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title: "Help!!! I don’t know why my elephant ear is rotting at the stem. She…"
description: "Help!!! I don’t know why my elephant ear is rotting at the stem. She looks healthy but I just noticed that."
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/650a2271806b44a362a2c3bc"
community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "PRbutterfly"
published: "2023-09-19T22:36:33.425Z"
language: "en"
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# Help!!! I don’t know why my elephant ear is rotting at the stem. She…

_Posted by PRbutterfly on 2023-09-19_

Help!!! I don’t know why my elephant ear is rotting at the stem. She looks healthy but I just noticed that.

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## 1 comment

### Audrey commented on 2023-09-20

I would take it out of the soil, take out anything rotten. Use new dirt and then Dilute hydrogen peroxide in water and water with that to stop it from spreading

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