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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. 59817 members, 12999 posts

## Posts

- [i bought these plants a couple of weeks back from an online shop. i did not water them because they still seemed a…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/2b4CZSR97MWSXO5jmkIfYs.md) (by wentzthisway, 2025-02-01, 1 comment)
- [I’m not sure what’s happening to my cactus. It sits in a window and has grown like crazy. But now it’s…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/ebEoW9Qk3RdKb63Tc4Htty.md) (by Desrey1026, 2025-01-31, 3 comments)
- [Are centipedes in plants harmful](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/ZWkoBrYMG0etZxhJMchmZ5.md) (by Planta member, 2025-01-31, 2 comments)
- [My mango tree is dying/ probably already dead. I don’t know what happened. It grew pretty fast and always looked so…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/fbP5yAELvu8a3a7sqalVIu.md) (by MorriganNic, 2025-01-31, 0 comments)
- [I’m having trouble with discoloring and wilting of one leaf, then another. I am thinking it’s from underwatering. Do I…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/eyGcxH38XnXjiQkstRQcnW.md) (by Erica, 2025-01-31, 2 comments)
- [Good morning, my friends! So I’m having some problems with the tin man, my Aglaonema Silver Bay. He was in a good…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/rxUTFXqxiXbyHisIowjNXZ.md) (by April, 2025-01-31, 1 comment)
- [Hi everyone. My money tree has been struggling for about a month and I’m not sure what to do. It has leaves that are…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/mQGMaxaRtJiMoRuusDBNnJ.md) (by BigGrac, 2025-01-31, 1 comment)
- [Does anyone know why my money tree’s leaves are turning yellow? I’m afraid to overwater because I had an issue with…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/02ZpSXYHXeziXz1GRpkKbe.md) (by Kayla, 2025-01-31, 8 comments)
- [Help!! My mango tress leaves have been turning a yellow brown recently. Does anyone know what is happening and how I…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/O0UlXCBebgZpjwAVNRXflE.md) (by Jonah, 2025-01-30, 3 comments)
- [I had an outbreak of fungus gnats a couple weeks ago😭 I now have a plug in gnat trap, yellow sticky traps in all my…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/66IoF1pj9Cznk3VPD40Suk.md) (by Plant lover1, 2025-01-30, 14 comments)
- [Hey! I’ve been fighting thrips for the plants in my office:( I have this prop bowl filled with moss and a couple of…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/6IKbQ8g2ZiyTk6AsJFM39x.md) (by Lindsey, 2025-01-30, 3 comments)
- [Zebra plant has been dropping leaves and it is almost like a clean cut when it happens. I noticed these spots under my…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/I8unYxtNqlGUXmZKZtvjIu.md) (by Potwhileyoupot, 2025-01-30, 0 comments)
- [Hi there! I received this lily as a gift 28 days ago and I urgently need help caring for it. I would hate to kill the…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/W7QwYujE4RHRqXmbyb7DkT.md) (by Panamaniando11, 2025-01-30, 5 comments)
- [Whats wrong with my spider plant? It’s very full and some of the leafs are soft and others are hard and folded?](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/dBodR4kbNcSWIoup2ejTqn.md) (by Nai, 2025-01-30, 3 comments)
- [I’ve had a fiddle head for almost a year now. I’ve done all the watering schedules, misted as the app tells me to, but…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/pHHdA7FIhceAdPMKMhvzCO.md) (by Mimi, 2025-01-30, 4 comments)
- [I am the third maybe fourth owner of this beautiful Split Leaf Philodendron. The last owner couldn’t keep the plant but…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/tAMyGX0bfe42rFYAHAx95M.md) (by PhiloMena, 2025-01-30, 6 comments)
- [Should I trim this leaf off of my Fiddle Fig? I’ve had it for over a year and all the new leaves have been bright and…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/iNg4b1rbftr8q3FfNUaaFk.md) (by Whit\_Y, 2025-01-30, 3 comments)
- [What is this with my soil? It’s not there initially but seems to arrive after some time. Can someone advise? It would…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/F3Pmhn5kRsbVBrYzIhj2oq.md) (by J.R., 2025-01-30, 2 comments)
- [So I picked up this monstera adansonii a few days ago and have been monitoring this few leaves hoping it’s nothing…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/6bXBqVB0a4iwki1Fq1tsgd.md) (by TeddysPlantHaven, 2025-01-29, 8 comments)
- [Any advice on keeping a cat away from plants? I have non-toxic and toxic plants to pets with the toxic ones nigh…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/5cD9sZlr8kMPQtf9Pp4A1I.md) (by biglooner, 2025-01-29, 8 comments)

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