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title: "Help please! I’m a plant novice trying to care for this prayer plant.…"
description: "Help please! I’m a plant novice trying to care for this prayer plant. I have been watering according to schedule. It has been on the windowsill of a…"
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author: "Ben"
published: "2025-07-07T20:46:44.770319Z"
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# Help please! I’m a plant novice trying to care for this prayer plant.…

_Posted by Ben on 2025-07-07_

Help please! I’m a plant novice trying to care for this prayer plant. I have been watering according to schedule. It has been on the windowsill of a south-facing window. Does this look like too much sun or a watering problem? The soil felt dry but loose. Today is watering day.

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/4BH4jCxGY9I_3Y81XxR7cZanT3IW5qoM1Z0bAtfq034/pgmyj7LkQaacwUrzidHeEA.webp?size=large)

## 11 comments

### happysoxdonkey commented on 2025-07-07

It might be too much sun. Mine is doing well in an east facing window, but to the side that gets a bit less direct sun on it. ETA it doesn’t look similar to my prayer plant.

### Phil commented on 2025-07-07

I don’t think this is a prayer plant. Dieffenbachia?

#### happysoxdonkey replied on 2025-07-07

I agree. It doesn’t look like my prayer plant.

### Plantginny commented on 2025-07-07

Eek! I think that’s a diffenbachia. It likes to dry between waterings.

### Cloudyskyy72 commented on 2025-07-07

I agree, dieffenbachia.

### #lovemyplant commented on 2025-07-08

Or dumb cane some call it

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/3VyG1KRCVZLb8H2XZxiWLrsDF1aewJjCBZetpGgdYjg/heDk7MWoSXGEYSIiimmuGw.webp?size=large)

### Abby commented on 2025-07-08

Mine was healthy for 6 months. This past month it all of sudden got soft and started wilting. I don’t what happened. I repotted it and there were rotted roots.

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#### #lovemyplant replied on 2025-07-08

Over watering  
So next time you water it wait till the first top inch of soil is dry

#### Abby replied on 2025-07-08

That’s what I’ve been doing and like I said it was fine and healthy since January. I haven’t watered it for weeks now.

#### #lovemyplant replied on 2025-07-09

Personally I would get it out of the pot and rinse the roots with lukewarm water then trim any brown,black or mushy roots to get the damaged roots gone. From there your gonna want to water lightly and give it some plant food in fresh soil

#### #lovemyplant replied on 2025-07-09

The plant gets to be like that when the plant has been sitting in undrained water that damages the roots

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