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title: "My Calathea isn’t doing so great and I’m not sure why! She was about…"
description: "My Calathea isn’t doing so great and I’m not sure why! She was about 3 feet from a window for the last couple of months so I moved her to the window sill and…"
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community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Brit"
published: "2023-12-08T20:58:15.209Z"
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# My Calathea isn’t doing so great and I’m not sure why! She was about…

_Posted by Brit on 2023-12-08_

My Calathea isn’t doing so great and I’m not sure why! She was about 3 feet from a window for the last couple of months so I moved her to the window sill and the leaves are getting even crunchier on the edges… help 😬

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## 5 comments

### Women are Water commented on 2023-12-08

They don’t like direct sunlight. But are very thirsty plants.

### plant addiction commented on 2023-12-08

i have this same problem, it’s such a hard plant to maintain, i have cut the crusty ones off and another has turned crusty i just can’t do anything

### Don commented on 2023-12-09

Yes overwatering may be the problem and pot doesn’t appear to have drainage.

#### Brit replied on 2023-12-09

It has a drainage hole

### c.cat commented on 2023-12-10

it could also be the water you are using, they dont like harder water or the chemicals in the tap. if you live in an area with hard water, you can use distilled or rain water! hope this helps!

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