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Michelle Dee

I have been using this app for 2 years and just found out today that my Calathea is sensitive to lime in water. It was purchased from a nursery last year and was so beautiful. Slowly it started having dried up and curled leaves. I kept treating it with a fungicide, watering and fertilizing on schedule. It finally got down to one leaf and I almost threw it away, but I kept watering and feeding. Lo, and behold it started growing again and the leaves are big. I see the dreaded dry and curled leaf starting again and believe it’s lime from the water. John, my plant, will be getting distilled water from now on.

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  1. Phil

    Beautiful fussy plants. I have two of those spoiled brats, but I have them under control usually. I use RO water for all my plants.

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    • Michelle Dee

      Thank you for your comment. I did not know what RO water was and just spent the last 30 minutes reading an excellent piece all about it.

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  2. Olivia Williamson

    They can be very dramatic at times. I notice mine are the most dramatic with droopy leaves whenever I didn’t water them for a day longer than I was supposed to. Distilled water is the way to go with these babies for sure! I recommend using it for begonias too.

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  3. Christine

    I use rain water, mine always suffer in the winter even though they are near a humidifier. Calatheas are beautiful but 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ they always thrive for me in the summer outside though!

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  4. Buffy

    Same thing happened to my calathea.. crisped leaves and just a stem left. Too much lime. I hope to save my stem of a plant with humidity and distilled water. Who knew!

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    • Michelle Dee

      Yes keep loving it and don’t give up on it. Water, fertilize and spray with distilled water. It will come back.

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  5. S.thorny

    Just discovered one of my plants (Bruce, a blue spruce) is also sensitive to lime thanks to this post!! Do you have to re-pot them before starting to give them the fancy lime-less water?? Thanks for posting about this!!

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    • Michelle Dee

      I would think new soil is quicker to help it recover, although it is still a process. I repotted my Calathea when I made this post.

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