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title: "Hubby bought me this baby. I love the colors. Any care tips to share?…"
description: "Hubby bought me this baby. I love the colors. Any care tips to share? I’m new to this one. Thanks"
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published: "2025-04-26T22:40:57.906831Z"
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# Hubby bought me this baby. I love the colors. Any care tips to share?…

_Pubblicato da Christine il 2025-04-26_

Hubby bought me this baby. I love the colors. Any care tips to share? I’m new to this one. Thanks

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## 6 commenti

### Lynae ha commentato il 2025-04-26

Beautiful 🩷💚

### Sunny ha commentato il 2025-04-27

It’s a croton. They like all day full sun to maintain the rich colors (or a 12 hr daily grow light), warm temperatures, regular fertilizer and higher humidity.

### Calvin ha commentato il 2025-04-27

The plant you have right there is a Croton Petra. They come from Malaysia and some parts of Asia They like bright light. Basically the more color a plant has the more light it needs. I own four different versions very fussy as well. If move to a new location it will drop all their leaves, but if you find its happy spot, you will see growth happen a lot.

### Bb ha commentato il 2025-04-27

Take care to inspect the leaves - mine have been a bit susceptible to spider mites so I do pretty regular checks and cleans of the leaves

### Surfside Seedling ha commentato il 2025-04-27

Super sensitive \& fussy like Calvin said! Does not like change in location, temperature changes or repotting. If it’s not happy, it has no problem dropping its leaves like crazy.

### Kirsten ha commentato il 2025-04-27

Mine has been happy in a sunny spot and not letting the soil dry out too much. I would advise not watering with tap water. Mine got calcifications on it or something that I think dried out a leaf.

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