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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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EmilyB

Does anyone know what these hard balls are on my string of hearts?

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nugget

I have had this plant for a bit that’s never been fully happy but is mostly alright. I had to leave them for three weeks and it got significantly worse and I’m not sure of the best way to take care of it.

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MummaDeb

HELP!! I've had this sago palm for over a year and it always looked this bad. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I've tried it in every spot in the house and I water it when Planta says to when it's dry. It's always getting yellow dry leaves. Any suggestions?

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Lisa K

Please help me diagnose my Golden Pothos. Was doing great for so long, now the leaves yellow, wither, and fall off. Vines are long, with under 10 leaves. I follow Plantas watering schedule, and I’ve noticed it take a while for plant to drain. Help!

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Newplantmom

Anyone know why my prayer plant is turning yellow? I bought this plant on Amazon and it arrived fine, next day most of the leaves curled up and died, gave it a trim and repotted because of soggy, compact soil and the plant itself separated into two when i removed it from pot. I just treated last night with neem oil. Also have a pebble tray under for humidity…

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Garden of feminism

Hi guys, I’ve had this fittonia for a couple months , i went away over the holiday and came back to a couple leaves dropped.i thought nothing of if until i started touching the leaves and this broke off . Please help!! :(((

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John

My first spider plant. It was really great when it arrived (bought off planta). I waited about two weeks and repotted. Potting soil/perlite 2:1 and lyca layer on bottom. It’s been about a week since repot and it is getting very brown leaves at the end. It seems random and newer growth looks better, so maybe it’s still just adjusting? It had some good babies too that died off and wishing I had made cuttings with. I def overwatered first week as well. Possibly not enough sun either. Water is distilled and good. I’ve been trimming the brown and let it dry out this week, doing a bottom water tonight. Moved it to living room with more light as well. Thinking I also may have went too big on pot, which is a frequent mistake of mine. But don’t want to repot yet again and stress it out if thats the case right? It was in four inch and very crowded, but I went up to like an 8. Any tips or guidance (especially if it’s leave it alone 🤣) are very welcome!

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kally

my whole plant root system rotted, what’s the best way to save it

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Sarah

Does this look like edema or thrips larvae on my watermelon peperomia? I haven’t seen any bugs on it, but it also looks like something has been eating the leaves.

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Renee

why is my wandering sailor lost all its leaves?

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sarah

My cats have been destroying my spider plant… any suggestions on what to do????

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Miranda

This plant is trying to exterminate me! Got it March of 2025 and the right is now. The plant won’t root but keeps pumping out new leaves but the old leaves keep falling off. I let it fully dry out between waterings. I checked with chat gpt and it states I need to do more perlite in my cactus mixture and try to find a warmer spot for it. 😒

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HeiHei

Can someone help? I went on a holiday and before my rose was really healthy with loads of new shoots and flowers I came back and now it looks like this😅

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Nashville Smashville

Why is my Alocasia Jacklyn drooping? It wasn’t like this earlier. I need help!

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Ray

My rubber tree has been a little sad looking since I got it over four months ago but it’s been looking a little extra worse for wear. My other rubber tree on the same table is fine. I’m hoping someone has an idea of what went wrong. Thank you!

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yankej01

My Alocasia Frydek keeps dropping leaves. And now the only leaf left is starting to get lighter and color at the tip… do I need to worry? Just put it in a spot with more light (grow light 10ish inches away)

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Adaya

Hey, I'm new to this and I was wondering what I can do to help my lemon button fern. I found it at Walmart on clearance. It's super dry and small. And if anyone knows what I can do to help it. Please tell me!!

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PlantParent2026

Halp! The leaves on my money tree are starting to look like this 🥴 I thought I may be overwatering, so I reduced watering frequency but it’s not getting any better. Any tips?

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dboone

Could the leaf damage to this rhododendron e from a black vine weevil? If so how do I get rid of these insects? Thanks dboone

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DrChickadee

I need some advice about this plant. It's a massive dieffenbachia that currently lives in my office. I repotted it when I bought it back in August but I think because of the density of the roots, I should have chosen an even bigger pot because it's needed water every 2-3 days. I was away from the office for Christmas and have only watered it twice in the past few weeks. It's been dropping a leaf weekly for a while but putting out new growth so I didn't worry about it. Now it's obviously struggling (looks worse in person) and even some of the leaves that aren't yellowing have dark spots on them or are soft. But it still has new growth. What do I do? I've started by watering to see if I can get some life back in it but I'm not sure if repotting will even help if a ton of leaves fall off. I don't want a bare trunk at the bottom. Is there a way to cut it and propagate a plant this big? There's also some smaller offshoots at the bottom that I could potentially separate but I've never done that before. Thoughts?

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