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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.

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Zoey

This one used to be big and nice till it ended up dying, but it came back completely different, what do I do? He uses to be purple not this weird pink and green

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Zoey

Not sure what's going on, he keeps getting yellow leaves and those end up dying.what do i do?

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Lilly

About a week ago I noticed my money tree plant had a fungal infection, and I physically removed all of the fungus and repotted it afterwards. I thought it was doing well until about 2 days ago I noticed its leaves were yellowing. I also forgot to mention that after doing some research I removed a lot of its leaves because had lots of discoloration and didn’t look to be the best about 3-4 days before I posted this. Should I be worried about my money trees health?

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Pap

Recently purchased a monstera mint, one of the leafs is dying, is this just shock?

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TeeJay

Hi Community. I’m looking for a little help with this family of cactus I’ve inherited. One part of the cactus has been facing away from any natural light source and has noticeably sagged. It also seems to be suffering with a thick white mold. I’ve used some cotton buds/q tips to gently scrape at the mold and the flesh of the cactus underneath feels spongy and comes apart easily. I’m a rank amateur so not sure of cause or solution. The rest of the family seems okay for the moment. Any and all advice appreciated. Thanks!

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Mimi 🌴

Hey plant people. Can anyone tell me what this is on my monstera? Scale, rust, something else? I’m going in with alcohol, vinegar, peroxide, baking soda, dish soap, scrub brush. Please help me 😅

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Manda

Just need opinion’s … so I seen somewhere that rice water works well for pothos.. snake and spider plants. I’m wondering if this is true? Has anyone tried it ? Is yes. What were the results 👀👀

Liv

Hey yall so I have this relatively new addition to my plant collection, my little aloe Vera pup Rosy. I’ve had her for a few months now and she never used to have roots but I looked up a tutorial on how to help her grow some. I followed the video and after about two weeks she started growing a root and the video told me to plant her then. So now I have and she’s growing bigger and new leaves which is a good sign. However as she’s growing leaves some of them are yellowing and one actually dried out. Am I not watering her enough or is there another problem? Because she’s growing new leaves just fine just that some of her old ones are dying…Im not supper familiar with aloe Vera plants so please help Rosy!

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Lilly

Should I repot my arrowhead plant? I just bought it and I’m 90% sure I needs repotted, but I’m also second guessing myself.

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Courtney (newbie)

Can anyone help me identify this? I looked up mealybugs, but these look too small and not in the expected place on the plants? Idk. They are just tiny fuzzy white spots, but I don’t see actual bugs or widespread webbing, and the leaf joints look clear. One is a on crocodile philodendron and the other is on a jessenia pothos, both are rooting in water. I’m not sure what it is or how to treat it, so any help would be wonderful! Thanks in advance!

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LuLuAmis

Any ideas what I am doing wrong? This plant has been a problem from the beginning 2 years in. I thought it was lack of water and neglect. So I have been on a water schedule and put her under grow light but the browning leaf tips have gotten worse. Note I did repot few months ago and it has good drainage. Ideas??

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Adrija

Hi everyone! How do you treat plants that are getting a lot of those tiny tiny white bugs/mites (I don't even know what they are)? They are now getting on the stem as well 😭 I tried diluted alcohol rubbing, but haven't seen any results yet. Please help!

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brittrb

My mom brought it to me to save it. What can I do?

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plantsss

helloo, my monetary looks like it’s dying it’s going very brown and some leaves have gone yellow fully, i did chop some leaves off prior because it got too much and too leggy and now it’s dying what do i do??

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Danutė

Hey guys! I recently got a rosemary plant, wanting to start a little herb garden. I usually keep carnivorous plants, begonias, and other frail princesses. I highly suspect I might have over watered this rosemary. Its become soggy and the ends are curly. Is there anything I can do? Or is she a lost cause?

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Sam

Hello! I have a question about a bug that’s on this sticky trap. I know one is fungus gnats but I’m not sure what the other bug is. They are all over my sticky traps and in order to get trapped they would have to fly. Does anyone have any idea what they are? Thank you for your help!

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Shayla

Hi all. This plant has been acting weird lately. It is a Needle Stonecrop and a haworthia. The haworthia has started growing.. something? I’m not sure if it is a new sprout or if it’s something to be concerned with. But my stonecrop has been really dying down. The first picture is from when I got it in November and it’s really thinning out and dying off and I’m not sure what’s happening, honestly I don’t even know where the leaves have been going, they just disappear- it’s not even that they are dying off and getting brown. Advice appreciated! It gets indirect sun during the day and I don’t water it often.

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Izzi

Be honest, is she doomed? She’s too skinny and has curled leaves, looking for some tips if anyone can help I would really appreciate it - rescued her from a home with cats that kept nibbling the leaves! Some kind of monstera??

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HopefulBlackThumb

I was loving the beautiful flower of the orchid but noticed it might be sick. Its leave has a bit of yellow and it has many many black dots on it. Please if anyone know how I could save it?🥹

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Chloe

I moved these plants a few months ago and they all started to get super leggy because my room didn’t get enough light. I added a grow light recently and they seem a lot happier but they still look kinda crazy. Does anyone have any tips to help my plants fill out better and become bushier instead of longer?

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