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title: "Any advice on what is happening here? I have multiple plants that…"
description: "Any advice on what is happening here? I have multiple plants that seemed do be doing wonderful and then over the past few months have started drying out at the…"
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author: "Ashley"
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# Any advice on what is happening here? I have multiple plants that…

_Posted by Ashley on 2025-12-20_

Any advice on what is happening here? I have multiple plants that seemed do be doing wonderful and then over the past few months have started drying out at the stems and eventually dying off. This is a piece of my golden pothos but it’s happened to my philodendron, Hoya, several others. I have lost so many plants lately and no idea why, I’ve not changed anything with my routines

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## 9 comments

### brittrb commented on 2025-12-20

Is it mushy?

#### Ashley replied on 2025-12-20

Yeah it is

### brittrb commented on 2025-12-20

You can save it by propagating

### LadyTenorJD commented on 2025-12-20

That looks like rot to me. That happens to my plants when the soil doesn’t drain enough.

#### Ashley replied on 2025-12-20

I’ve been bottom watering to help prevent gnats. Should I let them dry out more in between or add even more drainage to the mixture?

### LadyTenorJD commented on 2025-12-20

I would add more drainage. If you are already bottom feeding, that should help.

### Ashley commented on 2025-12-20

Thanks y’all!

### plantgeek commented on 2025-12-22

overwatering. the roots are done, you have to propagate what's left 😢

#### Ashley replied on 2025-12-22

Thank you! I will!

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