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title: "What are these black spots on my ivy leaves?"
description: "What are these black spots on my ivy leaves?"
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "Violette"
published: "2026-07-05T14:54:24.009727Z"
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# What are these black spots on my ivy leaves?

_Posted by Violette on 2026-07-05_

What are these black spots on my ivy leaves?

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## 9 comments

### Weeping Scarlet commented on 2026-07-05

I don’t have a lot of experience with Ivy but when this happens to my Pothos it’s because it’s getting too much sun and I’ve noticed my Ivy outside prefers less sunlight as well, so I would try moving it either to a window that doesn’t get direct sunlight or across the room away from the window in a brightly lit room.

#### Violette replied on 2026-07-05

It’s already in a room that doesn’t get direct sunlight, so I don’t think the spots are sunspots. I’m wondering if it could be an underwatering issue

### SuccySuccy commented on 2026-07-05

Could be fungal?

### Tallplantdude commented on 2026-07-05

Looks like a cigarette or something was put out on it imo.

#### Violette replied on 2026-07-05

Definitely not, nobody smokes in my household

### LeafyGreenhouse commented on 2026-07-05

It could be fungal or overwatering how often are you watering?

### Pixieitch commented on 2026-07-06

Do you have the Dr function in the app or the free version?

#### Violette replied on 2026-07-06

I have the free version

#### Pixieitch replied on 2026-07-06

I found image search on Google to be quite helpful

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