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title: "Why are the leaves of my Peperomia plant curling and have dark spots…"
description: "Why are the leaves of my Peperomia plant curling and have dark spots on some of their back sides?"
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "Mari"
published: "2023-07-12T18:56:00.801Z"
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# Why are the leaves of my Peperomia plant curling and have dark spots…

_Lagt ut av Mari den 2023-07-12_

Why are the leaves of my Peperomia plant curling and have dark spots on some of their back sides?

![Vedlegg 1 av 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/HjWQ9TiqlClYFs09h40jWQ9eKnDv0mw5fNolx8ynJVY/ffa7295fa56f47bbaabeddb177e9e094.webp?size=large)

## 4 kommentarer

### GreenLeaf kommenterte den 2023-07-13

These guys like to dry out. My first guess would be a watering issue. If you are confident your watering/fertilizing is not the problem, then I would suggest it could be a Calcium/Magnesium deficiency (if you are noticing the new growth coming in deformed and weird).

Mine did this and all the research I found lead to that. These guys need more Cal/Mag and there isn’t enough in most regular fertilizers.  
I found it on amazon. So far I’ve used it 1x and the leaf shape has improved.

As for the brown spots on the back….those haven’t changed on mine.

#### Mari svarte den 2023-07-13

Thank you

#### brittany svarte den 2023-07-14

I have a caladium with curling leaves and weird growths, can you screenshot which cal/mag you use?

#### GreenLeaf svarte den 2023-07-14

Got it on amazon. There are a whole bunch of options though. I only picked this one for the price/size (I ordered the smallest bottle).

![Vedlegg 1 av 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/u2Rb07DIhCw9zCYixTDSxFPEy0Mr6tu5Z8oplUQ0m0I/cf453451ef5644e9accd810ad44ccb33.webp?size=large)

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