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title: "sos! bought my first maranta from b&q and she has these white…"
description: "sos! bought my first maranta from b&q and she has these white splotches over most of her leaves, unsure what this could be? i’ve been treating it for pests…"
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community: "Plant Recovery Room"
author: "jess amy"
published: "2024-07-28T13:42:11.56744Z"
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# sos! bought my first maranta from b\&q and she has these white…

_Posted by jess amy on 2024-07-28_

sos! bought my first maranta from b\&q and she has these white splotches over most of her leaves, unsure what this could be? i’ve been treating it for pests assuming it’s pests? Please help, i’m a new plant parent🪴🌱

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## 10 comments

### Cc commented on 2024-07-28

Honestly it kind of looks like some kind of water that had maybe some kind of fertilizer in it got dried on the leaves and left residue. Can you just wipe it off?

#### jess amy replied on 2024-07-28

i’ll try now, thank you!!

### Alyssa commented on 2024-07-28

It’s hard water stains, nothing to be concerned about, if you want you can try washing off with a mix of hydrogen peroxide, dish soap and water

#### jess amy replied on 2024-07-28

Thank you so much!! do you think this will work without hydrogen peroxide as i don’t have any right now :/

#### Alyssa replied on 2024-07-28

Yeah I think so, could even use rubbing alcohol if you have that but not I think soap and water would do the trick

#### jess amy replied on 2024-07-28

thank you very much! I've just done it and it's helped loads!

#### jess amy replied on 2024-07-28

you see know knowledgeable on this, is there anyway to avoid hard water damage in the future?

#### Alyssa replied on 2024-07-28

That’s awesome! It’ll go away over time and cleaning the leaves often, so ways to avoid are two fold I think. First, make sure you’re not using hard water in general for your plants (the nursery you got it from might’ve just used an outside hose to water all their plants), I’ve also invested in some water conditioner to help my more picky plants with their tap water aversions lol. Secondly, try not to water your plants from the top and letting it splash all over the leaves, just water close to the soil and stems 😊

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