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fireside

Is my Raven ZZ sunburnt or is this root rot? I forgot to check on it the last week after intense heat 😬 Should I check out the roots and risk more shock or let the plant be? History: plant arrived in mail with no dirt and I immediately potted it into soil (rookie mistake I know) and watered it a little. This was around April 27th. Leaves started dropping after 2 weeks so I bottom water it completely. The soil is still wet today which is concerning. I waited another week before putting it under a grow light for 12 hours a day. Then I left it for about a week. The stems changing colour like this happened in the last week. They were not like this earlier. However, the leaves that were originally dropping came from the hurt stems.

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  1. eatyacarbs

    The soil staying wet so long is concerning. It sounds like a root problem. It is in a plastic pot? Whatever the pot, I would get it out to check the roots. These grow in extremely arid African climates so this wants to dry allllll the way out. I would put in something that drains really well and a pot that dries too, like terra cotta. If you can fix the conditions even if you lose all the leaves you have now the rhizomes could put out new growth

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    • fireside

      Yes it’s a plastic pot. I’ll change out the soil but I don’t have a terracota pot big enough for this. My other plants, including a regular ZZ, are thriving in their plastic pots with bottom watering. That being said, I’ve never received any of them in the mail without soil.

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    • eatyacarbs

      good luck!

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