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title: "So my friend gave me her favorite plant and I left it outside for…"
description: "So my friend gave me her favorite plant and I left it outside for like 3hrs and this happened😭😭 and it’s been like this for like 3 weeks and it hasn’t change…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/BAlhcvNhQzatWyxRCJGLLA/64d7c35ed9fe575ed364c5fd"
community: "Foliage Plant Haven"
author: "feliciano"
published: "2023-08-12T17:37:34.151Z"
language: "en"
image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/GJP_o-5U4LfcwvdEqY5-ALInc3NOgkfRrKu216D550Y/9689c21f58df4e0eb5412e890bcd0aa1.webp?size=large"
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# So my friend gave me her favorite plant and I left it outside for…

_Posted by feliciano on 2023-08-12_

So my friend gave me her favorite plant and I left it outside for like 3hrs and this happened😭😭 and it’s been like this for like 3 weeks and it hasn’t change and so I want to fix it if I can and if anyone could help me that would be awesome 😭

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## 5 comments

### Sunny commented on 2023-08-12

Looks like sunburn. It’s stressful on the plant. You can’t reverse it. The leaves typically dry out and die starting at the damaged areas.  
The drooping may be under watering. Plants typically don’t droop from sun damage for three weeks.

### EJ commented on 2023-08-16

some of the leaves (looks like the bottom droopy ones with color change) .. you can pick them off … also keep this watered !

#### feliciano replied on 2023-08-16

Okay like the browns ones and like how much water should I soak it for a bit or just pour water until it comes out of the drainage holes

#### EJ replied on 2023-08-16

water until water runs out drainage holes!! when the top 1/2 inch - 1nch is dry, water again!

and yes, you can pull off the brown leaves

#### feliciano replied on 2023-08-16

Thank you

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