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title: "Halp! My dieffenbachia is doing rough after a hard repot. I got her…"
description: "Halp! My dieffenbachia is doing rough after a hard repot. I got her from target (first mistake) about 3 months ago. She had to be treated for spider mites.…"
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# Halp! My dieffenbachia is doing rough after a hard repot. I got her…

_Publicado por Libby el 2025-06-23_

Halp!

My dieffenbachia is doing rough after a hard repot.

I got her from target (first mistake) about 3 months ago. She had to be treated for spider mites. After they were treated, it was finally time to repot. She was way overgrown in the pot she came in.

I say it was a hard repot because it was super stressful - rots were packed with soil, so they had to be soaked to break it up. Roots were exposed. I did not see root rot while re-planting. I was expecting high stress.

She’s in a bigger home now, but the stress is A LOT. Any tips to help her through it? Waterings have been regular and on schedule, sunlight is enough.

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## 5 comentarios

### Wolfen 🐺 comentó el 2025-06-23

Mycorrhizal can help with transplant shock. Did you just treat once for spidermites? Or a full 60 days?

#### Libby respondió el 2025-06-23

Full 60 days, since I got the plant

### Ashley comentó el 2025-06-24

Def in shock and possibly now overwatered. Move it to bright light. Remove all struggling leaves. I would only go up 1-2 inches in pot size. It will bounce back, just takes time.

#### Libby respondió el 2025-06-24

Will do! The pot it’s in not is probably about 2 inches bigger than the last. Thank you for your advice!

### Danii comentó el 2025-06-25

There’s rarely a need to break up a root ball while repotting.

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