--- title: "Can anyone help me with my ghost plant? This is like the third leaf…" description: "Can anyone help me with my ghost plant? This is like the third leaf to shrivel up and wither away since I’ve had it for like a month now. I repotted it to this…" url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/xs2vK6sbQ7KU_x-j1lVP-Q?language=ko" community: "Pests, diseases and problems" author: "Cece" published: "2024-05-10T21:09:15.019471Z" language: "en" image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/l5P_zJtHWvKkuide8q-jeAOM-cdjZ-eTPD0pMEVAzgA/HdNiT7wJSTuR69kCcGjjfg.webp?size=large" --- [커뮤니티](https://getplanta.com/community.md?language=ko) / [Pests, diseases and problems](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ.md?language=ko) # Can anyone help me with my ghost plant? This is like the third leaf… _Cece님이 2024-05-10에 게시함_ Can anyone help me with my ghost plant? This is like the third leaf to shrivel up and wither away since I’ve had it for like a month now. I repotted it to this tiny planter a week ago. It sits in this windowsill and I watered it only last week. I’ve been waiting for the soil to completely dry out. I can’t seem to figure out succulents for the life of me even though they’re supposed to be so easy 😓 I should also mention: this pot used to be potted with like 6 other small succulents so I’m thinking that maybe it’s extra thirsty? ![2개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/l5P_zJtHWvKkuide8q-jeAOM-cdjZ-eTPD0pMEVAzgA/HdNiT7wJSTuR69kCcGjjfg.webp?size=large) ![2개 중 2번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/l5P_zJtHWvKkuide8q-jeAOM-cdjZ-eTPD0pMEVAzgA/m6uz6wEER3WbwjURrRXYvw.webp?size=large) ## 13개의 댓글 ### Elle Woods님이 2024-05-11에 댓글을 남겼어요. Is that cactus soil? #### Cece님이 2024-05-11에 답변했습니다. Yeah it’s especially for succulents #### Elle Woods님이 2024-05-11에 답변했습니다. Mine was doing that too and I know it wasn’t getting enough light because it became etoliated so I ended up just plucking out all the leaves to prop. So the two things I could think of is does it have enough light and is the soil too wet/giving it too much water? #### Cece님이 2024-05-11에 답변했습니다. I’m also thinking it could be a light issue. I know succulents prefer full sun and they get part sun part shade on this windowsill. Maybe I’ll put them under a grow light? #### Cece님이 2024-05-11에 답변했습니다. The windowsill it’s currently on is northeast facing, so I’m thinking to put them on my southeast facing windowsill instead #### Elle Woods님이 2024-05-11에 답변했습니다. Yes i only have NE facing that gets like 3-4 hours of sun so I had to put them under a grow light and while they’re not continuing to look funky they’re just not growing so idk… at least they’re not dead 😅 ### Succulent❤️Mama님이 2024-05-11에 댓글을 남겼어요. Does it have drainage holes? #### Cece님이 2024-05-11에 답변했습니다. Yes it has one at the bottom #### Succulent❤️Mama님이 2024-05-11에 답변했습니다. I have a ghost plant and it was in a south facing window that’s 6 feet from another house. It definitely was leaning from not getting enough sunlight. It’s a misnomer that ALL succulents need full sun, but a lot do. I think ghost plants are one that does want full sun or mostly full sun. If they are not getting enough light, they can stretch and lean. Yours doesn’t seem to be doing that though. #### Succulent❤️Mama님이 2024-05-11에 답변했습니다. You said you recently repotted it from a pot full of succulents so I’m going to offer an alternate suggestion. It’s possible that it was struggling in that other pot because it needed way more water because all the plants were sucking up the water you were giving it right away. When a plant doesn’t get enough water, it will start killing off its lower leaves because it is actually sucking the water out of them. Those leaves are water and nutrition storage for the succulents and, that is just what they’re designed to do. It doesn’t hurt them, it is part of why succulents are so easy to care for because if you forget about them for a little while they can feed themselves. 😊 Your plant looks really healthy otherwise. So it could be that that leaf was already marked by the plant to be killed off from its struggle in the other pot. And it could be that what you’re doing now is perfectly fine and great. 😊 I noticed that on the stem where leaves had come off, it looks like there are little pups growing there, and it only does that when it’s happy. So it may very well be getting enough light and the right amount of water now, and you are just seeing the effects from when it was in the other pot. I would actually suggest you don’t change anything for a couple weeks, and see if it continues growing pups on the stem, if it doesn’t lose any other leaves, and grows new leaves on top. If they’re not getting enough light, then it won’t put out new growth, if it’s still putting off new leaves on top as part of the main rosette, and it’s putting out pups where leaves were, it may be perfectly happy now. Succulents don’t recover right away from stress, even when you’re doing the right thing, it might take a few weeks to see the plant totally bounce back. So the fact that it’s dropping the leaf may have nothing to do with its current situation. I think you may be doing it perfectly now!❤️ #### Cece님이 2024-05-12에 답변했습니다. I was hoping you specifically would respond to this 😅 thank you so much for your advice I really appreciate you! #### Succulent❤️Mama님이 2024-05-12에 답변했습니다. Awww, thank you for letting me know that.❤️ That means a lot!😊 _앱에 답글이 1개 더 있습니다._ --- _Planta 커뮤니티 (https://getplanta.com). 누구나 읽을 수 있습니다. 게시물을 올리고, 댓글을 달고, 좋아요를 누르려면 Planta 앱을 다운로드하세요: https://getplanta.com/download_