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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

- [Please help!!!!!! I found a few of these crawling around in my soil, should I be concerned?!!!](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/1t2gVQAeiIdgPwPv9FL1h0.md) (by Candace, 2025-01-14, 9 comments)
- [Can anyone give me a clue what is wrong with my Sansevieria please?](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/6ogf1jVhSdlZ8MpG1PTDxN.md) (by Carly, 2025-01-14, 11 comments)
- [Anyone have any care tips for dracaena Florida beauty? Mine keeps having leaves that turn brown and I don't know why. I…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/C4Zaf5bClcZ9OGVI4m1NN3.md) (by Abbi, 2025-01-14, 9 comments)
- [Got these about a month ago, this is what it looked like originally, I repotted and around two weeks ago noticed this…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/virXIbL0IZZXw5ylZGRfpk.md) (by Grace, 2025-01-13, 3 comments)
- [So a couple months back this plant had a few mealys— I have since repotted \& treated spraying isopropyl alcohol every…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/qLNdYXqyy6esC8IXd8kmep.md) (by Lili, 2025-01-13, 7 comments)
- [I think some kind of bug is eating at my poor plant and I’m not sure what to do! Anyone have some advice!? Thank you!](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/ArecwovLkltlzPPkZe8VF6.md) (by Shae, 2025-01-13, 3 comments)
- [Hey all - my money tree is dropping a couple of yellow and brown leaves, but it’s also growing some new leaves on the…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/FeETqM7aA1wALduGcBeSpj.md) (by AmyC, 2025-01-13, 2 comments)
- [I got this Monstera cheese, when I got it was already under care, but now this keeps happening! Can you help us? I…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/RXkJgnoM3XAxHmtpwr5QVM.md) (by Yoa, 2025-01-13, 6 comments)
- [Hi everyone! I’ve had this albo for around a year and a half! She came shipped in leca, and she’s been doing great and…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/kiddKl2UxRNjndxO8xm7BE.md) (by Bebe🌵🤍, 2025-01-13, 14 comments)
- [Can someone guide me to bring this Calathea Pinstripe back to life? When I first got it she had about 30 stems and now…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/ZmT1Ay0VuQc1U21Ld71uhT.md) (by Trying: Plant Gal, 2025-01-13, 12 comments)
- [Hey yall! I just received this plant (Lupita) from my uncles funeral last month and I don’t know what I’m doing. I…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/NTv6YozMf2Uq6VMmqa7Dvt.md) (by Lupita’s mama, 2025-01-13, 8 comments)
- [Does anyone know if this is normal on a zz plant? It looks like bark. But not sure if it’s a disease or pest I need to…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/M3SMDyxSeRP0kMmKrkXw54.md) (by Alina, 2025-01-13, 11 comments)
- [I’m a horrible mom guys… I’m moving right now and I left my beautiful devil ivy that was about 5 feet on one of the…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/HiPNevkhUkFsNCIQsLMpaO.md) (by My plants, 2025-01-13, 5 comments)
- [Could this be from being up against a cold window? Or is it something else?](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/oFSoPJzFjpGQ2CfE9Ocpgl.md) (by Abbi, 2025-01-13, 5 comments)
- [Hi y’all, This triostar used to be a huge plant with between 20-30 stems before it needed to be divided. My partner…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/JpvevPT3LfdCsf7J7f5Y8q.md) (by Kat, 2025-01-12, 7 comments)
- [Can I propagate these? They grew where there was leaves.](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/hWXXsq4HsBh1oKhTxOwEIt.md) (by Leafeon, 2025-01-12, 5 comments)
- [Hey I just bought a ginseng ficus and once I brought it home I realized the base felt mushy. I took a look at the roots…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/RpRvKyQrXniehNfN25ik9B.md) (by suddenlyaplantperson, 2025-01-12, 8 comments)
- [I need some help 😔 my rattlesnake plant had been declining for months now, its leaves folded in half like this and no…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/8KqGz66Y8pMBEvvawx9y4T.md) (by Quill, 2025-01-12, 13 comments)
- [Hi! My air plant is looking terrible right now. Does anyone have any ideas or know someone I should ask?](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/nhS8WZqiMrtSAvSnJ0cpKw.md) (by Maggie, 2025-01-12, 6 comments)
- [I have a thanksgiving cactus that no one took care of so I have brought it home i I watered it and put some lemon on it…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/2Ln5K7zGSMj5uU2anElW5y.md) (by Lynn, 2025-01-12, 0 comments)

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