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title: "This leaf on my PPP propagation turned bright yellow😭. Theres no…"
description: "This leaf on my PPP propagation turned bright yellow😭. Theres no smell and the rest of the plant looks fine, but how can i keep it from spreading to the other…"
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "emma 🪴🌞"
published: "2024-02-02T15:47:59.595775Z"
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# This leaf on my PPP propagation turned bright yellow😭. Theres no…

_Posted by emma 🪴🌞 on 2024-02-02_

This leaf on my PPP propagation turned bright yellow😭. Theres no smell and the rest of the plant looks fine, but how can i keep it from spreading to the other leaf? i think i can start to see tiny roots coming in so seems healthy. should i cut the yellow one off? does anyone know why this happened?

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## 5 comments

### Tyler commented on 2024-02-02

Mind if I ask what’s on the bottom of it? Is that something to protect the cutting on the bottom or just some gunk from sitting in the water? I’m curious!

#### Tyler replied on 2024-02-02

Sorry I’m no help with the actual question you asked.. I’m a newb

#### emma 🪴🌞 replied on 2024-02-02

that’s ok! i saw in a youtube video that putting candle wax on the bottom of your cuttings keeps them from rotting.

### Amie206 commented on 2024-02-02

How often are you changing the water. To Tyler’s point above the grayish gook on the bottom looks like an issue. I would cut the dead one off near the base.

I’m not a propagation person - apparently I just like to give my money away 😬 - but the gray stuff doesn’t look good

#### emma 🪴🌞 replied on 2024-02-02

so that is candle wax that i put on the bottom of the cuttings, i saw online that it keeps the cutting from rotting in the water. could it just be discolored from the water and/or rooting hormone ?

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