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title: "Dried up calathea , any idea what I could do? Soil is moist, not too…"
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# Dried up calathea , any idea what I could do? Soil is moist, not too…

_Publié par RocketsMom le 2024-02-01_

Dried up calathea , any idea what I could do? Soil is moist, not too wet. I try to keep humidifier on?  
Help please 🥹

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## 11 commentaires

### Moe a commenté le 2024-02-01

I recently saw videos of people keeping these hydroponically. Worth a shot

#### Molly 🪴 ha respondido el 2024-02-02

If you go this route, make sure to use distilled water. Mine is about dead due to lime buildup

#### Moe ha respondido el 2024-02-02

Agree! I used distilled and add nutrient drops about once a month

### Plant Father a commenté le 2024-02-01

what kind of water are you using for this plant? prayer plants are incredibly sensitive to chemical additives and excess minerals in their soil

#### RocketsMom ha respondido el 2024-02-01

I use sink water :( should I start using distilled? Or filtered? I had another calathea and it isn’t doing so good either

#### Titania ha respondido el 2024-02-01

Filtered water might make a difference. My calathea gets filtered water and it seems to be happy. It also likes if I give its leaves a good rinse-off with a gentle spray from the faucet, kind of simulating some rain :) I do this during regular watering when its leaves get droopy

#### Plant Father ha respondido el 2024-02-01

i would suggest using filtered water with a tiny bit of aquarium water conditioner (one drop per gallon will break down any chlorine/chloramines in the water) and a few drops of vinegar if you feel like it to imitate the acidity of rainwater. you can use distilled but i avoid it due to the prohibitive cost and how wasteful it is

### Madeline a commenté le 2024-02-01

Mine looks exactly like this and is down to 3 leaves. I keep a humidifier on and put it under a grow light and it seems to be doing better. I also switched to filtered water \& changed the soil for fresh soil. Goodluck these plants are so beautiful but so tough haha

### Tara 🪴👶🏻 a commenté le 2024-02-01

Your soil looks dry. Is it getting enough water? Definitely use distilled water 💦 for calatheas…they’re drama queens…I have 2 and they’re never happy! 🤣🪴

### PlantLady a commenté le 2024-02-01

Your soil looks pretty dry based on the pictures and maybe compacted? All my Calatheas are in well draining soil and are happy

### Ryan DeFelice a commenté le 2024-02-02

Mist with a water bottle too, that’s what I do for mine

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