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title: "What’s going on? How do I help it? Is it root rot? Why are the leaves…"
description: "What’s going on? How do I help it? Is it root rot? Why are the leaves turning black?"
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "Kay"
published: "2025-09-22T15:51:32.645759Z"
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# What’s going on? How do I help it? Is it root rot? Why are the leaves…

_Posted by Kay on 2025-09-22_

What’s going on? How do I help it? Is it root rot? Why are the leaves turning black?

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## 7 comments

### Kaitlyn commented on 2025-09-22

Looks like a sunburn to me does it get direct sunlight?

#### Kay replied on 2025-09-22

No! I had noticed the spots the day after buying it from the nursery, and it was off to the side hardly receiving a lot of sunlight. This is what I thought at first

### Sunny commented on 2025-09-22

Looks like sunburn. It can burn on the ride home or if the car was too hot when the plant was placed in it. 🪴🍀

#### Kay replied on 2025-09-22

Ohh yess I did run a few errands and left all my plants in the car so that would make sense… do I just leave them or snip them off?

#### Phil replied on 2025-09-22

Snip

#### Sunny replied on 2025-09-23

You can cut them off since there are plenty left for photosynthesis.

### Maddie commented on 2025-09-23

Snip them off before nodes and new shoots should pop out around where u cut!

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