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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. 59983 members, 13087 posts

## Posts

- [Can anyone help to identify what’s wrong with my Alocasia please](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/RoM71fj1T3-bkzeGHfs33Q.md) (by Otod, 2024-10-17, 1 comment)
- [Help! I just noticed this white substance at the bottom of my terracotta planter, near the drainage hole. There appears…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/uCpWlC0-Sp2tbZ4PK5AHuA.md) (by Camy, 2024-10-17, 8 comments)
- [Looking for suggestions for my sick snake plant:](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/ZsqHS4kPSeicalR2bSQDJQ.md) (by LH, 2024-10-16, 5 comments)
- [So like, why isn’t the baby growing?😭😂 Backstory I snipped the baby from her mom about 6-8 months ago and put her in…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/0wIIPh8SQMy2sbtcM7ZUrA.md) (by Felicia, 2024-10-16, 3 comments)
- ["mini monstera" suffering from root rot. I cut the bad roots and gave it a bath in a peroxide mix. i don't have…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/ElsmK_MdSRWyxVCTxOPPcQ.md) (by Adixx, 2024-10-16, 1 comment)
- [my Pepperomia has small brown spots but it’s also growing new leaves — should I be worried about the spots? what might…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/1CAMAhwNTsCMPy-Fe5zGNA.md) (by boomexa, 2024-10-16, 0 comments)
- [I need help with the birds of paradise. I’ve have for 3 weeks and it is curlings and splitting already](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/3t_r9aOwSWKZNwl2HQj06A.md) (by Nicole, 2024-10-15, 3 comments)
- [Thought I was done with the hood light but guess who found thrips 🥳🥳](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/G4e8fKQaQA2qEAyy5bzkEA.md) (by Kades, 2024-10-15, 6 comments)
- [Hi everyone A couple weeks ago I attended an event that involved plant propagation, and I obtained a young coleus…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/hOr8lX8WT2OjssPhuTPfbQ.md) (by megan, 2024-10-15, 2 comments)
- [I’m seeing lots of browning and yellowing on my lemon balm. Does anyone know how to fix this? Is it fungal,…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/zRcEhj9IR_-leXWDw-mZQg.md) (by Carrie, 2024-10-15, 4 comments)
- [Are these leaves just dying off?? I haven’t lost any leaves on her before so I’m not sure!!](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/Y-sOxspXSy6tNSK2KkWEKQ.md) (by JDW, 2024-10-15, 6 comments)
- [Just looked at my strawberry plant and it looks really bad is it a pest or something else?](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/jqYvhyxJT6mv3E0Ufkguxg.md) (by Blooming Dawn, 2024-10-15, 6 comments)
- [Hello everyone! What are these black spots? Wondering If I need a repot.](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/58z9Mat3RmOFrZKtb13fKA.md) (by Rachelle, 2024-10-15, 2 comments)
- [I got this Calathea Dottie about two months ago. It’s my first one and I’m on the struggle bus with her. Any ideas or…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/L0e-OVvKQk6fHll1khQWtA.md) (by Halicia, 2024-10-15, 3 comments)
- [sup! I’m getting confused by my climbing aloe plant. its been consistently growing up and the top looks perfectly…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/EdACHThlRXSgGMXuuoaC8g.md) (by mattty, 2024-10-15, 1 comment)
- [Help, my plant is dying and I don't know why it's placed in a well lit room and watered regularly but it's all of a…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/Dpe9w7UoSuqJDcLHvcj-nQ.md) (by Ali, 2024-10-15, 6 comments)
- [i noticed that probably almost all my plants are producing little gnat bugs from them. is there an effective and safe…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/VwtwIzmQTSWBrNVF3PYFoA.md) (by rach, 2024-10-15, 14 comments)
- [Please help the roots have completely withered but it still has leaves on top plus I have repotted thinking it will…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/d1FwW-tPRVmHxppOpNOc4w.md) (by M, 2024-10-14, 3 comments)
- [Some of the leaves on my money plant have these little sticky droplets along the center of the leaves. Is this a sign…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/F7avGDnwQaK022__1hjSaQ.md) (by Izzy\_404, 2024-10-14, 2 comments)
- [HELP!! I’ve had my ghost plant for awhile now… I got him not very healthy and I’ve tried to keep him alive but he keeps…](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/Ch8H02GnQX25NGiFFNOVPw.md) (by Kristen, 2024-10-14, 6 comments)

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