Cause For Concern

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Just like with my children, family and my dog, when it comes to my garden, plants and herbs I am VERY protective. If they are upset or sad, I try to cheer them. If they are mopey I want to make the hurt go away.

So yesterday after I finished updating my indoor winter garden lighting, I noticed my lemon balm was looking a little brown around the edges.

Not every leaf, but a majority of them had the same appearance. My concern was on red alert.

Symptoms

• Brown leaf edges
• Still look healthy otherwise
• Leaves furthest away from root are affected

Possible Diagnoses

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• Leaf Scorch (too much sunshine, hot weather conditions and lack of water) NOPE
• Bacterial Leaf Scorch - NOPE
• Lack of moisture (leaves cannot take in enough water as something is preventing the absorption)- POSSIBLE
• Over-fertilized (Too much and since indoors plants, I tend to check on them often) POSSIBLE
• Too close to window (Before moving lemon balm to new location it was directly in the window sill)- POSSIBLE
• Root rot (Over-watering- Again, indoor plant and I tend to mother them too much)- POSSIBLE

What To Do Now?

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• I will not prune the leaves that are turning... yet.
• I am going to NOT water them as much.
• NO fertilizer or nutrients for a while.
• Move away from the window and place in new location closer to the back of the table.
• Research and see how I can get the leaves to absorb more water and stay hydrated; without using nutrients or fertilizer.
  

Your thoughts or suggestions?

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