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Sid

What’s wrong with my plant? I’ve had this Joshua plant for a little over a year now, I’ve struggled with preventing the fuzzy off-white fungus which seems to be growing on its leaves, and now it’s gotten quite sad with many leaves turning yellow/brown and spotting. There does seem to be quite a bit of new growth as well though too. Every time I water it, it seems to get upset, so I’ve hardly been watering it (going like 2 months without watering). When I was watering it more regularly it was not any better, and the leaf fungus was worse. Not sure how to best go about caring for this plant.

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  1. Wolfen 🐺

    Have you been treating with an Antifungal?

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    • Sid

      I have not, I’ve been wiping it away and it only seems to be appearing on select few new growth leaves

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    • Wolfen 🐺

      I would treat with an Antifungal. Just wiping won't make a fungus go away, and then can infect the leaves eventually causing yellowing and browning.

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  2. Gigglzngreenz

    I use Bonide copper spray on my houseplants and garden plants and it seems to control all fungus really well including powdery mildew. I think that’s what your white powdery looking fungus is.

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