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title: "Trying to save this peperomia, it was dropping leaves nonstop and I…"
description: "Trying to save this peperomia, it was dropping leaves nonstop and I couldn’t figure out why, tried more water, less water, more humidity, more or less…"
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community: "Hydroponics & Semi-hydroponics"
author: "juju"
published: "2024-01-19T18:08:07.64Z"
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# Trying to save this peperomia, it was dropping leaves nonstop and I…

_Posted by juju on 2024-01-19_

Trying to save this peperomia, it was dropping leaves nonstop and I couldn’t figure out why, tried more water, less water, more humidity, more or less fertilizer, eventually I decided the issue could be the soil or root rot and following the tips from the Leca Queen on youtube I repotted it into LECA and hopefully it will pick up. I cleaned the roots very well and the leaves stopped falling so Im hopeful. No signs of growth tho and leaves are still quite droopy.  
Any extra tips are appreciated :))

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## 2 comments

### Plant Father commented on 2024-01-19

not a peperomia but rather pilea peperomioides. they have similar care but these plants are a little finicky. they will drop leaves if they’re under watered, over watered, or not getting enough light or nutrients

#### juju replied on 2024-01-19

Oh good to know!! It was labeled as peperomia when I bought it 😱 Ill search more about the species thank you. Yeah sometimes the leaf looks great but if I touched accidentally it would fall. I think lack of light definitely played a role too since it’s winter, but it’s now on a brighter spot… let’s see if it’ll pick up.

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