Darryl

Look at my plant, which I’ve had for over 10 years:

The key to enjoying a plant in the long run is not to prevent blemishes like brown tips and yellowed leaves – it is to provide good growing conditions and care so that new growth keeps replacing older leaves that inevitably die.  Cutting off dried and yellowed leaves is totally fine – leaves have a limited lifespan.

So I don’t think there is anything to be concerned about with your browned leaf – you will get many more over the years.

But in terms of “good growing conditions and care”, based on what you’ve told me, here are a few suggestions:

• LIGHT: sitting on your kitchen table is much too far from your windows.  The first step to “good growth” is good light.  Put this plant as CLOSE to your largest window as possible.  You only need a sheer curtain to block direct sun if it will shine on the plant for longer than 2 hours.  Any distance from a window (or a small window) will cause the indirect light to be too weak – a light meter will prove it.
• WATERING: waiting until the soil is completely dry to the point that the whole plant is very wilted is not the correct cue to water.  You should be watering the plant when the soil is only about halfway dry – the leaves may be just slightly wilted.  You also mentioned that you pour a small amount of water – you should be fully soaking all parts of the soil thoroughly.
• FERTILIZING: I use slow release fertilizer in the soil so the plant is getting nutrients at every watering.  More fertilizer info HERE

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