--- title: "My girls leaves have curled up. What can I do to make her feel…" description: "My girls leaves have curled up. What can I do to make her feel better? should she be away from light? Golden pathos" url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/rwffWq41yH1iyR0A84hL9t?language=fr" community: "Anything about plants" author: "sydney boyd" published: "2025-06-23T23:24:31.177151Z" language: "en" image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/uYwPbz1IVy48BMEqXDs7PeVCXm7b8TKntgcGIDbTXjg/ahKV14UGR7yZtGgj8OPkiQ.webp?size=large" --- [Communauté](https://getplanta.com/community.md?language=fr) / [Anything about plants](https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg.md?language=fr) # My girls leaves have curled up. What can I do to make her feel… _Publié par sydney boyd le 2025-06-23_ My girls leaves have curled up. What can I do to make her feel better? should she be away from light? Golden pathos ![Pièce jointe 1 sur 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/uYwPbz1IVy48BMEqXDs7PeVCXm7b8TKntgcGIDbTXjg/ahKV14UGR7yZtGgj8OPkiQ.webp?size=large) ## 20 commentaires ### David a commenté le 2025-06-23 Could you share a picture of the soil? Usually when they do that it can be a telltale sign that they are thirsty #### sydney boyd ha respondido el 2025-06-23 ![Pièce jointe 1 sur 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/uYwPbz1IVy48BMEqXDs7PeVCXm7b8TKntgcGIDbTXjg/QDJoyFopRByw8f8QjyH2hQ.webp?size=large) #### David ha respondido el 2025-06-23 Thank you! Sorry I don’t mean to be annoying but two more questions 😂 1) What is the white thing on the left stem? Maybe zoom in because I wonder if that might be a plant pest. 2\) What is the light coming opposite the window? Is it a grow light? #### sydney boyd ha respondido el 2025-06-23 Yes it is a grow light and actually I’m not sure about the white thing! It has been there since I got the clippings ### David a commenté le 2025-06-23 Okay! Last question. When you got this plant, did it have roots? You mentioned it was a cutting #### sydney boyd ha respondido el 2025-06-23 They were a little bit small, but yes, they did have roots ### Yolanda a commenté le 2025-06-23 Does it move if so that’s a mealy bug, and it’s sucking your plant dead, change soil spray off the entire plant, roots and all, wash and sterilize pot really good, spray plant really good with neem oil, then isolate this plant. If it was near another plant check those and treat them ![Pièce jointe 1 sur 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/YJJidWl8yghcg0Wa-wOE-i_0s9kY6A5yWb8qoP4VOxs/1OSyhxQ3RKmcgn5niT0XsQ.webp?size=large) #### sydney boyd ha respondido el 2025-06-23 How does this bug get to a plant? ### David a commenté le 2025-06-23 Okay so that might be the issue. Plants can have trouble acclimating to going into soil especially if their root system is not well established. #### sydney boyd ha respondido el 2025-06-23 Should I put it back in water? #### David ha respondido el 2025-06-23 So that may be up to you but I would first try and see what the roots look like if you pull it out of the pot. Feel free to share a pic if you’d like. But yes either putting it back in water to root for longer or putting it in a smaller pot might be the solution ### Yolanda a commenté le 2025-06-23 It can be brought in on another plant from the store, come in through windows,doors or even clothes it just depends. Pest typically target weak plants especially new cuttings that’s trying to grow. If this was given to you they could have had them on some of their plants and this little bugger hitched a ride home by hiding in your soil or on the back of the foliage #### sydney boyd ha respondido el 2025-06-23 Oh no! ### sydney boyd a commenté le 2025-06-23 Should I wash it and the keep her in water for awhile? #### David ha respondido el 2025-06-23 Yes, I would try that 👍 ### sydney boyd a commenté le 2025-06-24 There was two of those bugs on my plant! :0 ### sydney boyd a commenté le 2025-06-24 One was near the root system and almost completely ruined the roots #### TrinaLovesPlants ha respondido el 2025-06-24 Check any other plants. You can use alcohol and a qtip to wipe them off and kill them. ### sydney boyd a commenté le 2025-06-24 Thankfully it looks like it was just that one. ### sydney boyd a commenté le 2025-06-24 How soon do you think my plant will bounce back? ? --- _La communauté Planta (https://getplanta.com). La lecture est ouverte à tous. Pour publier, commenter et aimer, téléchargez l'application Planta : https://getplanta.com/download_