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title: "I don’t know what’s wrong with my calathea prop please help :(( it…"
description: "I don’t know what’s wrong with my calathea prop please help :(( it has plenty of roots and sits in fresh clean water with space to breathe too!"
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author: "Mairead"
published: "2024-06-10T08:04:20.064415Z"
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# I don’t know what’s wrong with my calathea prop please help :(( it…

_Gepostet von Mairead am 2024-06-10_

I don’t know what’s wrong with my calathea prop please help :(( it has plenty of roots and sits in fresh clean water with space to breathe too!

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## 3 Kommentare

### send\_nodes kommentierte am 2024-06-10

Hmm that’s strange since the roots look good. How high is the water line? Hard to tell in this pic

### Urban Jungle 🦩 kommentierte am 2024-06-10

Maybe time to pot up 😊

### GreenLeaf kommentierte am 2024-06-10

If you want to keep it in water you can try adding a VERY diluted fertilizer to the water. With a root system like that water alone won’t sustain it.

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