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MSmith
04-11-2011, 09:32 PM
my new plant got sunburned the leaves are yellow with some parts brown, I read here to cut them off but are you supposed to cut just the brown part off or the whole thing

Richard
04-11-2011, 11:51 PM
my new plant got sunburned the leaves are yellow with some parts brown, I read here to cut them off but are you supposed to cut just the brown part off or the whole thing

I like pitangadiego's mantra: "green is good, brown is bad". If the leaves are not green then they are not performing photosynthesis. If you don't like the way they look then you may cut them off, but you can also leave them on and the plant will eventually drop them.