--- 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. 59976 members, 13083 posts ## Posts - [Dying or just the natural cycle of African Violets?](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/gXxcCUdk9ywmbPVDhD0xwO.md) (by Meg, 2025-01-28, 2 comments) - [It’s kind of hard to tell but there are these really small black dots in my monstera, I did see a few really small…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/5iTkLdIVw6qTq1RItSFbDY.md) (by Leeanne, 2025-01-28, 5 comments) - [Please help me figure out what I’m doing wrong. My Hoya Sea Stones keeps dropping leaves. Whole sections of the stem…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/SZDNIj8HWMAAFJ96yvflfv.md) (by Sassafras, 2025-01-28, 1 comment) - [Im having issues with some of my plants. The new leaves are not wanting to open. I have started misting the more…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/kHLN95lPTf42M2BfZ9pwyD.md) (by Stephanie, 2025-01-28, 7 comments) - [My Beaucarnea recurvata has been seeming sick or dying lately! Almost every leaf has gone brown they’re super wilted…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/3uR73LQc9gKfHNjICX6Qw8.md) (by Plants, 2025-01-28, 1 comment) - [Does anyone know a good homemade bug spray I can conjure up to keep ants and bugs away from my indoor plants??? I'm…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/Bc5lqqi4g9r0CMWtRlTDPw.md) (by Chrissy, 2025-01-28, 5 comments) - [I cut these onions and the white part I put it in water the day before yesterday and look at that 😮😮wow incredible](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/NNr5RYuIKnMPX2UyHQL6bg.md) (by Joana, 2025-01-28, 0 comments) - [My Money Tree was doing really well, nice big full silhouette; but over the last couple of months, it’s been dropping a…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/ktjKatEC2fN7Px4lC4eCNW.md) (by Philip, 2025-01-28, 4 comments) - [A couple months ago or so I posted about my goldfish plant for help in hopes to prevent it from dying. She’s lookin SO…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/zbsZAclFzDkudKItZoz0kr.md) (by Josie, 2025-01-28, 7 comments) - [What! Just moved my lemongrass to the kitchen and I find these all over it! What are they? How do I treat? They're…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/5Y8qMkwGr5ocaVTHMjwle7.md) (by 🎲Sunmoth🍡, 2025-01-27, 4 comments) - [Hey guys, what is this on my cactus?](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/ffzHUUq1EWcBqu3Wj5yt6E.md) (by Skimbutt, 2025-01-27, 9 comments) - [Help!! Why is it dying?? I left her outside two days then this started happening😫 what can I do??](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/yx3jkMKOetRFZtq57DwoZA.md) (by First time mom plant, 2025-01-27, 2 comments) - [My poor baby 😭 I think she got too cold ? 🥲 if I chop her top will the leaves come back ?](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/x5zql6OWCyDabtr3T3avfd.md) (by Bri, 2025-01-27, 6 comments) - [Hi everyone! I got a string of turtles in the mail that arrived with bad root rot (😭) PLEASSEE give me some tips on…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/2JZZxzUMplfZK1V4DvQFCB.md) (by Bebe🌵🤍, 2025-01-27, 3 comments) - [I have no idea what happened, she just grew a hole over the span of a few days does anybody know what this could be?…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/hffJBEzjLWIBTcLteo4bDI.md) (by Madeline Dowdy, 2025-01-27, 5 comments) - [My bell pepper plant has these streaks on it. The app says it’s probably snails, but I haven’t seen any. What could…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/W5bojJSBV1ZrngtCP3WEja.md) (by Kaylene, 2025-01-27, 5 comments) - [Hello-I have a question regarding my mother of thousands. I have read online that in the winter to water every 3 to 4…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/BlBW4sCEw3e0qWW6ucKdNp.md) (by Nichole, 2025-01-27, 0 comments) - [So one morning. I accidentally forgot to water for only one day. ONE DAY. And my purple waffle plants… Threw. A.…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/6mTb5semCPULZV0TfcUCu9.md) (by plant mommy, 2025-01-27, 4 comments) - [Earlier this month some sort of bacteria/virus spread rapidly throughout all my plants. I cut off all infected leaves,…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/MnKOm0j9fdFYiJsGAKhHz0.md) (by Plants\&theirMediums, 2025-01-27, 4 comments) - [I need advice my mango plant is dying and I’m trying everything I can to keep it alive, the leafs are dead and the stem…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/Et45yFbSkSzPM2AIIemzi2.md) (by Young planter, 2025-01-26, 9 comments) [Older posts](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ.md?cursor=mIoAnoFZHhhQb3N0cy5HZXRBbGxJbkNvbW11bml0eQC_2soOO3fkGA) --- _Source: the Planta community (https://getplanta.com). Reading is open to everyone. 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