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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. 59997 members, 13097 posts

## Posts

- [Can anyone recommend a good humidifier method for extremely tall plants? For reference, I have a fiddle leaf fig that…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/aB_0lhVZTqeOCzq_J8HAFg.md) (by Patrick, 2024-05-15, 10 comments)
- [Hello! I have a cactus that’s growing a very nice healthy top but it’s getting bigger than the base and I’m worried…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/7kCBp3c3SB-C_hr9SiTbAw.md) (by Evera, 2024-05-15, 4 comments)
- [Please someone… what are these in my tomato plants. They grew overnight. Should I pluck or replant?](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/-K2qpoAwS8yB2FcFNaK8Hg.md) (by ChiAmaka, 2024-05-15, 10 comments)
- [Help! My orchid had a terrible root rot problem and I cut off almost every root because it had rot, it was perfectly…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/QOCQ3b9pRNqgKuTmuHX6Ww.md) (by Vivienne, 2024-05-15, 2 comments)
- [Hi everyone! This is my baby rubber plant. I have them on my desk, which is located in front of my window (southwest…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/rHr24UVjSH6vz-F4VeCuEg.md) (by chemicalphotos, 2024-05-15, 3 comments)
- [My Zz plant was sprouting new leaves, however the top half broke off any suggestions?](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/lEmHz-MtSTyQ6gVF3pS0pw.md) (by Nicci, 2024-05-15, 2 comments)
- [I think I just overwatered my creeping Jenny, but it drooped like this basically overnight:( is it going to be okay if…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/HNYwR5I7Rou0jrWrvtRr4A.md) (by Mads, 2024-05-14, 4 comments)
- [Any citrus hobbyists? My Meyer lemon tree went through a very rough patch 6+ months ago (scale \& fungus gnats due to…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/qeb87EN2SfKYw6cynuoCOg.md) (by Meg, 2024-05-14, 2 comments)
- [how should i dilute this](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/gz9TFtd2REWt3gnCuD8cSg.md) (by Isabella, 2024-05-14, 10 comments)
- [This guy doesn’t look like a fungus gnat…any ideas?](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/tIiHvmYSRWenYj_DnWxKBA.md) (by Maggs, 2024-05-14, 2 comments)
- [How do I use neem oil on my indoor plants? For all those pesky gnats, fruit flies, bugs that bother my plants?](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/CyxH89FGRo-N4YpYRgeZSw.md) (by Annie, 2024-05-14, 3 comments)
- [This rubber tree was in a darker spot in our office. She didn’t get as much light. I noticed today that her bottom…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/zHp3dT7YTiSHJ3IwZ_JjGA.md) (by bmh1980, 2024-05-14, 1 comment)
- [Hi!! So I’ve never sprayed my plants with anything for like…protection? I order plants from a small business and they…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/x_8Xq5PGRpmk5qRjh2CIUQ.md) (by JDW, 2024-05-14, 2 comments)
- [I need some help diagnosing my wandering dude. These brown spots started appearing and growing along with him feeling…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/q8wpxcrTRdG73iOctEnPwQ.md) (by Jaden marks, 2024-05-14, 4 comments)
- [I added a little plant food to my fiddle leaf fig and now it’s doing this 😩😩😩.. send help she had a har winter where…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/shOwTjV6Sm6l8_DIPy0sHQ.md) (by Sha, 2024-05-14, 8 comments)
- [hello! i am still fairly new to all of this and not sure what’s going on with my tomato and pepper plants 😳 looking…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/hw8FsUPiRbmcOPZ7UozA0A.md) (by aly, 2024-05-14, 0 comments)
- [Very sadly neglected Norfolk Island Pine. It was in a too dark of a corner and too close to a heater and an air…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/y8IKIIwPQdKRH3di2-AcpQ.md) (by MummaDeb, 2024-05-14, 1 comment)
- [What is wrong with my monstera? Three of the leaves have these brown spots. The new leaf has chunks missing and some…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/xlaqjpQtQgGfUkncpC8Hvg.md) (by JaynaSue, 2024-05-14, 3 comments)
- [I think my baby tails has died :( he’s an ivy in my south facing window- he’s just so unhappy and has been since I…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/hu5f7xIRS4uWW8dBvz2wKw.md) (by Bee, 2024-05-14, 6 comments)
- [I just got this fiddle leaf fig over the weekend and there were no spots. I had to drive two hours home, and the plant…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/BzeWa-F3RRCwxWiE8Egh4g.md) (by Elli, 2024-05-14, 4 comments)

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