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title: "Any ideas on what's happened to my croton?? It was fine one day,…"
description: "Any ideas on what's happened to my croton?? It was fine one day, floppy the next. I've had the heating on quite a lot, and have been slacking on misting...…"
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "EMcD"
published: "2026-01-18T14:27:05.826687Z"
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# Any ideas on what's happened to my croton?? It was fine one day,…

_Posted by EMcD on 2026-01-18_

Any ideas on what's happened to my croton?? It was fine one day, floppy the next. I've had the heating on quite a lot, and have been slacking on misting... It's also sitting in a single glazed window with gaps, and the temperature has been about 5° or less recently... I'm thinking it must be one or the other?

Thanks!

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## 10 comments

### brittrb commented on 2026-01-18

Mine does this when it gets dry. But could be temps not sure

### Madison commented on 2026-01-18

Agreed that it could be dry. When you stick your finger in the soil, is it wet, damp, or dry? I doubt that pausing on misting caused any harm; misting is fine but only temporarily increases local humidity for a few minutes.

### EMcD commented on 2026-01-18

The topsoil is damp, so I think not dryness :/

### KJM commented on 2026-01-18

Where do you live? Is the heat on all day? If the heat is on the air is going to be dry and humidity can be a real issue. I don't have any Croton but I keep a humidifier in the winter for my plants. Crotons are also sensitive to temperature changes so you might want to move it farther from the window but then you have less light and crotons like lots of light, so you might want to get a grow light if you can.

#### EMcD replied on 2026-01-20

I've been guilty of not running the humidifier lately, and the heating has been on more...I've moved it from the window, Hopefully it revives 🤞🤞

### KJM commented on 2026-01-18

Remember, soil moisture is not the same as air moisture. You have to work at getting both of them right for a croton to be happy.

### William commented on 2026-01-19

Looks like it got too cold

#### EMcD replied on 2026-01-20

Thanks, I hope it recovers :/

### Dondoo52 commented on 2026-01-20

I agree. I had one that sat in an East facing window that looked like this when the temperature dropped and it got a chill. Unfortunately, it did not survive after the cold exposure 😢

#### EMcD replied on 2026-01-20

Thank you, this is good to be forewarned about :/ d

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