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title: "I know they say houseplants don’t hate you, you’re just not meeting…"
description: "I know they say houseplants don’t hate you, you’re just not meeting their standards. But I ordered a 4 pack of Calatheas once and one died almost immediately.…"
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author: "Danii"
published: "2024-07-22T15:01:54.730329Z"
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# I know they say houseplants don’t hate you, you’re just not meeting…

_Publicado por Danii el 2024-07-22_

I know they say houseplants don’t hate you, you’re just not meeting their standards. But I ordered a 4 pack of Calatheas once and one died almost immediately. I’m convinced it saw its new surroundings said “absolutely not” and checked out.

## 4 comentarios

### Alyssa comentó el 2024-07-22

Hahahaha 🙌🏼 this post, you are NOT alone lol, I feel like we all have that one plant(s) that we’ve tried once, twice, three, four times to grow and it just packs its bags and says deuces. Calatheas are such a finicky princess plant, I’ve seen too many friends slave away trying to grow them and it never works or just barely does 🙄

### StringofMonsteras comentó el 2024-07-22

Same! I almost had several plants peace out on me. Like, why do some plants just hate me!

### send\_nodes comentó el 2024-07-22

Omg yes! Especially if you get plants from grocery stores and hardware stores

A lot of grocery stores just don’t water the plants at all, so the roots die, then you bring it home \& water it and you get root rot. But it wasn’t your fault in the first place.

Or they over-water the plants which can obviously cause root rot as well.

### Mullein comentó el 2024-07-23

What a mood 😂 I’ve sworn off calathea. I’m pretty sure I was meant to admire them from afar lol

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