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title: "Help! I bought this peperomia on facebook from a plant group and I’ve…"
description: "Help! I bought this peperomia on facebook from a plant group and I’ve had it for about 2 weeks now and it is not doing well at all. A few days after I got it,…"
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community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Mya"
published: "2023-04-11T16:38:50.835Z"
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# Help! I bought this peperomia on facebook from a plant group and I’ve…

_Posted by Mya on 2023-04-11_

Help! I bought this peperomia on facebook from a plant group and I’ve had it for about 2 weeks now and it is not doing well at all. A few days after I got it, I discovered it had gnats in the soil so I repotted it and covered the new soil in neem oil to keep them away. I water it every week or so, according to my planta schedule, but it keeps losing leaves and doesn’t seem to be getting any better. Any advice?

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## 3 comments

### Emma commented on 2023-04-12

You might be overwatering or it might’ve developed fungus that the gnats are going after. I had this same problem when I first started and most of them died after developing gnats.

### Michelle🌼 commented on 2023-04-12

The soil looks terrible. Repot it immediately and use a high quality soil mixed with some coco coir and perlite. Make sure it gets lots of bright indirect light.

### Brianna Miller commented on 2023-04-12

I think the gnats did some irreversible damage already :(

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