My elephant ear plant is having some problems ?

Question

my elephabt ears pl;ant has some browish spots on onl the bigger leaves

what is causing this as i am not sure and take care of it very well

Answer 1

Maybe a pest is sucking the leaves. I had these large green caterpillers eating mine at one time.

Answer 2

If the brown started in spots and then spread, it could be a fungus disease. But it they are browning uniformly or getting crispy on the edges, it’s just water stress. Elephant Ears like a lot of water.

Here is a home remedy for fungus

Make sure you test it first.

Fungal spray for roses.

Baking Soda Spray:

1 tbsp vegetable oil

1 gallon unchlorinated water

1 tsp Listerine mouthwash

1 tbsp liquid soap

1 ½ tbsp baking soda

Put the above in a large pump sprayer and then add

1 tbsp apple cider vinegar

Shake well.

Test spray on just a couple of leaves and wait a few days to see what happens before applying to your entire plant. Do this to make sure your plant is not going to have an adverse reaction to the spray.

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