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title: "This would be the biggest comeback in history. What are the odds?…"
description: "This would be the biggest comeback in history. What are the odds?…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/6499d5ad3dd35f932e0b2028"
community: "Anything about plants"
author: "PentUpPenny"
published: "2023-06-26T18:15:09.536Z"
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# This would be the biggest comeback in history. What are the odds?…

_Posted by PentUpPenny on 2023-06-26_

This would be the biggest comeback in history. What are the odds?…

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## 5 comments

### ccmurr4y commented on 2023-06-26

Tell me what you did! I’ve been nursing a rose painted calathea for weeks and we’re getting nowhere.

#### PentUpPenny replied on 2023-06-26

Well I have no idea if it’s going to survive haha but I finally just took it out of the pot, cut away all the dead stems and any root rot, wash the roots with diluted hydrogen peroxide, and now have just the roots in water, really really hoping that new growth shoots up. I love calatheas but man are they a challenge to keep happy!

#### ccmurr4y replied on 2023-06-30

I wish you the best of luck! I just might give this a try. Thanks! 🙏

### Lydia commented on 2023-06-26

Awesome!

### Nina commented on 2023-06-27

I brought a calathea vittata from one leaf w roots. I actually left it in soil but put it in a giant ziplock back that I misted to create a night humidity environment.

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