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title: "Anyone have suggestions on bringing back a stromanthe plant that is…"
description: "Anyone have suggestions on bringing back a stromanthe plant that is oddly really healthy on one side and the other side halfway dead? I’ve tried just about…"
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community: "Plant Recovery Room"
author: "Katie Steinborn"
published: "2024-11-11T23:23:34.266415Z"
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# Anyone have suggestions on bringing back a stromanthe plant that is…

_Posted by Katie Steinborn on 2024-11-11_

Anyone have suggestions on bringing back a stromanthe plant that is oddly really healthy on one side and the other side halfway dead? I’ve tried just about everything and I do make sure i rotate since my apt is pretty much half and half with sunlight.

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## 9 comments

### Zoey commented on 2024-11-12

Have you tried any fertilizer?

#### Katie Steinborn replied on 2024-11-12

Yup! I’ve tried watering more, less, added fertilizer, trimmed the leaves, cleaned them. lol I’m stuck!

### Josie commented on 2024-11-12

I have yet to figure out these plants. I have one that was super vibrant and beautiful and I gave it everything it could ask for. Plenty of light, distilled water, I’ve never repotted it and it’s in soil it’s supposed to like and I give it fertilizer that doesn’t have salt in it cause apparently it hates salt. She still looks faded and poorly even with tons of new growth all the time.

#### Katie Steinborn replied on 2024-11-12

This is good to know! It was so pretty when I first got it and I really thought it’d be low maintenance…

### Planta member commented on 2024-11-12

I would check roots and also maybe it needs more or less light, no direct sunlight but they really like bright indirect

#### Katie Steinborn replied on 2024-11-12

Will definitely try this out! Thanks

### Olivia commented on 2024-11-13

How's the humidity in your home? It sounds like you've done just about everything lol. I have a stromanthe and a few other prayer plants and I've had better luck than most (I had no idea what a finicky reputation they had when I got them!)—I do use distilled water to water them as well, but the humidifier made the biggest difference when I noticed things getting a little crispy at the edges, especially as the seasons changed. (Other options for increasing humidity: pebble trays, grouping plants together to create a microclimate, or even putting little dishes of water nearby.) I'm also going to test out a self-watering planter on one or two of my prayer plants—I've heard that this family of plants can do really well in those since they like to be a little moist always. Can report back with any findings!

#### Katie Steinborn replied on 2024-11-13

Thank you, Olivia! I actually have zero humidity and think that’s part of the problem? I do use a spray bottle every few days on the plants and try to keep them all at least damp. It’s dry as heck though and I live in a 5th floor condo in the city with a lot of sunlight and all hardwood floors. Needless to say, everything does dry out more often than it did before I moved a year ago haha. Maybe a humidifier(which I was thinking of getting before the winter months anyway for my allergies) would help? Keep me posted on your findings and I’ll do the same!

#### Olivia replied on 2024-11-13

These plants like their humidity so I bet that is indeed part of the problem!

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