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title: "Hi!! My rattle snake plant has seen better days… all leaves have some…"
description: "Hi!! My rattle snake plant has seen better days… all leaves have some brown/dried out. I have had new shoots for many months that are not getting bigger… its…"
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# Hi!! My rattle snake plant has seen better days… all leaves have some…

_Posted by yankej01 on 2026-06-09_

Hi!! My rattle snake plant has seen better days… all leaves have some brown/dried out. I have had new shoots for many months that are not getting bigger… its in a 6inch pot and I went to repot today thinking maybe it had root rot.. but all roots look great!

What tips do you have to help this plant come back?!

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## 7 comments

### Adian Rankin commented on 2026-06-09

Is it an indoor or outdoor plant?

#### yankej01 replied on 2026-06-09

Indoor

#### Adian Rankin replied on 2026-06-09

How’s the humidity inside? My rattlesnake is only alive bc I set it on top of my humidifier! They love it! If you don’t have a humidifier, I would stick it in the bathroom with some window light

#### Adian Rankin replied on 2026-06-09

I can’t really tell much from the roots but if you don’t smell anything rotten then it should be fine. I would spray down the roots with 3% hydrogen peroxide and repot it in pot two inches wider w/ tropical soil! They also hate calcium rich water! They thrive on acidic rain in nature

#### Plantin like Daddy replied on 2026-06-10

Ah. This is probably why mine has finally stopped getting dry and brown. I had been trying everything by but now it’s right next to the humidifier. I had changed the angles of my grow lights and moved it so many times…and it kept getting worse until now

### abitofbrit commented on 2026-06-09

They’re super sensitive to the minerals in tap water, so be sure to only use distilled, RO, or rainwater when watering it,

### PossumLover commented on 2026-06-12

Mine did that until I moved it outside. I live in the panhandle of Florida and it is 100% humidity here. East facing balcony.

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