Sara
Well it looks like I rotted my Hoya Kerrii… is there any bringing it back to life? Some of the roots are still solid. What do I do??? 🥲
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Plant Recovery Room
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Plant cemetery
My lilly from Dad's funeral kept getting worse and worse. I set her outside on a nice sunny day thinking it might help. I later learned that I had scorched and traumatized her putting her outside for the day. Leafs all die and I thought she was a goner. Stopped watering the pot for nearly a month before a tiny point came out of the soil. I started watering again and low and behold, a leaf should be opening this week. Never give up!
Melanie
What do I do with this now? Should I cut whole stalks off?
Ezza
I chopped off the bent part of the sunflower. Hopefully he will survive! So yeah that is where he is at XD.
Rhye
Help! My beautiful polka dot begonia has been doing great and has a bunch of new leaves but the tips of most of the leaves are dry and this one has a big grey spot. i’ve been consistent with watering but i’m learning she could be sensitive to the lime in tap water. Should I use bottled or distilled water? Or could it be something else? Some additional info, I’ve had her for about a month and I just repotted her yesterday bc she was outgrowing her nursery pot (tipping over and water went right through). She was in all purpose soil but i did a mix of 50% coconut coir, 20% perlite, 30% soil.
GARDEN GIRL
Ok, some of you I think helped me with my allow Vera and it looks really good!!😊
EnokiTada
Trying to overhaul a neglected Aloe plant that was in the basement, rarely watered, but had a lot of pups. Finally brought it out to the patio, separated the pups into new pots, trimmed the browned leaves off and also potted the mother plant, with only a bulbous root. Some of the pups I brought out earlier, got over watered due to continuous rain this past week. Any suggestions or recommendations are welcome. Thanks
Vialli
The leaves for my white bird of paradise have started dying. Any ideas as to what to do to keep them alive?
Anna
I took them from the first 2 pictures and transformed them into the third picture I feel like they are all much more happier. The 3 pot that are together in the second picture was so root bound with other plants I couldn’t save the little things but I’m happy I got to separate them! I really did try my best I used my hose to help separate it because I was scared a stick would hurt the roots. It’s my first time doing this and I didn’t water them after I planted them since I water blasted them. Feel bad about that but didn’t know what to do! Just hope they get better now.
nikki📀🤍🪴🌞🪬
so i may have messed up big time??? i have a rather large peace lily that was gifted to me after my grandma passed. for the first month or so, it sat unwatered in the dark of her bedroom. it was thriving!!! i pulled it out of its sad dark room, and from then forward, it has been so DRAMATIC! “Kiki Louise” has been repotted, is in a decently sunny spot, and gets watered pretty regularly. for the past week she has been completely lifeless and limp in her pot. so i chopped her… was that a total f*** up?? did i just mess up big time? i really hope not bc she means a LOT to me, and i just was hoping for a fresh start… is it possible she’ll come back? pic of decapitated “Kiki Louise” for tax and attention!!
Naomi
Can someone please help me I don’t know what I’m doing wrong 😭
Ezza
Help! My common Sunflower snapped while reporting and wilted. I tried zip tieing it to a pencil as seen (I know this isn't the best solution), but it still is sad. His name is Michael Jackson and I rather him not die XD. Any suggestions on how to repair my Sunflower?
PhiloFox
they look so pretty when wet 😍😅😆😭
RootHappy
I need help with my entire collection!! I have philodendron, pothos, anthurium, alocasia, dieffenbachia, some Hoya, ficus, it’s literally everyone. I had a pipe burst 2 weeks ago and the water ruined my floors, contractors have come and ripped it all out and my greenhouses has been moved to a pod outside for about a week and a half. No electricity, no humidity, no grow lights, nothing. They are dying! I’m growing mold in the pots that had just been watered, and 1/2 the leaves on my dieffenbachia are yellowed, I’ve lost about 1/2 my 3’ rubber tree, she’s completely bald in the back, the philodendron are hanging tougher than the rest but withering, most all my alocasia are bowing and drooping, I doubt the fittonia will bounce back. And the work is ongoing with no end yet, I don’t want to lose my entire collection. Any tips for protection and recovery or should I brace myself to start culling?
Catherine
Can someone be so kind to help me by telling me what I need to do to help her?
CrystalS
Help! I have a yucka plant that I repotted on Mother’s Day. I completely changed the soil. I now know that you don’t do this but what can I do to bring her back? The app is telling me to place in shade, no fertilizer and water more frequently?
Melanie
Ok I had this BEAUTIFUL huge Petunia plant from a nursery, and had long vines. About a week ago I had to move it under the porch for 3 days due to rain, and then I notice the rot. Under all the vegetation on top, the bottom was rotting away. Anyway I got mad at it trying to remove the rot, we got into a fight, and this happened. Will she bounce back? Aren't petunias pretty hardy?
SvonRookie
Hi, I'm new to plant life. I just got this pothos a couple weeks ago. Anyone know what this tea stain brown spot is?
Topekatwister
My Pilea Peperomia has these black spots inside some of the leaves. I’ve only had it for about 3 weeks and it did have some when I got it, but I feel like it’s getting worse. But I feel like overall he looks healthy? Do I chop those leaves?
Sam
SOS, Brand new plant parent & was told to repot a prayer plant. Zero clue what I’m doing here - this is what the roots look like. Also, there are these random plastic like fragments throughout the root - what are they? TIA :)
