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title: "The center of my turtle vine is dying, but the ends are super healthy…"
description: "The center of my turtle vine is dying, but the ends are super healthy and putting out new leaves. Anyone know how I can fix this? Is it under watered?"
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author: "Aimeeoj"
published: "2024-02-02T00:30:10.990959Z"
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# The center of my turtle vine is dying, but the ends are super healthy…

_Opslået af Aimeeoj den 2024-02-02_

The center of my turtle vine is dying, but the ends are super healthy and putting out new leaves. Anyone know how I can fix this? Is it under watered?

![Vedhæftet fil 1 af 2](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/6dkNNDKjCd6pb0yObkkDuVsFnv3jS7jhaEHaRGIBe_8/2To9jbwCQKmz9AFlubMIkQ.webp?size=large)

![Vedhæftet fil 2 af 2](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/6dkNNDKjCd6pb0yObkkDuVsFnv3jS7jhaEHaRGIBe_8/F793x-_HToel33T6ppZM1Q.webp?size=large)

## 7 kommentarer

### 3therea1 kommenterede den 2024-02-02

It looks sun scorched to me. Depending on the type of turtle vine you have, it may need partial sun, not full. So I would just prune off any dead leaves and put it in a spot where it won’t be getting too much direct light.

#### Aimeeoj svarede den 2024-02-02

It’s been on that empty shelf where it gets indirect light, I moved it for the photo and left it in case it wasn’t getting enough light 😕

![Vedhæftet fil 1 af 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/6dkNNDKjCd6pb0yObkkDuVsFnv3jS7jhaEHaRGIBe_8/OQnvIfXKRvSGTT3xWqPKkw.webp?size=large)

#### 3therea1 svarede den 2024-02-02

Oh ok. I’ve never seen a turtle vine like this so my best guess is that it is over/underwatered (hard to tell). Always check if the first inch of the soil is dry before you water, and make sure your pot has sufficient drainage (perlite, drainage hole). You might even have to check for root rot as well. I would also probably keep it in a well lit area as well, because I’m seeing that the growth is a little leggy. Try and rotate it every couple of days as well, so that you can get even sunlight all around. Hopefully this helps, because my initial reaction was like “that looks sun burnt.” But looking at it closely, I see what you’re saying.

### Madeline kommenterede den 2024-02-02

I had this issue with my wandering jew. I trimmed them all back \& propagated them in water until they grew roots and then back into soil they went! Can be due to the plants age which was my issue \& mine is thriving now!

### Madeline kommenterede den 2024-02-02

Now that I’m looking closer at your pictures, this plant actually looks like a tradescantia (wandering jew). They like moist water but not wet. Definitely trim them back and brighter light. Mine is in a north facing window!

#### Aimeeoj svarede den 2024-02-03

It came from a cutting of a friend’s callisia pink panther, but didn’t adopt like any of the pink variegation 😅

#### Madeline svarede den 2024-02-03

They’re both Tradescantia’s so should be same care. It was a process to cut them back but you can put the cuttings right back into the soil!

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