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title: "What’s wrong with my plant? I’ve had this Joshua plant for a little…"
description: "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…"
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "Sid"
published: "2025-03-10T21:43:20.362559Z"
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# What’s wrong with my plant? I’ve had this Joshua plant for a little…

_Posted by Sid on 2025-03-10_

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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![Attachment 2 of 3](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/xOABBF6DvG1-FvRMbgP3y9hTSqg-doDCf_QjoUwd_Ek/5OCpa-kUTRiNkz5TCfXMbw.webp?size=large)

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## 4 comments

### Wolfen 🐺 commented on 2025-03-10

Have you been treating with an Antifungal?

#### Sid replied on 2025-03-10

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

#### Wolfen 🐺 replied on 2025-03-10

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.

### Gigglzngreenz commented on 2025-03-11

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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