves, especially the immature ones at the beginning.

Your plant looks perfectly fine and is doing exactly what it should.

If I have leaves yellowing (not due to a pest/root issue) I’ll usually leave them until I can easily pull them off the plant. The plant will be sucking all the nutrients from that leaf, so I like to let my plants do their thing :)

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