--- title: "Hi everyone! Hoping if someone could help or tell me how to help my…" description: "Hi everyone! Hoping if someone could help or tell me how to help my plant? It’s an Emerald Ripple Pepper, but it’s been looking really droopy, brownish, and…" url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/83w0PtFUSvW2vR5vZbuOSg?language=ko" community: "Pests, diseases and problems" author: "Plant lover" published: "2024-05-21T03:29:24.083919Z" language: "en" image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v2/cloudinary/global_data/communities/pestsDiseasesAndProblems.jpg" --- [커뮤니티](https://getplanta.com/community.md?language=ko) / [Pests, diseases and problems](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ.md?language=ko) # Hi everyone! Hoping if someone could help or tell me how to help my… _Plant lover님이 2024-05-21에 게시함_ Hi everyone! Hoping if someone could help or tell me how to help my plant? It’s an Emerald Ripple Pepper, but it’s been looking really droopy, brownish, and overall sad. Might be from over or under watering by who had this plant before me, or too much sun since it was straight next to a window, but I’m worried since I’m not very experienced with plants currently. If you can help, thanks! ## 11개의 댓글 ### Felicia님이 2024-05-21에 댓글을 남겼어요. How often do you water it? And does it have good drainage? I’d check the roots for root rot #### Plant lover님이 2024-05-21에 답변했습니다. I water it when I’m told to by planta but I think the person before me didn’t take care of it very well. It has good drainage but I’ll check for root rot: what does it usually look like if a plant had root rot? #### Felicia님이 2024-05-21에 답변했습니다. In my experience the roots are brown/black (could stink) , mushy. If you slightly tug on them and they fall off it’s usually root rot. Root rot comes from the soil being too wet, too often #### Plant lover님이 2024-05-21에 답변했습니다. Thanks, I’ll check my plant for that now! ### Plant lover님이 2024-05-21에 댓글을 남겼어요. Just checked for root rot, and thank god, it doesn’t have it. Just a bit of overwatering by previous owner: they were watering it every week instead of every nine days! ### brianna님이 2024-05-21에 댓글을 남겼어요. It could need some more humidity as that can usually be a cause for the browning leaves. Did you realize that you plant and the one you have it categorized as are not the same plant? What you have is a type of arrowhead plant…not a peperomia #### Plant lover님이 2024-05-21에 답변했습니다. That’s what Planta identified it as… I’m new with plants so I didn’t know. I also tried humidity: it was in a bathroom before, next to the window, and it still started browning #### brianna님이 2024-05-21에 답변했습니다. There must’ve been an issue with Planta because I screenshotted your first photo and it told me variegated arrowhead plant. Water when the top layers of soil are dry, sometimes the watering schedules aren’t accurate due to differences in temp and light. Make sure to prune any fully dead growth and do some research with other plant websites for some better care. I don’t personally have one of these. #### Plant lover님이 2024-05-22에 답변했습니다. Thanks, I’ll reidentify it now and see if it changes for me! #### brianna님이 2024-05-22에 답변했습니다. There’s a way to change it in the plant settings too so you don’t have to delete all your info and pictures. I’ve had it mis identify things before too and figured out how to change it. ### Riley님이 2024-05-21에 댓글을 남겼어요. I don’t follow planta’s watering schedule because I find it to be very inaccurate. Peperomias prefer to dry out completely between waterings, so I would make sure to check before watering. --- _Planta 커뮤니티 (https://getplanta.com). 누구나 읽을 수 있습니다. 게시물을 올리고, 댓글을 달고, 좋아요를 누르려면 Planta 앱을 다운로드하세요: https://getplanta.com/download_