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title: "What do I do about the one yellowing leaf on my Strelitzia? I…"
description: "What do I do about the one yellowing leaf on my Strelitzia? I repotted the plant in the center of the pot a couple of months ago and it is tilting again.…"
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author: "Kristina"
published: "2025-09-16T20:32:31.751407Z"
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# What do I do about the one yellowing leaf on my Strelitzia? I…

_Posted by Kristina on 2025-09-16_

What do I do about the one yellowing leaf on my Strelitzia? I repotted the plant in the center of the pot a couple of months ago and it is tilting again. Thanks in advance for the help! :)

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## 3 comments

### Whit\_Y commented on 2025-09-16

You can trim off that yellow leaf. If you repotted a couple months ago and she’s leaning again makes me think that you’ll need to add more soil to the pot and compact it a bit. You can also use a stake and twist ties for support

### Tom commented on 2025-09-16

Possibly the oldest leave, I don’t know about but think be best to cut it off, also I see you used to have it in a plastic pot inside that one, looks like you have removed it, so means soil more likely to stay wet, be better to put back in a plastic pot but needs a bit of room to get air circulation to bottom of plastic pot, so depending on roots, ever a slightly small pot than you had inside, to allow air in or put something under the plastic pot inside to raise it up for a gap, while doing this I think it would be best to change some of the soil to a better draining mix, maybe add some perlite and pumice. The reason for it tilting is its most likely trying to stretch to the light, so may need a grow light or closer to light source

### 🪴 Botanical Bekka🌵 commented on 2025-09-16

Yes nip the yellow one off with some sterile shears

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