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title: "what’s going on with my corn plant? i thought it might be fungal…"
description: "what’s going on with my corn plant? i thought it might be fungal infection so i cut some parts of the leaves off, but it didn’t seem to help. there’s golden…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/64d5538fe293c939d215face"
community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "Mushroom"
published: "2023-08-10T21:15:59.337Z"
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# what’s going on with my corn plant? i thought it might be fungal…

_Posted by Mushroom on 2023-08-10_

what’s going on with my corn plant? i thought it might be fungal infection so i cut some parts of the leaves off, but it didn’t seem to help. there’s golden pothos planted right below it, and it seems unaffected by whatever is happening to the corn plant. i was gifted this plant for my birthday and i really want to fix it, so if anyone has advice i’d really appreciate it

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## 4 comments

### jedijae commented on 2023-08-10

Those little eyes are cute. Are they hanging with magnets?

#### Mushroom replied on 2023-08-11

yup!

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### Sunny commented on 2023-08-11

That looks like Black stem rot. It can be caused by an internal fungus and other issues. It will be extremely difficult to save that plant. You can salvage cuttings from the healthy parts to propagate before the rot spreads to the entire plant. I had one slowly die like that many years ago.

#### Mushroom replied on 2023-08-11

dang ok. i’ll have to do that. thank you :)

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