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title: "HELP my plant is dying of something?? My plant, an Olympia False…"
description: "HELP my plant is dying of something?? My plant, an Olympia False Aralia is dying. I googled its weird symptoms and apparently it’s something called dieback?…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/657ca1598000727ce8750c72"
community: "Anything about plants"
author: "TheShiny"
published: "2023-12-15T18:56:25.983Z"
language: "en"
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# HELP my plant is dying of something?? My plant, an Olympia False…

_Posted by TheShiny on 2023-12-15_

HELP my plant is dying of something??  
My plant, an Olympia False Aralia is dying. I googled its weird symptoms and apparently it’s something called dieback? All of its leaves are super dry even after watering it, it’s been like this for a week and I don’t know what to do since it’s been a really well adjusted plant so far.

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## 2 comments

### MattL commented on 2023-12-15

False aralias, man…I tried to grow one twice. And this happened twice. It was fine, and then the edges of one leaf started to brown and within a week it was gone. Planta was no help. Maybe someone can save yours, and if so I would love to know how so I can try again.

### plant mommy commented on 2024-11-23

This post was long ago. But for both aralia lovers here, I love my aralia. She’s very finicky and I have struggled to figure out her needs. Planta is usually wonderful, but in this case I fear planta is wrong. Aralias don’t like bring light or even lots of it, they crisp very easily. Not to mention these are one of the plants I have found likes moist soil. I mist my aralia almost every day, water her once a week, and she’s placed in a fairly shady spot. She looked horrible, brown and crispy but with her new conditions she’s slowly coming back!

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