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title: "What’s wrong with my ZZ 😭😭?!"
description: "What’s wrong with my ZZ 😭😭?!"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/65020b4436a307352d689311"
community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "Gwendolyn"
published: "2023-09-13T19:19:32.33Z"
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# What’s wrong with my ZZ 😭😭?!

_Posted by Gwendolyn on 2023-09-13_

What’s wrong with my ZZ 😭😭?!

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## 4 comments

### isabelle b. commented on 2023-09-14

i have been told that this is normal on healthy zz plants! apparently it is a waxy substance! however, if someone else can verify, that would be appreciated!

### Dreams of Green commented on 2023-09-14

That’s correct. Mine have it too and is growing fine

### Gwendolyn commented on 2023-09-14

Phew 😅😅

#### Gwendolyn replied on 2023-09-14

This one is my baby— maybe four years old now. I couldn’t lose her 🥰

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