Calathea Brown Tips

Tip burn on Calathea is usually an edge-management problem before it becomes a whole-plant problem. Brown tips show up when that balance slips; the damage usually begins at the farthest leaf tissue because tips lose water quickly and collect dissolved salts.

Do not read every brown tip as disease. A plant with crisp points, clean leaf centers, and no mushy stems is usually reacting to dry indoor air, tap-water minerals, or a dry-to-soggy watering cycle. Use a hygrometer, inspect the soil surface for white crust, and compare your rhythm with seasonal indoor watering timing before changing everything at once.

This route is narrower than crispy Calathea leaves. Here the plant still has mostly intact foliage with localized margin burn. If whole leaves are curling, collapsing, or turning brittle from edge to midrib, treat it as a broader moisture and light problem instead.