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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. 59963 members, 13081 posts

## Posts

- [I recently noticed something unusual with my creeping groundsel, which I rooted from a cutting last fall. It had been…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/8mJGGMMTdZPl5mgaPmJ7wS.md) (by Late Bloomer, 2025-04-02, 7 comments)
- [My boyfriends calathea appeared to be healthy and I was planning on repotting her this week. Upon inspection I saw she…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/7v3KWKkFJUU3wEoNgcgTtO.md) (by gabbygeli, 2025-04-02, 6 comments)
- [We got these bird of paradise plants Sunday at Home Depot. We repotted them in tropical + all purpose potting soil. We…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/34OpQpSbH2oxOGFBaBVDy1.md) (by Kcraft1987, 2025-04-02, 0 comments)
- [Hi! My staghorn fern just arrived today and doesn’t look it’s in good condition. It had a yellow leaf which I cut off…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/NZhwBlBhf55MEfxqTA1UZy.md) (by 🌱’s garden, 2025-04-02, 2 comments)
- [I’m sorry this isn’t the best photo, but these little critters move so fast it’s hard to get a picture of them. Anyway,…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/O0MttVVvOuLYofwmXsBVx6.md) (by Chrissy, 2025-04-02, 7 comments)
- [Mold in my terrarium!!! What do I do? Is it not enough Uv light? To much water? :’(](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/pbv7bLN77eanBubQiyl7Mp.md) (by ThatDouglasDude, 2025-04-02, 2 comments)
- [My new Monstera Thai Constellation’s leaf looks brownish in spots. Any idea what’s going on?? Also, one of the leaves…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/75eafuY93oOfIjEpPBn1EE.md) (by Plant lover, 2025-04-01, 12 comments)
- [My monstera Peru has 2 new leaves but both have brown spots. What’s wrong?](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/U5Y8odDkg1tA6WbsSpM7lI.md) (by Schultz, 2025-04-01, 0 comments)
- [Good morning plant friends! Looking for steps to rehab plants after cold weather shock. I’m up in northern Michigan,…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/e6v8igZLK5ekyHJEAI78aT.md) (by Candace, 2025-04-01, 5 comments)
- [Can anyone give me tips on how to revive this? I picked her up from Home Depot knowing she was a fixer upper, but now…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/LLKKY89c2QeVGWksJoGtOz.md) (by Zoe, 2025-04-01, 11 comments)
- [It’s not doing well on the bottom, but the top is good. What do I need to do?](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/mXKHI4FOuXG7Up3558mIVc.md) (by EKWatkins, 2025-04-01, 3 comments)
- [Hey plant community! I got my triostar back in December and it was doing well up until about a month ago. I made the…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/S4owWEkzp4FiuXY6k1kfvY.md) (by Noel, 2025-04-01, 10 comments)
- [Help :) birds of paradise!](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/FdS8mAq3zwXbOlwgBFoBui.md) (by Kayla, 2025-04-01, 1 comment)
- [Can anyone help me with my plants? :( The first one are seeds (4 plants) from an orange and the second one is lemon. I…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/kyjg1aarq1YfDDFu2Z4il7.md) (by Mo, 2025-04-01, 0 comments)
- [Camellia has two new leaves 😍](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/0WYxV0YPHMUfUDhQLZZzut.md) (by Joana, 2025-04-01, 0 comments)
- [My hoya krohniana all of a sudden stopped growing both leaves, but just one. There’s two parts of the plant that thats…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/YRTBIReVF7MKOPJ6McSHQV.md) (by Brenda, 2025-04-01, 0 comments)
- [Planta friends, what does this look like to you? New leaf on one of my Alocasia nebula.](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/aCBYtathEfZc78zi7gIwNP.md) (by Kevin, 2025-04-01, 0 comments)
- [My Triostar has never really been happy, but recently she’s looking downright unhappy. She’s in a west facing bathroom…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/qUj1UfHb3q4Qru9wzCmcOT.md) (by Andrea A, 2025-04-01, 2 comments)
- [My Chinese money started turning yellow and then brown. I checked the roots no issues there. I recently changed my grow…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/JJn5gUaY4U194U2yZC9jvG.md) (by Jenna, 2025-04-01, 1 comment)
- [anyone know why my creeping fig is being all funny? i did just repot but there shouldnt be anything wrong? in my…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/z7soGBGYuzfgxLtWRnvwLY.md) (by monster\_maniac, 2025-04-01, 4 comments)

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