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title: "Hi everyone! I bought this Calathea Dottie plant about a month ago,…"
description: "Hi everyone! I bought this Calathea Dottie plant about a month ago, and within the first few days of bringing it home it immediately started to curl and wilt.…"
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# Hi everyone! I bought this Calathea Dottie plant about a month ago,…

_Mdethero님이 2025-06-16에 게시함_

Hi everyone! I bought this Calathea Dottie plant about a month ago, and within the first few days of bringing it home it immediately started to curl and wilt. I repotted it into a different pot and thought it might’ve been overwatered. Ever after repotting and being very careful about overwatering, pruning its dead leaves, only using distilled water, and fertilizing it I cannot get her back to life. Please help! I was so excited to have my first Calathea and she is STRUGGLING

![3개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/5soLvih_b2gIp0A-VNeWcUjR4HggmOcAHur1BJPFaoI/_hJvU1atR6-CoqXfY_ppng.webp?size=large)

![3개 중 2번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/5soLvih_b2gIp0A-VNeWcUjR4HggmOcAHur1BJPFaoI/MlbkQeYpQMWXwv9kfvo-vg.webp?size=large)

![3개 중 3번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/5soLvih_b2gIp0A-VNeWcUjR4HggmOcAHur1BJPFaoI/vetakl0CSYGtVfLaij-9jg.webp?size=large)

## 8개의 댓글

### Ozora Valda님이 2025-06-16에 댓글을 남겼어요.

It looks like either too much light or water. They like regular water. I water when there is around an inch of dry dirt. No bright lights or sun light. I have up and put mine with my water and carnivorous plants. It loved the lower light and humidity.

### Ozora Valda님이 2025-06-16에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Sorry. They also seem to hate really wet dirt, so I feed it the same way as my succulents, with a squeeze bottle. I also must twice a week.

#### Mdethero님이 2025-06-16에 답변했습니다.

Awesome this is so helpful thank you! I have to keep it outside because I have a cat so hopefully it’s humid enough for it. Do you think repotting it with cactus/succulent soil would help?

### Ozora Valda님이 2025-06-16에 댓글을 남겼어요.

No. But maybe trying to find a way to give it shade. Maybe some thicker lace? Hang it on the fencing. Also is the pot and soil very well draining?

#### Mdethero님이 2025-06-16에 답변했습니다.

I can move it to a shaded spot. And I’m not sure, it’s just regular indoor plant soil which is why I’m thinking I should maybe mix in more perlite or cactus soil! The pot is well draining

### Ozora Valda님이 2025-06-16에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Perlite would be helpful.

### DanishGramma님이 2025-06-16에 댓글을 남겼어요.

In my experience, curling leaves means too much light

### Daniluck home님이 2025-07-10에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Did you harden it to the light? They usually don’t tolerate going to brighter light conditions especially quickly.

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