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title: "Rescued this calathea almost 2 weeks ago, I just noticed that the old…"
description: "Rescued this calathea almost 2 weeks ago, I just noticed that the old leaves were moulding so i removed them, then i noticed this! It looks a little crisp on…"
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community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Danny"
published: "2023-11-17T15:46:57.106Z"
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# Rescued this calathea almost 2 weeks ago, I just noticed that the old…

_Posted by Danny on 2023-11-17_

Rescued this calathea almost 2 weeks ago, I just noticed that the old leaves were moulding so i removed them, then i noticed this! It looks a little crisp on top, but otherwise the stem looks much healthier, do you guys think this leaf has a chance? i’m worried about it rotting on the last healthy leaf! also, I don’t wanna get my hopes up for an already dead leaf, Lol. Also, even if all the leaves die off, is there a way of propagating what remains? The roots seemed pretty healthy, regardless of what’s happening up-top Lol!

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## 2 comments

### Miami Plant Girl commented on 2023-11-18

Give it time, mine had a tiny little dark stem and slowly but surely a new leaf popped. Best advice I got here was to water with distilled water and let it dry out between watering

#### Danny replied on 2023-11-18

Good to know there’s hope haha! thank you C:

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