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title: "Just got this peacock prayer plant and fount these sores. Anyone know…"
description: "Just got this peacock prayer plant and fount these sores. Anyone know what could cause this? Thanks"
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author: "Aime"
published: "2023-12-21T05:18:44.228Z"
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# Just got this peacock prayer plant and fount these sores. Anyone know…

_Gepostet von Aime am 2023-12-21_

Just got this peacock prayer plant and fount these sores. Anyone know what could cause this?  
Thanks

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## 4 Kommentare

### Girlcab kommentierte am 2023-12-21

I had a similar issue with a prayer plant. It turned out to be that I had a water softener and it did not like that at all. I switched to my reverse osmosis tap and all happy again. You could also try leaving the tap water to sit out over night before using it? Good luck!

#### Aime antwortete am 2023-12-22

Thank you. Hadn’t thought of that

### Emily 🪴🤍 kommentierte am 2023-12-21

It looks like mealy bugs to me. I get what the other comment was saying about the hard water - that does cause a white film on the leaves but I’ve had both issues and this looks more like mealy bugs. Wipe it down with isopropyl alcohol and separate it from other plants

#### Aime antwortete am 2023-12-22

I don’t know anything about those bugs. I’m very new to plants. Thanks for your help

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