--- 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" image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v2/cloudinary/global_data/communities/pestsDiseasesAndProblems.jpg" --- [Community](https://getplanta.com/community.md) # 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. 60005 members, 13099 posts ## Posts - [This poor plant. šŸ˜¢ My coworker knew I had a bad day a couple weeks ago and bought me this little heart cacti. Iā€™m notā€¦](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/654cf7cff348c6500291da25.md) (by Lindsay in PA, 2023-11-09, 7 comments) - [what am i doin wrong here. I think we over watered at first. someone added fertilizer and it started to mold.](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/654ce5bd06bf786c949dde15.md) (by lillardd, 2023-11-09, 4 comments) - [What am I doing wrong?? (Unknown baby alocasia)](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/654c615c83fe05dac3258d79.md) (by Smiles04, 2023-11-09, 2 comments) - [Hey! We recently turned our Monstera to get light on the other side and suddenly this happened to his leaf. Heā€™s neverā€¦](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/654c43c283fe054bf2228917.md) (by Lexi, 2023-11-09, 2 comments) - [How it started vs how itā€™s going šŸ˜­ the move upset it and I think the room it was in was too cold. It dropped leavesā€¦](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/654c430f06bf78bda192339f.md) (by ebethwest, 2023-11-09, 3 comments) - [my echeveria keeps losing leaves and itā€™s drooping. the leaves get squishy and fall off like theyā€™re rotting off. whatā€¦](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/654bea79a55b04176f9c958e.md) (by lers, 2023-11-08, 7 comments) - [WHAT are these tiny pale pest on my poor spider plant??!!](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/654bd96ed0de326c81f9c71e.md) (by Danielle, 2023-11-08, 2 comments) - [How do I help my Calathea Stella!? It seems dry by the roots/stems but the leafs are turning soggy and yellow..?](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/654bd605f348c6a4c573811c.md) (by Ava, 2023-11-08, 2 comments) - [Does anyone know what these are? Theyā€™re EXTREMELY tiny, very round, and a slightly transparent white. I have treatedā€¦](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/654bd3d0f348c604ba732f41.md) (by Nex, 2023-11-08, 3 comments) - [My parlor palm has little white pests in it. What should I do?](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/654bcaf31ae1aeb80dc64241.md) (by Winnie, 2023-11-08, 3 comments) - [are these brown spots anything to worry about?](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/654bba4af4d0716a5bb0aa60.md) (by emma šŸŖ“šŸŒž, 2023-11-08, 2 comments) - [Hey y'all! I've had my fiddle leaf for 3 years. It has adjusted very well to many things but recently I've lost 2ā€¦](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/654af97b32c89613301ebc7f.md) (by Andrea, 2023-11-08, 4 comments) - [Any advice for my maidenhair? ā˜¹ļø I've had it for a month and it's been doing really well - until I came home yesterdayā€¦](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/654af3505120ba0fc1640c22.md) (by exholy, 2023-11-08, 1 comment) - [Just got this syngorium in the mail, can anyone tell me what is on the stem and tell me what to do to make her happy.](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/654af08ed251566bb165c6f5.md) (by Darian L, 2023-11-08, 4 comments) - [My red nerve plant has just slowly been losing leaves. I repotted him about a week ago in new soil and have been tryingā€¦](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/654ae312cd058a9282940e1a.md) (by Caden Christensen, 2023-11-08, 4 comments) - [What is happening to my little umbrella tree? The leaves keep turning brown - I just snipped a few more off today. Iā€¦](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/654ae1db3874cb06c8fbd4cc.md) (by Caden Christensen, 2023-11-08, 0 comments) - [Whatā€™s going on with my plantšŸ˜­? This is the only leaf like this yellow and the tip is ā€œsoggyā€](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/654ade8283fe0521ddf868e9.md) (by Raquel, 2023-11-08, 5 comments) - [root rot or normal?](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/654ac7e13874cb9d79f800b5.md) (by ellisšŸŖ», 2023-11-07, 1 comment) - [Help!! Anyone know what kind of pests these are?? These little buggies appeared in less than 12 hrs on my Brazilianā€¦](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/654ac1cf06bf781f27640df5.md) (by Diane B, 2023-11-07, 8 comments) - [My snake plant has leaves that have begun to droop ā€¦ so Iā€™m wondering how do these roots look? Is this root rot? Iā€¦](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/654a627251c120a16a6f8deb.md) (by Jen A., 2023-11-07, 2 comments) [Older posts](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ.md?cursor=wNmCZ1xjlRdQb3N0cy5HZXRBbGxJbkNvbW11bml0eQBrFIGMHS_mGA) --- _Source: the Planta community (https://getplanta.com). Reading is open to everyone. To post, comment and like, get the Planta app: https://getplanta.com/download_