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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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# Help please! I’m a plant novice trying to care for this prayer plant.…

_Ben님이 2025-07-07에 게시함_

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.

![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/4BH4jCxGY9I_3Y81XxR7cZanT3IW5qoM1Z0bAtfq034/pgmyj7LkQaacwUrzidHeEA.webp?size=large)

## 11개의 댓글

### happysoxdonkey님이 2025-07-07에 댓글을 남겼어요.

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.

### Phil님이 2025-07-07에 댓글을 남겼어요.

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

#### happysoxdonkey님이 2025-07-07에 답변했습니다.

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

### Plantginny님이 2025-07-07에 댓글을 남겼어요.

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

### Cloudyskyy72님이 2025-07-07에 댓글을 남겼어요.

I agree, dieffenbachia.

### #lovemyplant님이 2025-07-08에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Or dumb cane some call it

![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/3VyG1KRCVZLb8H2XZxiWLrsDF1aewJjCBZetpGgdYjg/heDk7MWoSXGEYSIiimmuGw.webp?size=large)

### Abby님이 2025-07-08에 댓글을 남겼어요.

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.

![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/Rp4iY3aMLNv5LAcpwOD0V2dMLkxNCDroVZMxoQp4Yrw/EAs0nuQOSiiu0D4Yzc_oug.webp?size=large)

#### #lovemyplant님이 2025-07-08에 답변했습니다.

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

#### Abby님이 2025-07-08에 답변했습니다.

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.

#### #lovemyplant님이 2025-07-09에 답변했습니다.

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

#### #lovemyplant님이 2025-07-09에 답변했습니다.

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

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