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title: "Help. What is happening to my prayer plant? It looked great last…"
description: "Help. What is happening to my prayer plant? It looked great last week. The only change is that I moved it about a foot closer to the window. It is a west…"
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author: "Shannon"
published: "2025-08-20T13:39:01.485855Z"
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# Help. What is happening to my prayer plant? It looked great last…

_Posted by Shannon on 2025-08-20_

Help. What is happening to my prayer plant? It looked great last week. The only change is that I moved it about a foot closer to the window. It is a west facing window.

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## 5 comments

### Quinn commented on 2025-08-20

These guys are SUPER picky about light! Be careful with how close it is to the window.

#### happysoxdonkey replied on 2025-08-20

Yes it might have preferred the lighting where it was. Also, they only like filtered, distilled or conditioned water. And just the right amount and frequency of it lol.

### Shannon commented on 2025-08-20

Thank you both. Now I just need to figure out the perfect amount of water and sun lol

### Nunyabzwx commented on 2025-08-20

The west sun is to strong for it. They like a medium light. So not to bright.

### clairabotanica commented on 2025-08-21

yellowing, browning, and curling on the leaves are definitely indicators that he's getting too much light. prayer plants hate direct sun and need to be pulled back from west or south facing windows.

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