If I am understanding your question correctly, you have recently repotted your dieffenbachia, but it is back in the same location it was prior to repotting. The three main suspect in a case of yellowing leaves are water, sun, and transplant shock. If your plant is indeed back in its old location, we can probably eliminate too much sun as a suspect. That leaves us with water (too much or too little) or transplant shock. It seems you’ve had dieffenbachia for a while and probably have pretty good intuition on their watering. It could be that the new pot isn’t draining properly, or if the pot is big, that too much water is bypassing the roots. But given your scenario, I suspect that the most cause of your yellowing leaves is transplant shock. The University of Connecticut offers up some solid care tips for dieffenbachia: https://homegarden.cahnr.uconn.edu/factsheets/dieffenbachia/, and Missouri University Extension service put out a handy video that explores transplant stress and shock in both indoor and outdoor plants: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsOIoWWa4Hs.
I hope this is helpful, and that your dieffenbachia is on the road to recovery soon!
Hi Janize,
If I am understanding your question correctly, you have recently repotted your dieffenbachia, but it is back in the same location it was prior to repotting. The three main suspect in a case of yellowing leaves are water, sun, and transplant shock. If your plant is indeed back in its old location, we can probably eliminate too much sun as a suspect. That leaves us with water (too much or too little) or transplant shock. It seems you’ve had dieffenbachia for a while and probably have pretty good intuition on their watering. It could be that the new pot isn’t draining properly, or if the pot is big, that too much water is bypassing the roots. But given your scenario, I suspect that the most cause of your yellowing leaves is transplant shock. The University of Connecticut offers up some solid care tips for dieffenbachia: https://homegarden.cahnr.uconn.edu/factsheets/dieffenbachia/, and Missouri University Extension service put out a handy video that explores transplant stress and shock in both indoor and outdoor plants: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsOIoWWa4Hs.
I hope this is helpful, and that your dieffenbachia is on the road to recovery soon!
All best,
Joe Bills
Associate Editor
OFA