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title: "This happened last year too when the leaves edges were turning black…"
description: "This happened last year too when the leaves edges were turning black and eventually the leaves fell of getting more and more black. I repotted it and watered…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/646f78232ef2bf0bebe07a91"
community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Sahara"
published: "2023-05-25T15:00:51.051Z"
language: "en"
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# This happened last year too when the leaves edges were turning black…

_Posted by Sahara on 2023-05-25_

This happened last year too when the leaves edges were turning black and eventually the leaves fell of getting more and more black. I repotted it and watered less so it stopped and I cut off the black parts from what survived.  
The leaves started getting black again this year and this one just fell. :( please help! I can try watering less again but not sure what else I can do😭

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## 4 comments

### Gabby commented on 2023-05-25

Too much water. Same think happened to mine. It wasn’t draining well enough so I had to change her soil and make it chunkier

#### Sahara replied on 2023-05-25

Thank you so much!!! I’ll get new chunky soul as well then!

### Mon commented on 2023-05-25

For what I can see, your mix looks chunky enough. It might be the frequency of the watering and/or the quality of the water. Have you tried using distilled water?

#### Sahara replied on 2023-05-25

I haven’t used distilled water!!! Oooh, I didnt know that even mattered. Thank you!!!

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