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title: "Help!! How do I save this? It’s at my parents house so I’m not sure…"
description: "Help!! How do I save this? It’s at my parents house so I’m not sure how often and how they are watering it… this poor thing looks so stressed 😕👀"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/vUcMXzGYHe0G2XkYKY6VRN"
community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "Becca"
published: "2025-08-20T14:23:42.848159Z"
language: "en"
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# Help!! How do I save this? It’s at my parents house so I’m not sure…

_Posted by Becca on 2025-08-20_

Help!! How do I save this?  
It’s at my parents house so I’m not sure how often and how they are watering it… this poor thing looks so stressed 😕👀

## 3 comments

### Nunyabzwx commented on 2025-08-20

They are such drama queens lol 1st of all water it. They do this if they need lots of water. So give it a good drink. 2nd take off the yellow leaves and any dead leaves.

### Yolanda commented on 2025-08-20

I suggest removing it out first and checking your roots just to make sure the plant isn’t root bound. Check to make sure you don’t see any pest. I would give it a fresh set of well draining soil myself, prune away all damaged leaves, treat with some neem oil or insecticidal soap, fertilize it good after watering it and then hope it bounces back.

### Yolanda commented on 2025-08-20

It looks like it’s thirsty in my opinion. So if that soil isn’t wet I would give it a really good drench. Normally when the foliage bow down like that it’s a sign of thirst

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