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title: "Not sure what’s wrong? I watered it two days ago because I hadn’t in…"
description: "Not sure what’s wrong? I watered it two days ago because I hadn’t in a while, but it’s still looking droopy. I have a west facing window, so maybe it’s not…"
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "Escott"
published: "2025-05-17T04:57:25.851599Z"
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# Not sure what’s wrong? I watered it two days ago because I hadn’t in…

_Posted by Escott on 2025-05-17_

Not sure what’s wrong? I watered it two days ago because I hadn’t in a while, but it’s still looking droopy. I have a west facing window, so maybe it’s not getting enough sun? Any advice?

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## 5 comments

### Amy commented on 2025-05-17

How many hours of light and how far is it from the window? Mine has been living near west facing windows for a few years and doing fine. it’s about 2-3 ft away from big windows. It gets a bit too hot so I have to block some of the light.  
Your leaf tips look a little crispy. Consider changing your watering frequency or amount of water.

#### Escott replied on 2025-05-18

Not sure how many hours of sun, but it’s probably about 7ish feet away from the window. I’ll change up watering and see if that helps, thank you!

### Ashley commented on 2025-05-17

I would say it was dry for too long. It will recover. Are you only using distilled water, filtered or rain water? These don’t like tap water.

#### Escott replied on 2025-05-18

Thank you! No I was using tap water, but I’ll start using distilled now

### Amy commented on 2025-05-18

I’ve been watering mine with tap (or rain water when available for years) and it seems to keep growing. But everyone’s tap water is a little different so do what you think is best for your plant 🙂

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