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title: "Help! My Nepenthes Leaves used to be firm, now they’re soft and…"
description: "Help! My Nepenthes Leaves used to be firm, now they’re soft and yellowing. Planted in Sphagnum, perlite, and bark. I feel like I might be under watering…"
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community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Caitlin"
published: "2023-06-21T02:23:37.007Z"
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# Help! My Nepenthes Leaves used to be firm, now they’re soft and…

_Posted by Caitlin on 2023-06-21_

Help!

My Nepenthes Leaves used to be firm, now they’re soft and yellowing. Planted in Sphagnum, perlite, and bark. I feel like I might be under watering because sometimes the top sphagnum is dry and I was told not to let it dry out!

But other things say overwatering! Gah! Any advice!

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## 5 comments

### Laura commented on 2023-06-21

Mine is planted in Sphagnum moss too I keep mine moist and I also don’t use city water on it. I use RO water or you could use distilled.

### Mandee’s plants commented on 2023-06-21

Maybe investigate the roots. Hopefully it’s not root rot

### anneliese commented on 2023-06-21

always use distilled water for carnivorous plants, and it’s definitely too dry, not too wet.

### Jay commented on 2023-06-22

Also make sure you have good lighting

### Fern \<3 commented on 2023-06-22

There are so many different things! I would find one online and check things off. For example- this is not any of the causes, or at least I don’t think so. Just giving an example. If some of the causes were root rot- over watering- under watering- wrong soil- or wrong water, you could check all of those things to make sure you have them correct. If you are left with one, correct it as soon as possible.

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