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title: "Just feeling frustrated. I’ve been working on bringing this corn…"
description: "Just feeling frustrated. I’ve been working on bringing this corn plant back to health. It was under watered and root bound. I repotted and it is starting to do…"
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community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Bettybets"
published: "2026-10-22T15:47:15.556367Z"
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# Just feeling frustrated. I’ve been working on bringing this corn…

_Posted by Bettybets on 2026-10-22_

Just feeling frustrated. I’ve been working on bringing this corn plant back to health. It was under watered and root bound. I repotted and it is starting to do well. But now it has gnats. So I’m juggling between trying to keep the soil dry but also wanting to keep it watered. Ugh. I’m using mosquito bits. I know it takes a while. And what should I do about that year sad leaves? Can’t cut gf all the brown or it would be sparse. Just can’t wait till it’s full and pretty and gnat free.

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## 2 comments

### Phishsticks commented on 2026-10-22

Water from below until you get the gnats taken care of(or forever if you like it). Taking care of the gnats will be easier if you remove all the dead or ugly bits and the plant is feeling healthy again. Sparse isn’t fun but watching the healthy new growth is? 😂

#### Phishsticks replied on 2026-10-22

I also place pings all over lol

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