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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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Carter

So I have three plants in my kitchen (silver pothos, heart leaf philodendron, and a tradescantia). They all sit on top of my cabinets which are directly above the stove. My issue is that they’re very sticky?! It’s not pests; they’ve been this way for a year+. I’ve tried cleaning the leaves with a wet cloth, putting the plants in the shower, and using dawn dish soap on the leaves. Nothing gets the stickiness off. It’s not the whole plant, either, just the top parts near the pot. Is it cooking oil in the air that’s making them sticky? Has anyone else experienced this?

Momo

I noticed that one of my leaves turned yellow within just two days. Could anyone please advise what might have happened and what I should do? The plant is currently in my bathroom, next to a frosted window. I placed it there because I read that it prefers higher humidity and bright, indirect light. Any insights would be really appreciated!

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R Plant lover

Guys, my avacado plant's leaves are drying up and brown spots are appearing, it also has a greenfly on it. What can I do?

PlantNewbie12

Hi everyone! I’d appreciate some help with my struggling pothos plants. I recently put them in soil after propagating in water and have noticed the new leaves/off shoots are going black or seem to be skinny and unhealthy 🥲 Why might this be? And is there anything I can do? Or does damage to the new shoot mean that propagation cant grow new leaves now?

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Ms. Succulent

Happy thanksgiving everyone! I believe this plant has mealybugs, I have no idea what this plant is, I got it completely unnamed. If you have any ideas please help!

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Plant Dad

My Tineke has been thriving. But I just noticed all of these brown spots on the leaves this morning. I recently repotted about 2 weeks ago. Only thing I can think of is now that the sun is lower in the sky, I get more direct light in my living room. Are those spots from getting to much sun? I moved things around to see if that helps...

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amor ❤️

Happy thanksgiving for all americans and happy random thursday for everyone else! I’m posting two plants from a friend of mine, he is having issues with pests in his first pothos (we think it’s a caterpillar, any ideas on what it is and what to do?) and for the second, the pothos is browning (i told him it was because of over/under watering, but if anyone else has any ideas let me know!) there both obviously indoor plants, and on top of shelves in his kitchen. if anyone has any ideas, let me know! have a wonderful day!

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Conor

I purchased this monstera from a supermarket in the uk and initially when I got it the plant was thriving two new leaves grew in around 2 weeks then its growth stopped and it started to develop black spots with yellow around them from all the information I had about monsteras I assumed it was overwatering so I started to make sure the plant drained thoroughly before putting it in its pot and also made sure it dried out completely before watering but even with this it’s still was developing black spots at an alarming rate so I checked the routes and I noticed the plant needs repotting and so I reported it this week but I’m unsure whether it’s actually the watering cause I potted it into a better draining and less compact soil to hopefully negate this but I’ve be reading up about fungus and other problems so I want to post this for anyone with more experience in growing monstera Plants to give me advice

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Brijae

My prayer plant keeps getting mold. I water with distilled only. What do I need to do? Thanks in advance.

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Holly

My mom sent me these photos of her Hens and Chicks plant and asked me what was wrong with it. Any ideas? I wonder if it could be a change in the weather? The had it outside originally, but just brought it inside. Thanks in advance!

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MK

My moss ball has tons of white spines now. I under-watered for awhile by accident. But ive been watering per schedule now and this seems to be the result?

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Jordan

Help! My baby rubber has been loosing her leaves over the past month. I repotted right when I noticed, and the roots didn’t look that great. Been watering every 10 days probably, only when soil is wet. Now one leaf has started to turn brown at the tip. Idk what to do!

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NicTheBucket

Mealybugs? I've never had them this sever ☹️

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Brandi

Why are my leaves curling? It doesn’t need a new pot or new soil. HELP

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Lil

Part 2 of a lady gave me these plants and these were on the leaves, plz help me figure out what it is how to treat!!🙏🏼🙏🏼

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Lil

a nice lady gave me a monstera cutting and these are on them, i'm now sure what to do or what it is or how to treat, plz help! (posting a part 2 with more photos of other plants after this)

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La casita

My husband and I rescued this Dragon Tree after finding it abandoned on the street. We discovered it was infested with mealybugs, and we’ve been treating it for days using neem oil, alcohol, and a dish-soap-and-water mix. We’ve sadly seen leaves gradually fall. Does anyone have any tips or advice to help us get it fully healthy again?

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Lil

A lady gave me a cutting of variegated albo monstera and I really can't care the thought of losing her, can anyone tell me what this is and how to fix it? I can't tell if it's rust fungus in the first picture but am trying to keep from freaking out because my favorite leaf of hers is the one in the first photo

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rach

does anyone know what i can do for my echeveria? it seems healthy other than the bottom. some of the leaves at the bottom were falling off and when i went to pick them out the whole plant was loose. is there any way i can save it ):

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Jack_R

Anyone know what this could be? Fungus/disease? My money tree is cranking out new growth but it seems like every time I cut one of these sketchy looking leaves off another one turns this weird color/pattern. They do not fall off on their own I have been cutting them (probably around 10 at this point) bc if it is a disease I don’t want it to keep spreading. Not sure if that’s even how it works with plants. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

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