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title: "Should the leaf be cut or wait until it naturally decays?"
description: "Should the leaf be cut or wait until it naturally decays?"
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "max!"
published: "2025-05-25T16:47:20.007215Z"
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# Should the leaf be cut or wait until it naturally decays?

_Posted by max! on 2025-05-25_

Should the leaf be cut or wait until it naturally decays?

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## 3 comments

### Macie commented on 2025-05-25

i’ve heard mixed things! letting all the nutrients go into the rest of the plant is usually a good thing to do but with alocasia being a spider mite magnet you might wanna just get rid of it before it becomes a target? but if you don’t have many pest struggles i’d say keep it till its yellow!

#### max! replied on 2025-05-25

Thanks! I haven’t encountered any mites which is good but I could definitely see how that could be an issue!

### Tellie commented on 2025-05-25

My zebrina likes moist soil but not soaked or dry. It likes the soil to be like damp hair all the time. I was having issues with keeping leaves steady that was my problem.

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