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title: "Why is my calathea leaves turning yellow.."
description: "Why is my calathea leaves turning yellow.."
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/64d6b0b10588206338004c56"
community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Brittany"
published: "2023-08-11T22:05:37.491Z"
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# Why is my calathea leaves turning yellow..

_Posted by Brittany on 2023-08-11_

Why is my calathea leaves turning yellow..

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## 3 comments

### Cherrybergher commented on 2023-08-12

Do you use distilled water? They don’t like any build up of salt etc in their soil from regular water.

### Nina commented on 2023-08-12

They are like that. You looked at it the wrong way maybe 😆

#### AngiK replied on 2023-08-12

Maybe breathed on it by accident. Lol

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