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title: "I need some help diagnosing my wandering dude. These brown spots…"
description: "I need some help diagnosing my wandering dude. These brown spots started appearing and growing along with him feeling very stiff and dull. I have been watering…"
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "Jaden marks"
published: "2024-05-14T14:56:07.839215Z"
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# I need some help diagnosing my wandering dude. These brown spots…

_Jaden marks님이 2024-05-14에 게시함_

I need some help diagnosing my wandering dude.  
These brown spots started appearing and growing along with him feeling very stiff and dull. I have been watering him once a week to avoid rot.

![3개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/zm5CPcgZoN7uOXoZcyoJqn2cV0axtuQBE7pDqND5yJ0/-p_vWCSZTZyStwlMzXUtGQ.webp?size=large)

![3개 중 2번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/zm5CPcgZoN7uOXoZcyoJqn2cV0axtuQBE7pDqND5yJ0/1gktX-SmTyS3tw_cwo6O7A.webp?size=large)

![3개 중 3번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/zm5CPcgZoN7uOXoZcyoJqn2cV0axtuQBE7pDqND5yJ0/DBOLWW4GS4CVPhR4iHJ_Pw.webp?size=large)

## 4개의 댓글

### NiCold님이 2024-05-14에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Not sure if this will help but are you watering where those brown spots and shriveled leaves are? When I first got mine I watered from the top and the leaves shriveled the same way! They're very sensitive to water on their leaves from my experience. I started watering from the bottom and cut back the dead leaves and now I haven't had that problem since!

### Riley님이 2024-05-14에 댓글을 남겼어요.

I’ve found that tradescantias need to be repotted almost immediately after getting home, because they’re almost always extremely rootbound. Once it’s been repotted, I would stop watering once a week and only water when dry. Also, that looks like a tricolor, not a Zebrina.

#### Riley님이 2024-05-14에 답변했습니다.

Here are before and after pictures of my tradescantia with this method. Before:

![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/NdbFnkerz9b0_a-iTYZvvOzRIwR1Zhv6C_ilzSLBRK4/ywGcZq2NSCKm6q0EKrFc1w.webp?size=large)

#### Riley님이 2024-05-14에 답변했습니다.

2 months later:

![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/NdbFnkerz9b0_a-iTYZvvOzRIwR1Zhv6C_ilzSLBRK4/2YjCXkCWQQGC7GMHDg0nXA.webp?size=large)

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