Could Your Houseplant be Suffering from Improper Soil pH?
If you have an ailing houseplant and have done everything you can possibly think of to help the plant, but it still looks sick, suspect improper soil pH. Referring to the soilâs degree of acidity or alkalinity, a proper pH balance is vital to healthy plant growth.
Many houseplant problems arenât affected by diseases or insects or insufficient fertilizer. Itâs actually soil pH problemsâto acidic or too alkalineâthat can cause plant demise. When pH is too low or too high in the soil, nutrients canât release to the plants. So you could be fertilizing, but the plants arenât getting anything to eat.