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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. 59941 members, 13067 posts

## Posts

- [Got a few of my fiddle leaf fig leaves looking like this and the botton leaves started to fall. I checked the roots and…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/svMy2V7LDPCNuwigPJCl6h.md) (by Maria, 2025-08-10, 2 comments)
- [I have a spider plant (I think that’s what it is) and if anyone knows why it’s curling like this or if it’s normal…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/ssqag2CaLPg0dUOGamnffO.md) (by ✨🪴🍓Eden🍓🪴✨, 2025-08-09, 13 comments)
- [Hello! I just bought a Chinese Money Plant and I see that my roommate’s cats bit some of the leaves. Should I leave the…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/wS42r2MQKij7miqSMNq9ZI.md) (by Mo, 2025-08-09, 8 comments)
- [Can anyone advise what’s causing yellowing of leaves on my climbing rose Ena Harkness?](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/1mqDYpNGShpHlJ7oGbMp1p.md) (by Richard, 2025-08-09, 4 comments)
- [Is anyone else having the problem with this app if you water on the schedule it wants you to you over water your plants?](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/7wMMhJH9HBxb1BCVHAjEn4.md) (by Acer, 2025-08-09, 10 comments)
- [Just coming to do a progress check on my Clusia (autograph tree) and spotted this on a couple leaves. Almost like…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/WXkeTzDvSK7BKn1x3Tp0yH.md) (by Indi, 2025-08-09, 2 comments)
- [Hi! I’m not sure what’s going on, but the leaves on my philodendron choco empress keep yellowing and dying… it’s one of…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/TFHNepkGaayaEcEalrx9O5.md) (by Celeste, 2025-08-08, 4 comments)
- [Help! This keeps reappearing on my plant and im unsure what it is. Its all over the leaves too](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/Rc9mJS42ZAfRTCw01hBUtz.md) (by Lynnie, 2025-08-08, 8 comments)
- [Is this potentially powdery mildew on my Angel-Wing Begonia?](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/eS8O44xQnSsuj8YNkgsti0.md) (by Steven, 2025-08-08, 2 comments)
- [I’m having a hard time liking this plant. It just never seems to look good. It has an inflorescence rn and I’m about to…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/0wd3jXEcMa10kXBWanS2Jq.md) (by Ji11, 2025-08-08, 4 comments)
- [Basil plant. I’ve been growing since April 2025. Now I’m noticing the leaves are looking like this (see photo attached)…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/QNXZ4QEwAZqXzVcJpWOwf8.md) (by PlantedbyAngela, 2025-08-08, 2 comments)
- [I've had this Flamingo Lily for a while and it even sprouted some new blossoms (?) but eventually a lot of the big…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/KdfTKfJ86hfoX0AMQ2o9z0.md) (by Joost Schuur, 2025-08-08, 0 comments)
- [What is this fiddle plant trying to tell me?](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/w8JbDj77UfSIFHuC6frnqv.md) (by Shorty, 2025-08-08, 1 comment)
- [Is this normal or should I trim these?](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/hGapaT9HG9N4rArkK6AIcS.md) (by Patty N, 2025-08-08, 4 comments)
- [Hey! Anyone know what’s happening with this maidenhair vine? I normally dont have an issue with these, but this one has…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/thNRIgLohEZLzzVJegqSoC.md) (by Ella, 2025-08-08, 2 comments)
- [There are a few spots like this on my satin pothos, all other spots (two or three) are very small, this is the biggest…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/oDj6B5LUdNhddIoM6e66GH.md) (by iris, 2025-08-08, 3 comments)
- [I know pothos like to be crowded but does she need a bigger pot?](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/jRbsZJzx2as2Q5TPHIbF20.md) (by Gusty, 2025-08-08, 3 comments)
- [My father’s children avocado 🥑 \& pepper 🫑](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/VIWhmaAJSSpkBx196XEal4.md) (by Joana, 2025-08-07, 1 comment)
- [So the app is saying that I only water my rose is when we’re in a drought situation and I live in Las Vegas, I know if…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/mnuOdb1cu4JfymCHBSdvvs.md) (by Randspacific, 2025-08-07, 4 comments)
- [unsure what to do with this guy here, to i pull or trim it off? let it keep growing? the arm has a few roots growing…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/IB3We8xKyTBtcyMbFlJAup.md) (by smelliot, 2025-08-07, 4 comments)

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