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title: "Any ideas on why my peacock plant is turning its leaves yellow? Gets…"
description: "Any ideas on why my peacock plant is turning its leaves yellow? Gets regular watering when soil is dry and check with moisture meter !"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/64d6568017aa177092da86d2"
community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Plant queen"
published: "2023-08-11T15:40:48.379Z"
language: "en"
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# Any ideas on why my peacock plant is turning its leaves yellow? Gets…

_Posted by Plant queen on 2023-08-11_

Any ideas on why my peacock plant is turning its leaves yellow? Gets regular watering when soil is dry and check with moisture meter !

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## 3 comments

### ☆ bridget ☆ commented on 2023-08-11

I am pretty sure this isn’t a peacock plant,it could be a never never plant.Hope this helped 🥰

### Cherrybergher commented on 2023-08-12

Do you use distilled water? They do not like build up of salts etc in their soil from regular water.

### Nina commented on 2023-08-12

This is a ctenanthe. I would check for pests, esp spider mites.

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