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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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Willa

Help! My Swiss cheese plant, Remy, has been doing great for a while, putting out lots of new leaves and growing fast. But when I moved her back to my dorm after break, I noticed lines of dry brown spots on her lower leaves. Over the last week they have spread - some are turning yellow at the edge of the brown spot and more spots have appeared on all the leaves, even the newest one. Repotted ~2 weeks ago to add a bit more soil. Anyone have an idea of the issue/ways to help her out?

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Sarah

Is it possible to save these, or are they gone? All three are droopy.

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Purple Thumb

Can I do anything to save this poor cactus?? The main part looks dead. I don’t know how the two other parts are surviving. A

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Isabelle

My plant isn’t doing well. I know nothing about plants and am terrible at keeping them but I have had this one for a while. I’m not sure if it needs repotting as I have never changed its pot since buying. Can anyone help find out what it needs.

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Olivia Dunford

My ficus elastica leafs keep falling!? Do I need to change the pot? Help plz, is this normal lol

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Megan

I repotted this clipping of a Calathea on Saturday. I dont know anything about them but it had a full root system and has been under a grow light since I brought it home. I moved him into my bathroom today as I read the humidity from showers can help with the curl (its been getting worse). Any thoughts would be appreciated as he's brand new and I dont want to have to throw him away!!!!

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🌿ugie

Hello all! I got this Money Tree a couple months ago and I can't tell if I'm just being a worry wart or if she's looking a little down right now. I'm newer to this whole plant keeping thing and just wanted to make sure she's doing alright. She was bought from a Costco (I think?) and came with the little holes and rips in her leaves unfortunately, otherwise I haven't seen any yellowing, crisping or dropping of leaves since I took the rubber band off her base. Other sources have said that it's normal for her to look a little droopy in the winter but I thought I'd ask anyway just in case. Does anyone have any thoughts or suggestions?

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Ray

Any ideas on why my bird of paradise leaf looks rusty? It’s one of the older leaves on the plant, none of the other leaves look like this.

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Valentino

I’ve had this plant for a really long time, I never knew what it was. Could anyone figure out what it is, it’s a desert plant. Lately its leaves haven’t been doing well & hopefully once I figure out what it is I can help it.

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Icarus

Anyone know why my plant is doing this? It’s an outdoor plant and we live in Florida. Was doing fine until recently. I know we’ve had a bit of a cold snap but I don’t think that’s the issue? Could it be that I need to repot maybe? The leaves are yellowing and becoming transparent for clarification

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Meg

Is she dead? I bought a lemon cypress yesterday on clearance at a CVS while just grabbing some bandaids and she’s bone dry and crunchy. I repotted her to moist soil and I’m sure it will take time but I’m wondering now after some research if she’s too far gone.

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Grace

Hi last night I noticed that my spider plant has lost 2 perfectly healthy leaves for no apparent reason like it has enough light and water and the pot is the the right size can someone please help me as I’m worried something is very wrong

Lazy Gardener

To those who use mosquito bits to control gnats: would it be safe/effective to crumble it into the soil?

EP

Whats going on with the pilia and the black spots? Treated it with bonide to get rid of gnats. Already took of some other leaves with these black spots.

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EP

Does anyone know what’s wrong with my African violet?

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Alyssa

Hi all! I bought this money tree ~2 weeks ago (never had one before). I noticed right after purchasing it has mealy bugs on a leaf so I physically removed those/treated/quarantined the plant for a week. Repotted a week ago and now am noticing these spots on 2 of the newer leaves. Any idea what this could be? The plant has been watered according to schedule and has north facing and *some* west facing light.

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rowan

plant people, help me out! i’ve had this red prayer plant for a couple of months now. i originally potted into a small 4” pot and decided it needed an upgrade after seeing some roots grow out the bottom. well, it looks quite upset with the repotting and has been curled up and floppy since then (about a week). idk what to do! soil is moist and i’ve been misting with water every few days. it’s just very unhappy and i really don’t want this one to die… any tips are appreciated ):

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Tay

My variegated monstera has brown dots on it? I checked online and it said to increase drainage and I did, I was told to put silaca gel packets on top of the soil and I did but we still seem to be struggling. The new growths look fine but not this one. Any recommendations?

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Cheekyswipe

Hello! Is there anyway I can cut this down and try to save it? It hasn’t done well in any of the light I’ve put it in, but under a plant light it’s getting a little more fresh on top

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Joss

I wrote on here about 1 week ago that my Thai monstera was drench when I got it from Home Depot. It still is very droopy especially the bottom leaves. Can some one please help me

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