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title: "Pests, diseases and problems"
description: "Discuss and troubleshoot plant issues"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ"
language: "en"
modified: "2023-05-15T13:58:31.579Z"
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# Pests, diseases and problems

Share your own experiences with plant pests and diseases, and gain valuable insights from others on how to prevent and treat these common problems.

Misc. 59990 members, 13094 posts

## Posts

- [What are these tiny bugs in the soil? So small, hard to get pics but they’re in almost all of my plants. I just noticed…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/sT6yGz8IRKCzyq3NSDGleg.md) (by Liv, 2024-07-23, 9 comments)
- [Anyone know what’s going on w my Guiana chestnut? She has a brown tint to a few of her leaves. We just moved into a new…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/-QKV0AvnSN2wKITex_2Brg.md) (by Kari, 2024-07-23, 1 comment)
- [Can anyone help me with identifying what this bug is? I don’t know if he’s good or bad. It likes to hang out around the…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/fapocdSnR92GcDxtV3Kv3A.md) (by Danielle, 2024-07-23, 2 comments)
- [idk what’s going on with this guy, he only gets watered once the soil is basically dry and has a grow light/near a…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/TCkFx2EETFyVmnId_qpRPQ.md) (by Amanda🪴, 2024-07-23, 3 comments)
- [Can anyone explain why his trap is turning black? It was fine yesterday.](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/UTFjLvF0TTeNbjul0JZlBQ.md) (by VioletCrow, 2024-07-22, 6 comments)
- [I’ve heard a lot about death drops for gnats where do you guys recommend getting them I’ve never seen them out and…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/TQXmaVb6ShaUEAPTfjLmAg.md) (by Tallyn, 2024-07-22, 4 comments)
- [Does this look like a pest issue or a disease issue?? I was thinking it might be scale… thank you for help in advance!!](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/746YjEL-Rq61r358lazaxQ.md) (by Bobmarlie, 2024-07-22, 0 comments)
- [Recently got string of turtles. The plant looked amazing when it come. However, loads of leaves dropped off, thought…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/MBucd01QQLincEYrz2WesQ.md) (by Mya, 2024-07-22, 2 comments)
- [My flowering dogwood doesn’t look like it’s doing well. It flowered this year and we’re currently in a very dry to very…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/WsFLn4iUQGis99DBxH2hSA.md) (by @plant\_mommiez, 2024-07-22, 1 comment)
- [Small black bugs are damaging my plants, and they are spreading to nearby plants as well. I am killing them by…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/uMaKd7pKQpi64GeZM7tb4g.md) (by S Singh, 2024-07-22, 2 comments)
- [Curious what this may be and how to treat it. My first guess is scale and to treat with rubbing alcohol but I’ve never…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/dBNTEUqfRXib6z5SnzRAdA.md) (by CraiCrai, 2024-07-22, 2 comments)
- [If I need to buy BT for the possibility of fungus gnats, as posted in the previous text, what would be the best product…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/XDEFhwnATjqWZ0UMTo8YWg.md) (by Lynda, 2024-07-22, 6 comments)
- [Anyone have any idea why my plant is suddenly looking so sad 😢 Recently moved it in to the sun as it looked like it…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/MtJMKdAuQmS5IjSqnS_kBw.md) (by Livo Planto🪴, 2024-07-22, 5 comments)
- [Please tell me these are not fungus gnats. I put these traps in because I was seeing some of these teeny bugs flying…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/qzs66w_KQpCisXBFi3eefg.md) (by Lynda, 2024-07-22, 7 comments)
- [I just got a sensitive plant just a few weeks ago, and it hasn’t been doing super well. It already has some yellow and…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/Io3JinnOS5GpgCsaNC9ANg.md) (by Kate, 2024-07-22, 1 comment)
- [My mint is starting to get some dark spots on its leafs, I don’t know why this has happened and I’m worried about it.…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/w9Ex2y1SS_uLk1gBfzSm1w.md) (by Ivy, 2024-07-22, 0 comments)
- [Why is this drooping? I just fertilized it today.](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/5UxPsBvpRjOUd7lR5f142g.md) (by Plantgrower, 2024-07-22, 2 comments)
- [Why are my new Monstera leaves growing with damage on them? They are indoor and I see no visible pests!](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/Ks49AdpsSvC1_IfT5jfeTQ.md) (by Lily, 2024-07-22, 3 comments)
- [Are these June bugs? My fiance keeps finding many of these coming out of the soil in his one week old potted weed…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/e3CYd1ZaTmGq8wiSvz2ODA.md) (by Sinthea, 2024-07-22, 4 comments)
- [Please don’t tell me this is thrips damage… I just came home from a trip and I found my Philodendron had some…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/C9GKSaa0TwK6Ky805ggYpA.md) (by 🪴❤️Enzo❤️🪴, 2024-07-22, 3 comments)

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