--- 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" image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v2/cloudinary/global_data/communities/pestsDiseasesAndProblems.jpg" --- [Community](https://getplanta.com/community.md) # 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. 60002 members, 13099 posts ## Posts - [Hi everyone. Is this a pest or just corking on my cactus?](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/65ae91392314b84d228051cb.md) (by Gabi, 2024-01-22, 0 comments) - [Yall, my Peace Lilly is struggling šŸ˜© how do I get rid of the gnats? I tried repotting, sprinkling cinnamon on it etc.ā€¦](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/65ae880588ad6fa0148fe2b3.md) (by The Plant Fairy, 2024-01-22, 2 comments) - [I just got this baby two days ago from Home Depot and itā€™s my first Bird of paradise. I am determined to not only haveā€¦](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/65ae74765113827097efef47.md) (by KerrieBerriešŸ“, 2024-01-22, 2 comments) - [How should I save my plant? I just got it and it came in like this. Iā€™m not exactly sure what it is. Should I cut offā€¦](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/65ae7088cb7645cdce816105.md) (by Wendypoca, 2024-01-22, 0 comments) - [Can anyone identify this bug from the pic?](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/65ae0f7be33d485823843b17.md) (by Evil Plant Dad, 2024-01-22, 2 comments) - [Anyone have any idea what happened to my fig plant and also how i can go forward properly? I bought the plant a monthā€¦](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/65add5905113828b8ce381f7.md) (by Steven, 2024-01-22, 2 comments) - [My daughter in law gifted this to my son and obviously heā€™s not a plant guy and neither is she lol. So they gave it toā€¦](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/65adcd09da4047e0bfbde153.md) (by Raquel, 2024-01-22, 4 comments) - [Does anyone know what bugs this is on my outdoor elephant eats?](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/65adc980da40472418bd52a9.md) (by Diane Bar2, 2024-01-22, 1 comment) - [Worried about these brown edges! Any advice?](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/65ad9ff6a97e2d051b7720e8.md) (by PullyPlanter, 2024-01-21, 6 comments) - [I keep watering, but he still looks terrible. Should I move to a smaller pot. When I got him he was in a humidity dome.ā€¦](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/65ad9d11089fc13e5824b94d.md) (by BotanicalBookworm\_13, 2024-01-21, 1 comment) - [Guys what did I do wrong! This poor plant was given to me by a friend, she couldnā€™t keep her healthy. She came to meā€¦](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/65ad8e0d490c5fa9cfbf08bd.md) (by Lolly, 2024-01-21, 0 comments) - [Not looking very happy, not sure what to doā€¦](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/65ad8903f0dd3a4ef16a4a95.md) (by Frej, 2024-01-21, 3 comments) - [My best friend gave me a plant yesterday and after looking over it carefully in the daytime I see one slug and oneā€¦](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/65ad6aacc29c082a1ba9b09c.md) (by PlantLady, 2024-01-21, 0 comments) - [Helpp](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/65ad60ff51138270fdd25859.md) (by Edith, 2024-01-21, 2 comments) - [Hiya! My snake plant is drooping something major. Any ideas on how to support it?](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/65ad44227210c939e0daa207.md) (by Alyjump, 2024-01-21, 4 comments) - [Itā€™s starting to look sick? Iā€™m keeping up with the watering and misting and everything what can i do to help it?](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/65ad43b1fbe4cdab6a82b5a4.md) (by Deacon, 2024-01-21, 1 comment) - [Hi, this peace lily needed to be repotted in the summer so I did. Ever since then itā€™s been droopy and the leaves haveā€¦](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/65ad3c4f9b24ebd1b26c5138.md) (by Freedomskai, 2024-01-21, 6 comments) - [I just cut off these leaves from my chinese money plant to avoid any more damage and energy draining from the motherā€¦](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/65ad30fe089fc1fe631433f6.md) (by Kimtrovert, 2024-01-21, 3 comments) - [is this root rot on my monstera that iā€™m water propagating ? Help!](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/65ad30932314b86f6d56f081.md) (by Kimtrovert, 2024-01-21, 3 comments) - [I bought this snow bush back in Sept (on the left in 2nd pic) and it has grown significantly but now itā€™s so droopy andā€¦](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/65ad2eb84f7b9084b4c31b26.md) (by Madeline, 2024-01-21, 4 comments) [Older posts](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ.md?cursor=ACP9Ly1krBdQb3N0cy5HZXRBbGxJbkNvbW11bml0eQCB2YNDEiTmGA) --- _Source: the Planta community (https://getplanta.com). Reading is open to everyone. To post, comment and like, get the Planta app: https://getplanta.com/download_