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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. 60011 members, 13104 posts

## Posts

- [WTF IS THIS?!????! I just pulled this out of my cactus spike and I’m freaking out, is that a WORM?!](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/650d7ce12d50e8f5df00e115.md) (by Abigail🪴, 2023-09-22, 4 comments)
- [I recently got this plant and read that it doesn’t like much sun light. But the leaves are falling .. maybe I over…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/650cf7adb3d6aa6f76cbcf70.md) (by Plant lover, 2023-09-22, 6 comments)
- [Hello, does anyone know why this would happen to my Aglonema? it was fine before I watered it but after watering it,…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/650cbe85851af4754fd100b3.md) (by Ishaan, 2023-09-21, 2 comments)
- [My lil pilea is getting a lot of yellowing at the bottom with many leaves falling off… any ideas what I’m doing wrong??…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/650cb48ab3d6aa7bfbbe9e69.md) (by Alana, 2023-09-21, 5 comments)
- [I just took off the bottom of my self watering plant and all the grooves were clogged with these weird Round things.…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/650c8b42d8323a22e250e015.md) (by Amberleigh, 2023-09-21, 3 comments)
- [I have just one leaf that is yellow on my dieffenbachia. Roots are white and look healthy, the pot has drainage and I…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/650c7ced8657a75ce4c6930b.md) (by Maddie, 2023-09-21, 3 comments)
- [Are these springtails?? They are all over the soil of my verrucosum. None on the leaves. They’re pretty fast so hard to…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/650c7bc3b3d6aa68eeb2bcc7.md) (by Jess, 2023-09-21, 4 comments)
- [White bird of paradise that i got recently, safe to say it needed to be repotted](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/650c786036bdcb28863af039.md) (by Dr Greenthumb, 2023-09-21, 3 comments)
- [What is the reason for this happening🥹](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/650c5f3c6422c55a28c57425.md) (by Kait🌼, 2023-09-21, 2 comments)
- [My fiddle fig started growing like crazy this spring after moving it to a different room with more light! It has…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/650c466b6071f937bb584853.md) (by Janna, 2023-09-21, 6 comments)
- [I got this African violet for $2 at the grocery store and I’ve been trying to nurse it back. I got it last week and…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/650c37d4bd7b40586ad9e3dd.md) (by Abigail🪴, 2023-09-21, 4 comments)
- [Please help me, my French Lavender keeps dying I water her and she gets sun but still withering I am in the UK, is this…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/650c0aceab2cba614968f532.md) (by Locdplanter, 2023-09-21, 4 comments)
- [Does anyone know whats going on with my chinese money plant? It has these black splodges and also more recently some…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/650bfacabeca03131d445b5c.md) (by Mairead, 2023-09-21, 4 comments)
- [This plant I was gifted is facing a west window. It gets light mostly from the the very top window. Is this enough you…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/650bc4b25a6ecb379405c0b7.md) (by Siegal, 2023-09-21, 1 comment)
- [I got this Silver Fittonia a few months back and I’m noticing these little white “web” type things. Does anyone what…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/650b82f969e400a251bbe4a4.md) (by Felix, 2023-09-20, 5 comments)
- [I’m new to raising plants, and I just picked up 3 new plants from a nursery today. I’ve noticed some tiny bugs on them,…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/650b7e9cb2dfe179b645659d.md) (by Madison, 2023-09-20, 4 comments)
- [Look at this poor guy. The 3rd leaf is new, I just started a pebble tray for humidity. 🤷🏼‍♀️](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/650b73efbef1dc3f59910ae4.md) (by Jkiss, 2023-09-20, 0 comments)
- [Hi!! My monstera has these little bugs on almost all of its leaves and I’m not entirely sure how to treat them, they…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/650b6670a2dca243ffd3f55c.md) (by dylan, 2023-09-20, 3 comments)
- [Hi everyone, could you please help me understand what these marks (kinda like stretch marks) are on my Chinese…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/650b50cf4f5469f500d256d5.md) (by Ayris, 2023-09-20, 2 comments)
- [HELP!! my pilea leaves are showing these awful looking black spots — any idea what it could be?? Willing to do what I…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/650b26d9144f45832e5fadd4.md) (by Alana, 2023-09-20, 0 comments)

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