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title: "This hydrangea isn’t doing well. The leaves are crumply. I’m not sure…"
description: "This hydrangea isn’t doing well. The leaves are crumply. I’m not sure why. It’s been getting water almost every 4 days and it still feels like under watering.…"
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author: "Elapse"
published: "2024-04-15T22:52:45.232543Z"
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# This hydrangea isn’t doing well. The leaves are crumply. I’m not sure…

_Publicado por Elapse el 2024-04-15_

This hydrangea isn’t doing well. The leaves are crumply. I’m not sure why. It’s been getting water almost every 4 days and it still feels like under watering. I’m not sure. Please help. Thanks in advance. It’s in a NW facing window.

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## 5 comentarios

### Camryn comentó el 2024-04-15

Hydrangea flowers need to take water through the petals as well sometimes! I dunk mine in bowls of water as well as mist them frequently!

#### Elapse respondió el 2024-04-15

Ahh that’s really interesting thanks so much!

### Snowstorm comentó el 2024-04-16

They’re sensitive to lime in water so they need to be watered with distilled or rain water.

Also you miiiight want to pre-treat it for spider mites. Mine got wilted bc I didn’t know about the distilled water at first and now it’s caught spider mites. YMMV but just a heads up.

#### Elapse respondió el 2024-04-16

Thanks for all this info. It doesn’t rain much in Texas right now, and my mom doesn’t like me spending money for “unnecessary” plant stuff. Is there a way to get water without lime with refrigerator filter or boiling water?

#### Snowstorm respondió el 2024-04-16

According to planta (bc I’m no expert) filtered water should be ok but you have to check that your filter takes out lime. I googled for my brita and it wasn’t conclusive if it takes out lime. They do say you can make your own distilled water….

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