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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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CNC

Looking for some snake plant advice. I’ve had this plant for a few years and recently moved to a new house and it’s not doing so great. It’s become very floppy with wrinkly/ribbed leaves. The base of the leaves have become “C” shaped and very ridged and hard. I tired to diagnose the plant via the app and it said it was over watered, which I have hard time believing. I hadn’t been watering it often. My instinct is that it wasn’t getting enough sun and that it was under watered. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

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Madison

Hello, my cactus which is a lemon ball is squishy on one side, but not rotten yet. There are also some spots and the needles on the squishy side are not as pokey or long. Any ideas what it is or what to do? Please let me know, thank you! Ps sick side right, healthy side left

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Sarah

I recently got this goldfish plant a few weeks ago but I can’t figure out why its drooping. I’ve thought it was under watering so I was trying to make sure that I give it a good drink when I water it, but it hadn’t seemed to improve. Anyone have thoughts on this?

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Alaina

Not necessarily a problem , but this is my maranta leuconeura (prayer plant). It’s been doing great and the other day I noticed it had this little flower on it. Anybody know what this could mean, or am I just the chosen one?

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Kayla

um hello help 🥺 my baby’s is sick and I have no idea what’s going on

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Audrey

This plant did not have this last week. Is this an infestation?

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Delani

These leaves are looking a little soggy idk what to do I added more perlite to the soil already.

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Botanical Hack

My Alocasia nebula was getting all weird. The leaves have curled, but the surface of the leaves are normal. The stems are drooped down, but the structure of the stem is strong. Essentially, it looks like it’s short on water. Since I’m tight on my scheduled watering and frequently finger-checking the soil, being short on water made no sense. Based on this, I suspected that its root ball must be pretty small and unable to take up water fast enough to maintain the plant. I pulled the plant out and viola!… barely any roots. With so little roots, reviving can be tough. I could cut off two leaves and hope the roots will keep up with the one remaining leaf. But what if the remaining leaf was already chosen by the plant to be sacrificed and its fate just wasn’t visible yet? In that scenario, I would have cut off the two good leaves only to have the last leaf die off. Instead, I have decided to keep all three leaves and go with a deep water culture. Now it will have access to water 24/7. I’ve added food to the water to get things jump started, and an air stone to get oxygen into the water for the roots, which will help significantly with keeping the roots healthy and white. Now I wait. One thing is for sure; this will either work or it will not. 😜

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Molly

Got this Regal Shield plant yesterday and it already had this drooping leaf. The owner of the shop told me to just cut it off and it’ll grow back stronger. I have done some research and know that some leaves will start drooping to make way for new growth, so I wanted to ask the community if chopping the leaf is the right thing to do!!

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Ctut

Saw a couple of these guys in my Coleus soil. What are they and what should I do!? 😬 Help please!

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Planty Granma

Help!! Found these dark rough spots on my silver penny plant. Plant is 4-5 years old. Been outside for several weeks, I’m in Georgia 8b, well watered, fertilized, growing.

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Miakrg

Hey, does anyone have any advice? I am growing lots of runner beans plants, and slugs keep eating the leaves, I’ve tried using slug barrier pellets but have made no difference.. please if anyone can help my beans before it’s too late!!

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Yusuke

How much should I cut these leaves and should I wait sometime to cut after I water her? After 1 week of trip and this happened… Since I put in small pot and root were outside of the soil, I repoted it yesterday. Trying to observe it after I repoted and watered, but not sure about which to cut for saving her. Leaves on a bottom is dried but still green, but some on a top is dried and yellow.

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Figleaf

Anyone have any advice about what to do for my Monstera Deliciosa’s leaves? They’re slowly turning brown and wilted on the edges. I water once a week, maybe longer in between if the soil is still moist. I pictured the window it’s sitting next to. I’m not sure what to do for her and would love some advice if anyone has it! :)

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PlantaMama01

Just picked up my first monstera from Facebook marketplace and I get it in two weeks… my parents are caring for it until I get there and I think they’re killing it 😭😭😭 what’s the best care to help save it for two weeks? I think they’ve overwatered it and might be too close to a window? Sun sets in this window and they said the leaves are starting to curl… they’ve had it two days… I need help before they kill it!!

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Kattygirl

My Tineke started dropping its bottom leaves… 2 today. Using a grow light about 2 ft away. Is it too far? Should I move the plant to a window? I only have west facing windows in my apartment.

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V🌱

I hope this is allowed but I have more data regarding my poor pink symphony Caladium- I went back to the nursery and ALL of the Caladiums had the beginning stages of the same issue. I wonder if it is a fungus or our zone just sucks for them. They’ve been moved indoors where there is no natural light. I’ve always wondered how stores are able to do that.

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allie

Anyone know what this fuzzy white stuff is? These are the roots of a long pothos vine I’ve been keeping in water. They appeared recently.

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Luke Walter

Hey all, My monstera has been having droopy leaves for a while now yet still gives new leaves. Just looking for some help. It’s in a part sun—>sun environment but was previously in a part sun—>pretty shady environment. (Side note it’s not just a daily thing such as it hasn’t been watered yet.)

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Danya

Hello! This is the third lettuce I’ve regrown and it’s dying, none of the ones I’ve regrown have survived, I don’t know what I’m doing wrong, I water it 2 days a week. My supposition is because of the weather, it’s hot and humid, I don’t know if they should be indoors in a cooler place or if I should regrow them just in water and not in soil Pls help 🥲🥲

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