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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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Charlie✨

So I’m having a little trouble with my monstera. Monsty here decided that she would like to fall right out of her pot! I’m thinking about using a chopstick as a stake, and tying her to it with some string. Is this the best course of action? If not, what should I do instead?

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Elizabeth

Whats wrong with my monstera?

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Daniel

I have this kentia palm, got these spots on it. Any ideas on this?

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MsHuff

This is my mass cane, the diagnosis is over watering. I have a tray underneath and it sits on top of the pebbles for more humidity; should I take that out? I only water the op when the soil feels dry. I work 630am-3. I try to remember to open the curtains, sometimes I forget and open it when I get home till the sun goes down.

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Skimbutt

I cant tell if this is mealybugs or just fuzz. Got it a few days ago and didn’t even notice

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Abby

Does anybody have any idea what happened to my aloe Vera? I’ve had it for over a year and it was doing very well, until two days ago. It started deteriorating out of seemingly nowhere?? I watered in a week ago, so I don’t think that is the issue as I also watered other plants that are doing fine. It’s very limp and smells bad, and there’s a gooey type substance in the middle? To add to the weirdness, I have a panda plant nearby that also began to die out of seemingly nowhere. However, I have a couple other plants in this area that seem to be fine. I don’t think it’s an issue with the water, does anyone have any ideas what it could be?

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JungleJill

I’m new to roses and I think that I have slugs in my hostas in my front beds. Will slugs go after roses too or are the holes in the leaves from something else?

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MrsHodges83

I don’t know what happened!!! My others are doing great in this spot, I put it straight into the ground after bringing it home. It’s a white mandevila… or it was…. Idk if it’ll come back, but it looks burnt any tips? The second two pictures are the plants that are doing great, all planted the same day.

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Pvpaardvark

Hi, the majority of my garlic is laying on the ground, the tips of the leaves are drying up, and when I checked on one of the bulbs the stem right above the bulb was flimsy. Am I under watering it or is it something else?

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Nina9

Are these thrips? Birds nest fern. Only on new growth. Had this plant for a while.

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Karson

Anyone else with a staghorn fern doing this? It hasn’t grown new leaves or been healthy in quite a while. Some of the oldest and newest leaves have shriveled up, but not how they usually do from being under watered. At first I thought I wasn’t watering it enough, but I feel like there’s some more. I let it soak up water for 30min-1hr every 17 days because that’s what the app says and it’s by a grow light. sos? 😅 Also I just pruned off some leaves because I was tired of looking at them, oops.

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Josie

so my plant has all these little black and white spots on it and the flowers seem to be dying. i have no idea what these are. they do come off but i don’t want to hurt the plant if i wipe it all off. any advice?

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Cerys Leigh

Hello, hoping to receive some help with my Monstera Monkey Plant. The top layer of the soil is covered in this white furry stuff- but it doesn’t seem to be affecting the growth of my plant as it keeps growing leaves in abundance. Do I need to repot it with more soil?

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Emily

Do these roots look ok? It’s my Monstera clipping. It tried to put out a new leaf but it died before it shot out and I had to cut it out. This poor thing has had a hard life. Help please.

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PlantMum

I went to fix a stem on my Zz plant that was leaning, and it popped right out of the soil 😬. Is this a sign of rot? I’m not sure what to do, I tugged lightly on the other stems and they were all secure, the plant overall looks decently healthy.

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Peijb

Ok folks. This is a newly found problem on one of my two huge strawberries and cream peonies. Is this tobacco rattle virus 🫣⁉️ I am really afraid it is a virus. 🥺 ripping out this peony is going to be heart breaking. Any thoughts or knowledge on concerns for treating the ground around this plant? Are beneficial nematodes a good idea in these cases?

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PorkChop 🐽

REPOST!!! Image: specific mineral deficiencies represented in corn leaves!! Save this image if you want! 🌿 - PorkChop

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artemisiavulgaris

they're so cool i wish they wouldn't eat my plants -_-

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Kendall

Anyone know what causes gashes in the leaves of a zebra plant? I’m very new to plant parenthood and my little zebra plant has lost a lot of its larger leaves due to what looks like some sort of disease. It has new growth, so I’m not concerned about it trying to die off, but I do want to figure out what’s going on. Here are pics of what the diseased part looks like starting out and what it grows into before losing the leaf.

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Kimmy J

Anyone have recommendations to save my string of turtles? So sad that he’s not doing well and not sure whats happening, being new to the plant world

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