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title: "What’s going on with her? Do I just need to prune the yellow leaves?…"
description: "What’s going on with her? Do I just need to prune the yellow leaves? Is she thirsty??"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/652990bea8c55fd6f9551f93"
community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Amanda P"
published: "2023-10-13T18:47:26.909Z"
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# What’s going on with her? Do I just need to prune the yellow leaves?…

_Posted by Amanda P on 2023-10-13_

What’s going on with her? Do I just need to prune the yellow leaves? Is she thirsty??

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## 5 comments

### emma 🪴🌞 commented on 2023-10-13

yellow typically means over watering

### emma 🪴🌞 commented on 2023-10-13

i wouldn’t snip them until they have started wilting down to the stem

### emma 🪴🌞 commented on 2023-10-13

sometimes removing too much can cause the plant to go into shock

### Tigerlilly commented on 2023-10-13

This means too much water, for sure. ZZs don’t need to watered very frequently at all. I think mine goes a month or so without needing to be watered. Make sure ALL of the soil is 100% dry before you water again - and if in doubt, wait to water. It’ll be fine.

### Madderdebs commented on 2023-10-14

When I purchased mine I lead told it’s easy..water in the 1st and 15th of the month

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