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title: "Hi everyone. I am having some trouble with my Calathea. I think I let…"
description: "Hi everyone. I am having some trouble with my Calathea. I think I let her get too much direct sun. The AI says it’s overwatering, but the leaves aren’t yellow…"
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "LoLo"
published: "2024-06-07T13:50:21.649583Z"
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# Hi everyone. I am having some trouble with my Calathea. I think I let…

_Posted by LoLo on 2024-06-07_

Hi everyone. I am having some trouble with my Calathea. I think I let her get too much direct sun. The AI says it’s overwatering, but the leaves aren’t yellow they got crispy on the edges. I’ve moved her to a place with more indirect light but I’d love other suggestions if that seems wrong. Thanks!!

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## 5 comments

### Botanista commented on 2024-06-07

Could be the sun indirect light is good.  
if you use tap water that can damage them it will get crispy and have a wrinkly looking texture. If that’s the case you can use filtered water, aquarium water conditioner in the tap water or rain water. I use the water conditioner and my fussy plants are doing much better. Humidity could also be a problem mine are at about 50-60% I started using pebble trays for some humidity. Good luck with the drama queen of the plant world! 😅

#### LoLo replied on 2024-06-07

I was lured in by her beauty 🤣

#### Botanista replied on 2024-06-07

Don’t worry I was lured by a Dottie. Saw a pink plant at the checkout counter grabbed it not knowing what I was getting myself into and almost killed her! she’s on the mend though 😂

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### Alex commented on 2024-06-07

Calatheas are difficult. I know when I did have them I used distilled water for watering as we have very hard water where I live and it made the leaves crispy. Also put it near a humidifier as this plant loves humidity.

### LoLo commented on 2024-06-07

Ok sounds like I need an alternative to tap water.

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