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title: "My arrowhead plant and my silver dragon are turning brown at the tips…"
description: "My arrowhead plant and my silver dragon are turning brown at the tips of the leaves. I’ve had them both for a couple of months, and they’ve been doing fine,…"
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author: "Penny L"
published: "2023-08-01T02:21:32.988Z"
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# My arrowhead plant and my silver dragon are turning brown at the tips…

_Posted by Penny L on 2023-08-01_

My arrowhead plant and my silver dragon are turning brown at the tips of the leaves. I’ve had them both for a couple of months, and they’ve been doing fine, but this started about two weeks ago and I can’t figure it out. It happens faster with the arrowhead. I’ve treated them with fungicide, been very careful with watering, but it doesn’t seem to be stopping. I had them on the porch but that was too bright, so I brought them into my office. They’re both indirectly under a grow light for 12 hours a day. It’s not on in the pictures. They’re also close to the AC that was running 24/7 for a few weeks. Does anyone have any insights as to what could be going on?

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## 13 comments

### Penny L commented on 2023-08-01

The room temperature is around 72 degrees. I can move them further away from the light—they’re about 1.5 feet away. I think I’ll try that. Thanks so much!

### Aaron commented on 2023-08-01

I don’t think it’s light. Don’t move them farther away. I think syngoniums alocasias just do this when they don’t have the exact humidity they want or they get under/over watered ONCE. Mine have brown tips \& they grow like crazy still. It’s normal

#### Penny L replied on 2023-08-01

Thank you, I’ll keep them where they are!

### Sunny commented on 2023-08-01

They don’t look like burns. They look a little dry. Burns would not only affect the tips.

#### Penny L replied on 2023-08-01

That’s good to know—thanks!

### Hannah commented on 2023-08-01

I’m guessing it’s a low humidity problem. Especially since they’re near the AC, the ambient humidity (usually 40-50% inside) is likely even lower. They are tropical plants and would thrive in 60-70%, so when the humidity gets that low it can harm the plant

#### Tiffany replied on 2023-08-01

This would be my guess as well

#### Penny L replied on 2023-08-01

I have a hygrometer set up on the shelves where they are, and the humidity level hasn’t been below 50% for weeks. Do you think that the grow light could be causing the moisture to evaporate faster from the leaves and make them dry out that way?

#### Penny L replied on 2023-08-01

Thank you! I appreciate your insights!

### iambijoux commented on 2023-08-01

My Alocasia have been THRIVING lately now that I don’t let their soul dry out. I wait till they’re about 50% dry and they are showing out. I’m finding that my syngonium seem to want the same thing.

#### Penny L replied on 2023-08-01

I’m going to check the soil right after work. I might have underwatered.

#### Penny L replied on 2023-08-01

Thank you!

#### iambijoux replied on 2023-08-04

I forgot to mention I kinda weigh it in the air to figure out if it needs watering. Please let me know if that doesn’t make sense…

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