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Share your own experiences with plant pests and diseases, and gain valuable insights from others on how to prevent and treat these common problems.
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Sooooo…. I’m not familiar with very many flowering plants, especially roses…. This is a lavender mini rose I had picked up from Publix…. What in the world do I do with this to help it survive? It’s currently in a south facing window (gets most of the daylight hours). Watered when the soil is dry a knuckle deep.
Has anyone heard that using small rocks on top of your soil will help keep fungus gnats from laying their eggs in your soil?
Hi all! I posted at the start of this year about my Lucky Bamboo, Groot, and how he had a leaf that had just started to turn brown/yellow. I took everyone's advice and trimmed off the small part and I've been keeping up with taking off any brown spots - they were very rare, but I made sure to trim them. I won't lie, I fell off of consistently watering him, and we moved him up to our bedroom on our desk. I fell into a pretty bad depression shortly after returning from a week long vacation with my boyfriend - it was a great vacation, and I had watered him before leaving - at the beginning of last month, and I didn't really water him at all... I feel horrible about it but I had been glancing occasionally to check levels, he was fine. Today I looked and immediately jumped to action - he had about half water, and a bunch of yellow leaves (picture 1). I gently pulled the leaves I could off, then trimmed off what was left while trying not to cut the main stem. I then decided to go farther and do something I was too scared to before (thanks adrenaline) and I carefully took him out of the bottle - he definitely lost some roots, but I wanted to take out the rocks because I wasn't sure if they were helping, and I think some were dyed (picture 3), I rinsed off the roots and I cleaned the upper rim of the bottle as well as removed the string. I decided to move him to the dining room, as well, as our room is kept in the dark a LOT due to me working nightshifts and he gets very rare sunlight (picture 2) and we have a wax melter on the desk as well. I want to know if anyone has any advice to help him more? I'm worried about that main tall stem because thats where all the yellow leaves were sprouting from. I'm thinking of getting some water fertilizer, so some recommendations would be great.
African violet - aphid outbreak😩 Any suggestions how to treat an African violet since you can't get it's leaves wet?
PLEASE help!! My entire collection it seems is at risk. I don’t know what started this exactly, but from what I can recall, my triostar bit the dust pretty fast with similar symptoms. I’ve never seen anything spread this quickly, it looks like some kind of fungus or bacteria or mold or something, but it’s acting incredibly fast. All of the plants I have on my piano area are infected- leaves are yellowing and dropping like flies, some within hours!! None of my plants on the piano are touching, and some of them I just got within the last week. I just got a spider mite infestation and used diluted Neem oil and a 1:4 ratio of isopropyl alcohol and water on the infested ones and quarantined them, they are all healthy thus far. I did also spray Neem oil on the rest of my plants as well, but mostly only the ones in the piano area are affected with this. I’m just very confused since neem oil is also a fungicide… See pictures below and I’ll put more in the comments- PLEASE drop any advice in the comments, calling on my plants community right now!!!
Does anyone know why my pothos is turning yellow? Also, would I be able to plant it in soil? Or should I keep it in water?
Help! ☹️ My calathea is shriveling up. I only water her with distilled and usually mist her every once in a while. I suspected that she might need more humidity so I moved her to a different room with a humidifier. Is there anything else I can do? Any advice would be appreciated!
Hi there guys I am new to this app. But I have joined as I needed some advice . My blue star fern is not really happy and I am unsure why 😥, if anyone has any advice it would be much appreciated ❤️
Morning . Can anyone help with this and any ideas on what do to? Thanks x
WHAT THE F IS THIS MOLD ☹️ (prince of orange philodendron) i swear this appeared overnight. I check my plants almost daily and I haven’t seen any white spots on him. I watered him like three days ago and he was fine. HELP!!! Is this dangerous? I separated from my other plants the minute I noticed but I am horrified. Edit to say it is mostly UNDER the leaves and on the stems. Almost right where the stems connect to the leaves and underneath them it’s the worst.
Help! What is wrong with my Dragon Tail Plants soil? I checked for pest and nothing at all. I also spray with neem oil and use mosquito bites regularly. It is under a grow light and gets watered once a week. Does anyone know that the thing on the soil is and if it is healthy.
My Persian shield has been experiencing some issues (Images 1-3). The leaves are dying pretty commonly, and I think it’d be fine if it was the bottom, but the bigger leaves are dying too. I moved into my dorm recently and I suspect maybe it’s just too cold? Slide 4 is from the top, which looks pretty good, but any tips? 🪴
Why does my dwarf umbrella tree look like this?
I have a Cyclamen that’s experiencing drooping and has gnats (I think fungus gnats). It’s my first plant and I’m trying to save it since there is new growth after dormancy. Any advice?
Why are bases of the branches of my fiddle leaf fig dark? Is this a fungus problem?
im not sure what these little black dots are they once appeared on my spider plant and i noticed its also on my petunias and made them die. they come off if i wipe it and doing some research it says it may be sooty mold? but im not sure if its exactly that. pls lmk if i have a pest problem that needs fixing.
My sister gave me this dragon tree to try and save. Tips on what is wrong with it?
Both are the same exact plant bought on the same exact day. One is thriving. The other is slowly dying. Both are treated the exact same.
I cannot for the life of me figure out what I am doing wrong with this Hibiscus It bloomed beautifully until August. I do not see pests on it - any advice?
Hey guys, this is my first post so not sure if anyone will even see this or respond but I’ve noticed these markings on my variegated umbrella plant (this is the newest bit of growth) and wondered if anyone could advise on what it is? Each of the brown dots is slightly raised. I can’t see any pests on it, I don’t have any known pest problems in my other plants, the soil isn’t too moist and I’m watering and using fertiliser etc as I should be. She’s also on the outskirts of a grow light (probably 1.5ft under and maybe 9-10in to the side) which is on 12hrs a day due to having no south facing windows in my apartment. Mind the little spikes on the stems, she was a victim of a cactus attack in the store when I bought her😭 I’ve repotted her today into a better draining soil mix (potting compost, orchid bark and perlite), because she was still in her nursery pot with the soil that b&q use which isn’t the best. She wasn’t root bound and had no sign of root rot. I’m a fairly new plant mum so pls be kind x - I’ve attached a picture of the plant from above so you can see the other leaves. Thanks in advance 🩷
