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title: "Is this possibly a new leaf? (In the middle of the black part. I…"
description: "Is this possibly a new leaf? (In the middle of the black part. I thought the black part was dead)"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/658e4b26c9d2ffdbcb5c1ea9"
community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Felicia"
published: "2023-12-29T04:29:26.557Z"
language: "en"
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# Is this possibly a new leaf? (In the middle of the black part. I…

_Posted by Felicia on 2023-12-29_

Is this possibly a new leaf? (In the middle of the black part. I thought the black part was dead)

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## 6 comments

### Clark commented on 2023-12-29

Yea! Looks like it 👍

### EDYTA 🎱 commented on 2023-12-29

it’s a new leaf the grow from middle and curl up

#### EDYTA 🎱 replied on 2023-12-29

they\*

### EDYTA 🎱 commented on 2023-12-29

middle is not dead i’m pretty sure it always looks like that i’m  
just speaking from my own experience from having same plant 😂😅

#### Felicia replied on 2023-12-29

Ok nice lol

### Jaynikz commented on 2023-12-29

Yep. New leaf. The middle seems to have some soil in there. You can always clean that up. And avoid watering that part. They don’t like that center part to get wet!

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