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title: "Any suggestions for what might be wrong with my rattlesnake plant? It…"
description: "Any suggestions for what might be wrong with my rattlesnake plant? It has been healthy for over a year and has now developed these brown spots with some brown…"
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# Any suggestions for what might be wrong with my rattlesnake plant? It…

_Publicado por Plant Mom el 2024-10-23_

Any suggestions for what might be wrong with my rattlesnake plant? It has been healthy for over a year and has now developed these brown spots with some brown edges. My first thought is a fungus infection maybe rust. I completely cut off the worst leaves and trimmed the browning areas off of some others. I then treated all the remains leaves with fungicide and moved the plant back to an east facing location from its current westerly location. Any other ideas? This is one of my favorite plants and has always been healthy.

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## 12 comentarios

### Twigs comentó el 2024-10-23

Mine does the same thing.

### Mindy comentó el 2024-10-23

Mine starts to have brown edges when the humidity is too low. I added a small humidifier and it has helped!

#### Plant Mom respondió el 2024-10-23

Thanks- my humidifier died and I haven’t replaced it. My bad

#### Plant Mom respondió el 2024-10-24

Purchased a new humidifier today. Thanks

### Amira comentó el 2024-10-24

In in direct light it looks like sun burn

#### Plant Mom respondió el 2024-10-24

My westerly window was direct but the new easterly location has a porch roof so that should help. Thanks

### Plant Father comentó el 2024-10-24

what type of water do you use for this plant? rain water is ideal, but if you have city water, or otherwise mineral heavy tap, it should at minimum be filtered for a healthy prayer plant. they’re very sensitive to excess minerals. after filtering i recommend adding a drop of aquarium water conditioner to dissolve the remaining chlorine/chloramines in the water. the chemicals in public water supplies are typically what causes the crispy and/or yellow spots

#### Plant Mom respondió el 2024-10-24

I use aquarium water conditioner but not filter.

#### Plant Mom respondió el 2024-10-24

Thanks for your suggestion. Bought a Brita pitcher today

#### Plant Father respondió el 2024-10-24

no problem! i hope it helps. i would suggest rinsing excess minerals out of the soil as best you can next time it needs water— pour water on top of the pot and let it drain several times

### Mamarod comentó el 2024-10-24

Humidity issues and not enough water or wrong water. Can’t use chlorinated or water with heavy lime. So I use bottled or filtered water for the calatheas

### Plant Mom comentó el 2025-01-12

Nothing has worked. I repotted at Planta dr suggestion and it is still doing the same thing. I had one new good leaf so I have cut it off and placed in water to root . Maybe it won’t be a total loss.

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