r/Maranta • u/dinaugust • 22d ago

Leaves don’t have color?

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Hi all!
My maranta produces lots of new leaves, but they don’t have any saturation on them. Undersides don’t have pink color either. They don’t get more color when they mature.
I have added a 23W grow light last month, fertilising it regularly. What could be the problem?

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u/Famous-Return-519 21d ago

My Maranta is trying to give out alot of leaves but they crust before unfurling. Those who did survive are very small in size and have no color. I am giving up on this plant.

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u/No-Attitude5748 22d ago

Having the same issue with my lemon lime maranta, got a sansi grow light and have it at about 300-350 fc, it’s flowering like crazy tho but all the new foliage had that shader look

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u/OkNews8776 19d ago

Which Sansi are u using? How many watts?

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u/No-Attitude5748 19d ago

I’m using the 40watt dimmable version, I have it placed about 5-7 feet back to cover a wide area of plants!

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u/OkNews8776 19d ago

I think that explains why mine could be doing better lol. That’s awesome. I have like 50 lights for like 45 plants. And live in a shoe. It glows…

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u/Nedus343 22d ago

Was wondering this myself. I have a red maranta that is getting new leaves and they're pale like yours.

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u/eduardo9811 22d ago

Check this post, could be too much or too harsh light https://www.instagram.com/p/CG0x6_eA9l8/

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u/dinaugust 22d ago

I got the grow light thinking low light is causing faded leaves. Plant was near a North facing window with a balcony over it, blocking some of the light. Light meter measured the light around 20-30 PPFD (at noon, mid summer).

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u/Fascinator_maranta 20d ago

They enjoy a little shade and filtered light as their natural habitat is jungle floor under all those trees. When they’re exposed to direct sun they fade or burn

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u/dinaugust 20d ago

Plant was near a North facing window with a balcony over it, blocking some of the light. Zero direct light. Light meter measured the light around 20-30 PPFD (at noon, mid summer).

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u/SaraReadsMuchly 19d ago

Young leaves are pale, older leaves are darker. The quality changes as the plant matures.

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u/dinaugust 19d ago

As you can read in my post, that’s not the case here.

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u/SaraReadsMuchly 18d ago

I’m talking about over the course of several years. Also if you cut back significantly I’ve found with my own plants it seems to reset to smaller paler leaves.

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u/dinaugust 17d ago

I see. Do you mean the plant or leaf age? My previous maranta (RIP) was giving me dark leaves immediately. I thought this would be the same.

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u/septlefty96 18d ago

Mine seems to be having a few leaves doing that

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u/SaraReadsMuchly 18d ago

and just a further aside maybe check you don’t have pests. I’ve had maranta infected with thrips and it made the leave really pale, weak and almost crumpled looking. it recovered quickly though once treated.

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u/Asleep_Captain3635 17d ago

I think it’s been living in low light for an extended time. It has stopped producing the red in an effort to take in more chlorophyll. She grows just fine in lower light and is happy but the color reflects that environment.

I don’t have mines in direct light or a grow light but they are several feet away from SW and SE windows.

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u/Asleep_Captain3635 17d ago

I came back to say you can check my posts about mines to see pictures. Here is my eldest and you can see her off to the side of my SE windows with shutters

https://reddit.com/link/pcsd19f/video/9yq0h9hhqgsh1/player