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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. 59976 members, 13083 posts

## Posts

- [I had an outbreak of fungus gnats a couple weeks ago😭 I now have a plug in gnat trap, yellow sticky traps in all my…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/66IoF1pj9Cznk3VPD40Suk.md) (by Plant lover1, 2025-01-30, 14 comments)
- [Hey! I’ve been fighting thrips for the plants in my office:( I have this prop bowl filled with moss and a couple of…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/6IKbQ8g2ZiyTk6AsJFM39x.md) (by Lindsey, 2025-01-30, 3 comments)
- [Zebra plant has been dropping leaves and it is almost like a clean cut when it happens. I noticed these spots under my…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/I8unYxtNqlGUXmZKZtvjIu.md) (by Potwhileyoupot, 2025-01-30, 0 comments)
- [Hi there! I received this lily as a gift 28 days ago and I urgently need help caring for it. I would hate to kill the…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/W7QwYujE4RHRqXmbyb7DkT.md) (by Panamaniando11, 2025-01-30, 5 comments)
- [Whats wrong with my spider plant? It’s very full and some of the leafs are soft and others are hard and folded?](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/dBodR4kbNcSWIoup2ejTqn.md) (by Nai, 2025-01-30, 3 comments)
- [I’ve had a fiddle head for almost a year now. I’ve done all the watering schedules, misted as the app tells me to, but…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/pHHdA7FIhceAdPMKMhvzCO.md) (by Mimi, 2025-01-30, 4 comments)
- [I am the third maybe fourth owner of this beautiful Split Leaf Philodendron. The last owner couldn’t keep the plant but…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/tAMyGX0bfe42rFYAHAx95M.md) (by PhiloMena, 2025-01-30, 6 comments)
- [Should I trim this leaf off of my Fiddle Fig? I’ve had it for over a year and all the new leaves have been bright and…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/iNg4b1rbftr8q3FfNUaaFk.md) (by Whit\_Y, 2025-01-30, 3 comments)
- [What is this with my soil? It’s not there initially but seems to arrive after some time. Can someone advise? It would…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/F3Pmhn5kRsbVBrYzIhj2oq.md) (by J.R., 2025-01-30, 2 comments)
- [So I picked up this monstera adansonii a few days ago and have been monitoring this few leaves hoping it’s nothing…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/6bXBqVB0a4iwki1Fq1tsgd.md) (by TeddysPlantHaven, 2025-01-29, 8 comments)
- [Any advice on keeping a cat away from plants? I have non-toxic and toxic plants to pets with the toxic ones nigh…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/5cD9sZlr8kMPQtf9Pp4A1I.md) (by biglooner, 2025-01-29, 8 comments)
- [Hello! I got this Alocasia Frydek a few months ago, she started out fine. Now she’s lost all but one of her leaves.…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/v5ypAGsKXUS6FLjWVD0VHy.md) (by Amnita, 2025-01-29, 13 comments)
- [Hi everyone! My Norfolk pine has continued to struggle \& get worse for close to a month. I’ve tried multiple things to…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/Q1yDIDoHK8YY9F3JinmB0M.md) (by JamesConner\_15, 2025-01-29, 4 comments)
- [What is this in my soil??? There’s a glare from the sun but I’m looking at the egg-looking things!](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/nG05gpO8fZXMUJRjM2suO2.md) (by Lo, 2025-01-29, 12 comments)
- [Got this bromeliad from a friend that thought she was killing it because the flowers were turning brown. I have had it…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/ZVa4GEYddPdlVoxfoRwsRF.md) (by Stephanie, 2025-01-29, 4 comments)
- [Hello, does anyone have any insight as to why this is happening to my Hoya pubicaylix? No bugs that I can see, and…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/uLfy6N8cTEIiG99ZacA9cx.md) (by Blute, 2025-01-29, 4 comments)
- [Best purchase I ever made this is just off of my Kalanchoe which went in the bag of shame early January](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/CbF38sJYVoENVGVM6gnQQS.md) (by BeanyGal, 2025-01-29, 5 comments)
- [Hi All, I need help with my spider plant. Until before Christmas the plant was good but after, not sure if is the cold…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/OoZY3iH37Aaxjqtl1B1Uad.md) (by Williams, 2025-01-29, 7 comments)
- [Hello everyone, I recently found sticky sappy dots all over my Florida beauty what pest causes this? I use systemic…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/O1UUBC8faHGLVwsEgXY4Qc.md) (by Kieley, 2025-01-29, 4 comments)
- [Today I found a thrip on a donkey’s tail so I treated it will insecticidal soap. Should I now just treat all 31 plants…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/zDV3SCGuvzmyFHXmJgAeHJ.md) (by Buffy, 2025-01-28, 8 comments)

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