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title: "Why is this Caladium unhappy? It keeps losing the older leaves (they…"
description: "Why is this Caladium unhappy? It keeps losing the older leaves (they become droopy and then turn brown, some have brown edges first)."
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community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Fyreflie1980"
published: "2025-07-12T19:26:16.720095Z"
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# Why is this Caladium unhappy? It keeps losing the older leaves (they…

_Publicado por Fyreflie1980 el 2025-07-12_

Why is this Caladium unhappy? It keeps losing the older leaves (they become droopy and then turn brown, some have brown edges first).

![Adjunto 1 de 2](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/aMpfF-rwUaj02g1O5EhWCcYex1iFn7GmpBRZJWBI0U8/WiKilE-gT9WFleuFP-ah1Q.webp?size=large)

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## 3 comentarios

### Amy comentó el 2025-07-13

I have caladiums in the ground and mine do the same thing. I just think their life span is short. They are constantly sprouting new leaves so I just cut off the dead ones. Idk if that is how it’s supposed to behave but that’s what happens with mine year after year.

### Bomi2789 comentó el 2025-07-13

Try and cut the second oldest one so it gives it time to push more before one falls off

### Tia Marie comentó el 2025-07-13

Omg! I have that same problem mine won’t go over three leaves until they start turning I don’t know what to do. I even moved it.

![Adjunto 1 de 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/3dJHszOVC8p8IpLhhDylUEYvGOGS1ZmuEIf9ooAOREc/OLXAjjtWSJqAnragh29GCg.webp?size=large)

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