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title: "Why does this happen to leaves?"
description: "Why does this happen to leaves?"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/64a1f08319c6b24294c8fa32"
community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Lucia"
published: "2023-07-02T21:47:47.864Z"
language: "en"
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# Why does this happen to leaves?

_Posted by Lucia on 2023-07-02_

Why does this happen to leaves?

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## 6 comments

### Planta member commented on 2023-07-02

Sunburn maybe or bugs? I am not totally sure.

### Sarah commented on 2023-07-03

I don’t know but it happens to me too. Very frustrating

### exitJiraffe commented on 2023-07-03

Honestly just bad luck (at least in my experience) like the leaf getting bumped or messed with before it was unfurled/during the pushing out phase. The other times I’ve had something similar was with over/watering, but it had lots of brown bits; once I cleaned it up and figured that out, the end result was like the photo you posted.

### Cherrybergher commented on 2023-07-04

If it got bumped while unfurling or open while pushed against something or lastly low humidity when it was unfurling making it stick a bit in that spot and tear as it was opening.

#### Lucia replied on 2023-07-05

That makes sense, thank you!

#### Cherrybergher replied on 2023-07-05

I am not a plant mister but when a leaf is unfurling a fine mist at night helps the leaves not stick and tear as they open.

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