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title: "Its been pretty hot and I've been busy so I forgot to water her:(…"
description: "Its been pretty hot and I've been busy so I forgot to water her:( what should I do to fix her (was the bottom one in the alive picture)"
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "Zoey"
published: "2025-05-31T02:55:59.422079Z"
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# Its been pretty hot and I've been busy so I forgot to water her:(…

_Posted by Zoey on 2025-05-31_

Its been pretty hot and I've been busy so I forgot to water her:( what should I do to fix her (was the bottom one in the alive picture)

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## 5 comments

### Dory commented on 2025-05-31

Is the half dead looking one a purple waffle? They are fussy. Take her out of the soil, wash any remaining soil off her roots, pop her in water/pon/leca. That’s the only thing that saved one of mine. They are bog plants so they thrive in water culture

#### Zoey replied on 2025-05-31

No, I have a purple waffle tho. The half dead one is a polka dot plant

#### Dory replied on 2025-06-01

You still have a lot of green there. I still say switch to water culture. At least until it’s healthy again. And yes, trim away anything dead. You want it to focus its energy on regenerating health. Feed it too maybe? I give mine low dose fertilizer in dirty tank water (I have a whole concoction 😅)

### monster\_maniac commented on 2025-05-31

check the roots ob the polka dot plant. if theyre still good then water propagate. im telling u mine was DEAD and now its growing. itll take a few mobths but itll come back. but check the roots first also cut off all the dead leavea but keep some of the ok ones

#### Snowstorm replied on 2025-05-31

I found mine only will water prop if it’s under a humidity dome so I use a ziplock bag

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