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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. 59928 members, 13062 posts

## Posts

- [Why why why?](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/6475dfc4d7e36c04a45fcb0f.md) (by Tonya, 2023-05-30, 5 comments)
- [Hahahaha! My peace lily pitiful! Any suggestions?](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/6475de69e7486c80aa45a35a.md) (by Tonya, 2023-05-30, 3 comments)
- [I recently got this plant and it just started showing these spots on the leafs? Does anyone know what may be causing…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/647556d77a708629b1cad881.md) (by Trevor, 2023-05-30, 3 comments)
- [Noticed this spot on my alocasia. Any ideas? Thank you in advance :)](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/647548b180b5f418799a334a.md) (by Laura, 2023-05-30, 2 comments)
- [Hello! I’ve had this cactus for nearly 3 years now and in the past few months it’s started to look a little worse for…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/6475358080b5f411a19757ac.md) (by Anna, 2023-05-29, 3 comments)
- [I was advised to “behead” my jade plant due to stretching. I let the cutting callous over for a few days then replanted…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/647525cf7a708659c5c3d2de.md) (by Nichole, 2023-05-29, 0 comments)
- [Anybody know why my leaves are dying? They get powderery and fall off. Still flowering (though will cut do it focuses…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/647515bd7a70865dbac19835.md) (by Monstera\_Man, 2023-05-29, 4 comments)
- [Hi all! I got this bromeliad a few months ago has been doing well until recently. It is currently in a south facing…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/6475018c2c59f43862ca84a2.md) (by AceLove, 2023-05-29, 3 comments)
- [Hi there! First post. Am a big fan of this corn plant that I adopted. Repotted it last year and it was incredibly root…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/6474f050cdeb4a5870a2de7d.md) (by Harry, 2023-05-29, 1 comment)
- [I put this little air plant in water like I usually do but I left and came back and it had sunk. It is a few days later…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/6474e8ca41806b0ad6e39194.md) (by Lily, 2023-05-29, 1 comment)
- [I bought this triostar at my local nursery and noticed brown crisp edges and lots of dry white spots. I thought the…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/6474c67880b5f485f386ddac.md) (by Marie, 2023-05-29, 6 comments)
- [help!! fungus gnat?? i found this guy in the water of some of my propagations (drinking) and immediately put out a…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/6474ac1fba841e3220d6f062.md) (by kaela 🌚🧌🪷, 2023-05-29, 2 comments)
- [Hi everyone! I have an old fashioned bleeding heart plant that has been struggling since I got it from the nursery. It…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/6474a49c8565ab250dee486a.md) (by Lucy, 2023-05-29, 0 comments)
- [Hello, my fiddle is losing leaves (one every few weeks), it is not creating any more. I have it in front of a window…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/6474a08841806b3b76d87404.md) (by Fiddle losing leaves, 2023-05-29, 0 comments)
- [What are these and how do I get rid of them?? Pink Arrowhead plant.](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/64743626e7486c7b170ba248.md) (by Torizzle, 2023-05-29, 1 comment)
- [Hi. My pink princess was super healthy less than two weeks ago and now the bottom leaves have completely turned dark…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/6473fd43ba841e5422c071a7.md) (by Chai\&Plants, 2023-05-29, 7 comments)
- [Help! Ok, so, I’m moving on the ninth and I just (maybe 2 weeks ago) got a fiddle leaf fig from one of my neighbors…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/6473fca78565ab6642d8ec7a.md) (by Ada, 2023-05-29, 2 comments)
- [When I first got this plant it was very bright pink. But now it’s producing flowers and now there’s barely any pink. is…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/6473c3a77a7086494e93c21d.md) (by ✨Plants✨, 2023-05-28, 4 comments)
- [QD D A](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/6473b815ba841ef7a1b75d39.md) (by alexa, 2023-05-28, 1 comment)
- [This is a Peace Lily, for two years it wasn’t in direct sunlight, but recently it’s been in consistent sun. I’ve been…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/6473b3ce3678321106b5abe2.md) (by Christian, 2023-05-28, 4 comments)

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