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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. 59920 members, 13056 posts

## Posts

- [Please help - yellow leaves on formerly thriving pothos ): It's been growing consistently for at least 6 months. It…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/1lUQT9yjYUmL6GKjTLZcM2.md) (by Danae, 2026-02-02, 7 comments)
- [Trying to help my daughter with some plants she has at work. Is this calcium deposits or a type of mold? She says the…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/tusPh8ASt5XNjNxF0RvBr2.md) (by Catherine, 2026-02-02, 3 comments)
- [Hi! Hoping someone can help me with my spider plant not sure why it’s so droopy looking and curled](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/mMMsUYEfOMpB97jpVTQFbx.md) (by Kat, 2026-02-02, 2 comments)
- [Can anyone help me with my Norfolk Pine? I brought it to a friend and she said it had root rot so I trimmed the dying…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/TjIG0elfKgxi0piRRy7B0Y.md) (by Erica, 2026-02-02, 1 comment)
- [One branch of my inchplant seems to be dead or dying closer to the root, while the rest of it seems mostly healthy,…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/jeAn0yVzyCzk0LD5BusWt0.md) (by Julia, 2026-02-02, 1 comment)
- [What’s wrong with my Cattleya Orchid plant? I was gone for almost five days and at some point there was a blackout, so…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/mN7OZcwodcDvtnHLv9VSJa.md) (by Naige, 2026-02-02, 0 comments)
- [Hi!! Please help me with my Lemon Lime Prayer Plant. I got it 1/28, 4 days ago. I did repot it in my own soil mix and…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/eBxTZqqyVejAvtN2j6VBpI.md) (by Mary the Plant Aunty, 2026-02-02, 6 comments)
- [I recently bought a fiddle fig a week ago and the leaves are turning brown with these white spots. Help please?](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/OH4zVAjLvi5oozGOeqdXpz.md) (by Planta member, 2026-02-02, 3 comments)
- [i have a chinese money plant sitting in my window, i water it when the soil is dry and it gets direct sunlight for…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/NaRuH7NZaYrrUKB6I6xfCI.md) (by loki, 2026-02-01, 1 comment)
- [Why is my Gasteria flow like this? It’s not as green as when I bought it?!?](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/hHoaEnrDKxNwvVj6ss7A5m.md) (by JustaPlanter, 2026-02-01, 1 comment)
- [My marble pothos is getting yellow dead leafs at the root, but the hanging sections look green, healthy, and are…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/M3n3mUUfemYervz8vEk0zn.md) (by AspiringGreen, 2026-02-01, 1 comment)
- [I went out of town for a week in January and came back to my plant looking like this. It was dry so I watered it and it…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/M7hd8KwpNn6OMlv2Up3lK4.md) (by JazzyBel, 2026-02-01, 8 comments)
- [Help! My fiddle leaf fig dropped four leaves this week. I purchased this in August and up until a week ago the plant…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/9nDpUPsbt92SPZMwpyLyel.md) (by ak, 2026-02-01, 2 comments)
- [I bought my Monstera a week ago and some of the stems/leaves are drooping (they were like that when I got it) and I…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/NrVMrGw3UWdIN5w2IHnRi8.md) (by Celi, 2026-02-01, 1 comment)
- [Any idea on how to revive/make my plant more happy? It was under a grow light at some point and got burnt. I just took…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/V8KqzZ6TPW0QYCkIqAsvEB.md) (by EP, 2026-02-01, 1 comment)
- [Why is my poka dot plant changing some of its leaves colors, curling up leaves and drying some leaves? It just bloomed.](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/6rTTJn617t0q2sPpcqQToB.md) (by EP, 2026-02-01, 0 comments)
- [All plants that over crowded yo many seeds are risk geting transplant shock and die if repot them. Have to be careful…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/0uEWYMKJit43CjSvd2Q6z7.md) (by Louise, 2026-02-01, 0 comments)
- [What I am starting to do to give indoor plants best chance in ways . Put a calender on wall in kitchen and every 2weeks…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/BUUTa2NdxRDFwDamVCmObg.md) (by Louise, 2026-02-01, 0 comments)
- [I found this plant when it was a pot I don’t know what it is but it looks like it’s dying can I save it?](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/sxx1aqRnekQnvXQzFWrgFP.md) (by Jonny, 2026-02-01, 3 comments)
- [Was gifted this plant but doesn't look to well. Any advice on how to care for it? Thank you](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/l5sGZeY5iKXU6Rc8Lxq2tG.md) (by Beginner plant Dan, 2026-02-01, 1 comment)

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