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title: "Hi, everyone. I went out of town for 10days and my husband, who…"
description: "Hi, everyone. I went out of town for 10days and my husband, who thought was helping (bless his heart), watered my philodendron. It is soaking. I pulled off the…"
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community: "Philodendron Parents"
author: "Amy"
published: "2024-06-06T17:31:42.666623Z"
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# Hi, everyone. I went out of town for 10days and my husband, who…

_Posted by Amy on 2024-06-06_

Hi, everyone. I went out of town for 10days and my husband, who thought was helping (bless his heart), watered my philodendron. It is soaking. I pulled off the yellow leaves, drained as much water out of the holes as I can and have it airing out outside of the decorative pot but is there something else I should be doing? I’m afraid it’s going to get root rot.

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## 3 comments

### Jbear13 commented on 2024-06-06

Awh well he tried! Now he will be better next time lol. When I get a new plant with soaked soil (when I don’t want to refresh soil yet) I will put some paper towels or a folded dishrag under to absorb some extra moisture🙌🙌

#### Amy replied on 2024-06-06

“A” for effort, for sure. I will try that trick. Thank you.

### Kades commented on 2024-06-06

It seems like you’re doing everything you can! Hopefully it recovers well!!

I recently overwatered my birkin and lost a bunch of leaves from edema 🥲

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