Why does your Echeveria agavoides have brown leaf tips? Diagnose the cause and fix it with our step-by-step guide.
While Echeveria are succulents, extremely dry air can cause the leaf margins to desiccate and turn brown. This is common when plants are kept near heating vents or in environments with very low ambient moisture.
Echeveria agavoides loves light, but sudden exposure to intense, direct midday sun can burn the leaf extremities. This causes localized tissue death appearing as brown or scorched tips.
Excessive mineral salts from tap water or over-fertilization can accumulate in the leaf tissues. As the plant transpires, these salts concentrate at the tips of the leaves, causing necrosis.
Allowing the soil to stay bone-dry for far too long followed by heavy watering can stress the plant's vascular system. This fluctuation often results in tip dieback as the plant struggles to regulate water.
Your plant might also be experiencing one of these issues:
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