Whit_Y
Recently the algorithm has put some videos in my feed about potting cuttings or plants recovering from root rot in perlite. Has anyone tried this and had success? Did you use only perlite or did you add a little bit of soil? Thanks!!
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Plant Recovery Room
Share your plant recovery tales and root for each other as we nurse our leafy friends back to health
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Khush99
Urgent!!! PLEASE HELLLPPP!!! 😭 My gerbera is dying. It got infected with mealy bugs so I sprayed soap water and got rid of bugs but now all the leaves and buds are dying. Please share tips to review this beautiful buddy
Alanna
Hi friends, sorry in advance for the long explanation. TLDR; can I fix her? My grandma gave me her old peace lily (without telling me) and it started having problems with overwatering because the soil wasn’t chunky enough. I went to put in new soil, found a rolly polly, and freaked out (I know they’re harmless but not to my psyche). I left it alone for way too long and then finally fixed it, but now it looks like this. I cut off some dead leaves a few days ago but she really isn’t doing well. Is she fixable? The roots look good.
Addi U
I have q christmas cactus that looks half dead and I don't know why. Can some tell me why?
盛开
So I have this spider plant and it started to look really sick after creating babies and now it has little ones growing at the base would it be a good idea to cut off all the big sick looking ones and let it restart with the little ones at the bottom and from the base. I’m sorry if I don’t make sense please help thank you. 😊
Fortchunatus Wayne
What is the best way to divide a false Jericho rose?
Aspiringplantmom
Help!! I just bought this string of turtles for $5 today! As you can see Franklin is not in amazing shape, but he was a steal! I’m not sure what the problem here is but he just doesn’t look healthy to me. I had to remove quite a bit of liverwort, a snail, and some clusters of jelly like eggs (from the snail?) when I was repotting. I tried to lay all the roots back down evenly but as you can see he’s pretty covered with soil in order for me to get all the roots covered. I did my best to clean off the leaves but I feel like I’ve bothered him enough- especially in his frail state. Please send help on what more I can do to make him feel at home:)
Kaitlyn
I bought this plant from Lowe’s on clearance and i’m having an issue identifying it. Also, I cut the brown off of the leaves which didn’t leave much. The one stem has been that brownish- reddish color since I got it but I’m not sure what’s causing it. Any ideas?
Michelle’s Hobby
The app keeps telling me that it’s overwatering the reason why the leaves are turning yellow and falling off. This is not the cast. I’ve only watered it 3 times since I received this plant. Fertilized once and still have another yellow leaf. I’ve already cut off 2. I need help to save this bird of paradise.
Nelly
My dad just pawned off this blushing bromeliad to me because he thought it was close to dead but salvageable. It was my first time ever seeing one and after some research I learned that it is part of the life cycle for it to die off like that after flowering and that the greenery that remained was four pups it was sustaining! One quick repot later, now those pups are on their own (RIP to the mother!) and look good as new 😁
Plant lover
Got this guy on the clearance for one dollar can it be saved and if so what do I do
Adrian
Can someone tell me what else I can do to fix this plant I got on Clarence? I repotted him and trimmed his yucky leaves already but im not sure what he is or how to care for him.
🪴 Botanical Bekka🌵
Can I just spray all of my plants with 70% alcohol, for mealy bugs, and call it a day or which plants can't hang with that treatment I just don't want to wait to see if more pop up I'd rather just treat them all 🪴😩
Alexis
Hi, I wanted some help in understanding what's causing these brown patches
Acelia
Alrighty, hello! So this poor aloe of my is definitely not looking great😥 any advise I’m not quite sure if it’s just overwatered or not getting enough sun. Please help! Anything helps!!🫶🏼
Jneyman
Help my sad new orchid!! I was gifted this orchid last weekend. When I got it home, I found it had been sitting in an inch of water for no idea how long. It was looking healthy but had a few roots that were visibly yellow/brown and mushy. I trimmed off the yucky roots but now today it’s looking very dehydrated and limp. I get that fewer roots means less moisture, but the soil is still somewhat damp so I’m not sure if I should give it a few ice cubes or just let it acclimate to the root trim for a few days?
WhisperingGarden
Help! My monstera was doing great, then this started happening! Is this a plant disease, or are there pests doing this (I don’t see any)?
Linda
This was a beautiful full poinsettia at Christmas. I think I didn't water it when it should have been watered. The leaves began falling. After being watered it began shooting out new growth. Now it seems to be top heavy. NB it did get moved farther from natural sunshine which may have stopped the growth. I have now moved it closer to the window. My question is... should I wait or is it time to cut down the stems and propagate?
Sherry
I need help I reported this shingle plant and I need to know if it still looks healthy or did I do something wrong
Malinda
I have a question about my draceana corn plant . So I got it last spring it didn’t look great but looked salvageable. the plants leaves are brown & crunchy as well as the stem . So to me that sounds like under watering . I did a light press on the cane & it seems like the cane is loosing mass . My question is would you say it’s done or on its way out or should keep watering it ?