--- title: "Why are the white part of the leaves on my white knight turning mushy…" description: "Why are the white part of the leaves on my white knight turning mushy an brown ?" url: "https://getplanta.com/community/6WjlL_2rTSS00GnYx8UA_g/652da2696da87be555b2db49" community: "Philodendron Parents" author: "Peaches" published: "2023-10-16T20:51:53.841Z" language: "en" image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/pyVo1Fkylsuhv0hMHgEi4MBt-pcfpgHSrNs3gj8YR-c/87a640c9b5014a339acee2f284f446c1.webp?size=large" --- [Community](https://getplanta.com/community.md) / [Philodendron Parents](https://getplanta.com/community/6WjlL_2rTSS00GnYx8UA_g.md) # Why are the white part of the leaves on my white knight turning mushy… _Posted by Peaches on 2023-10-16_ Why are the white part of the leaves on my white knight turning mushy an brown ? ![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/pyVo1Fkylsuhv0hMHgEi4MBt-pcfpgHSrNs3gj8YR-c/87a640c9b5014a339acee2f284f446c1.webp?size=large) ## 16 comments ### PlantieMae commented on 2023-10-16 Mine became this way too too but I believe I might have had it too close to a grow light and one with too much sun exposure, and the leaves burned? #### Peaches replied on 2023-10-17 Don’t think that’s the case here ### Planta member commented on 2023-10-16 Hi! Your plant is beautiful btw! But the white on the leaves are not able to do the process photosynthesis. So it kills them off. It is totally fine that they come out with white but beware they will die off, at least the white part. #### Mullein replied on 2023-10-16 Yeah, like Herb \& Thyme said, high variegation leaves are very delicate unfortunately. The plant kinda “votes them off the island” first, per se, if there’s unfavorable conditions or lack of some nutrient #### Peaches replied on 2023-10-17 I will fertilize maybe that will help future leaves ### Sunny commented on 2023-10-17 You have a lot of fungus gnats. Their larvae live in the soil and feed off the roots which damage leaves. Check for root damage and get rid of the gnats. #### Peaches replied on 2023-10-17 Ty Sunny. I checked the soil no root rot but found the death sack an removed #### Sunny replied on 2023-10-17 That death sack has killed off too many plants! I’m glad you found the source of the issue. #### Alex replied on 2023-10-24 What’s a death sac? Pardon my ignorance I’m new. I googled gnat death sac and it didn’t provide any guidance. #### Sunny replied on 2023-10-24 It’s a woven cloth or small cage like pot used to grow starter plants in mass quantities without their roots growing onto another plant. They repot the starter into a pot and leave the cage/web/cloth around the roots. The plant’s growth is stunted and starts to die off when it can’t completely break free of the devices. Less work for a nursery selling 50k starter plants a year to leave on the cages of death. ![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/wefqOljjhEOiS9LRzOB1-QhxkVJiB4A5DGumXhnNrhs/fafbceb20b4f44d8abd78e96b2ba76fb.webp?size=large) #### Alex replied on 2023-10-24 Wow. That’s really good to know. Thanks!! ### Nic Van D commented on 2023-11-05 Also known as a plug, or propagation plug (I heard Drea from Aloha Plant Life on YouTube explain what they were and to remove them them). When I bought my Alocasia, it wasn’t growing and as soon as I discovered it I removed it and it started growing. Also if use mosquito bits you can buy silicone tea bags (reusable) and fill the pouch and let it sit in the water. I have a half gallon pitcher I use to make the “tea” ahead of time and then store it in a gallon water bottle. I’ve recently switched to Mosquito Dunk which are larger pieces, because I saw Wild Fern on YouTube talking about them. Much easier to use and you can break them in half and they’ll go farther. I also put in a drop or two of Super Thrive vitamins in the tea every other time. My plants and water propagation’s love it. ![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/EfCdlw_ylsoTHLJZYgTq5uB8Jfs2xWcvSSZRTH1cC9c/49eb9bb2b63542f785ca6e75d57079ae.webp?size=large) #### Nic Van D replied on 2023-11-05 ![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/EfCdlw_ylsoTHLJZYgTq5uB8Jfs2xWcvSSZRTH1cC9c/f529813bb7f54a95b48c6e6dcbe151e6.webp?size=large) #### Nic Van D replied on 2023-11-05 ![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/EfCdlw_ylsoTHLJZYgTq5uB8Jfs2xWcvSSZRTH1cC9c/4b3bdfdeead34164afc01d16e11e1a56.webp?size=large) #### Nic Van D replied on 2023-11-05 ![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/EfCdlw_ylsoTHLJZYgTq5uB8Jfs2xWcvSSZRTH1cC9c/1911dcdf6ec5484080eb0c871ebf7630.webp?size=large) ### Peaches commented on 2023-12-11 Well white knight is not doing good. After repotting in a smaller pot I think it went into shock. Ready to graveyard it 😭 ![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/pyVo1Fkylsuhv0hMHgEi4MBt-pcfpgHSrNs3gj8YR-c/0ca577707a6544c1adbf0365a6e46dad.webp?size=large) --- _Source: the Planta community (https://getplanta.com). Reading is open to everyone. To post, comment and like, get the Planta app: https://getplanta.com/download_