Olivia Williamson
I just bought this umbrella plant a few days ago and it’s been dropping leaves like crazy in my care. The leaves are turning black and dropping. What’s the problem and what do i do to help my plant??????
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Sam
Tips on keeping squirrels / opossums away from my jade and other plants on a 2nd story balcony? Some creature (assumed squirrel since I know we’ve got a few in the area) keeps snacking on my jade and knocking other plants over. I don’t have a ton of space to work with to deter the squirrels and I have hummingbird friends that I do NOT want to scare off. Any advice?
KayBee
Is this mold??? This is what the draining holes at the bottom of the 14”inch pot in which my Philodendron Red Congo lives. Should I dig him out and change the soil?
Geebeelewis
Is this a rose slug do you think? I can’t see any on my climbing rose but I do see a few ants? Thank you!
Rae
I watered my snake plant today and discovered what looks like mites in the soil. They are VERY small and they don’t appear on any of the leaves, just in the wet soil. What are these bugs? How did my plant get them? Are they a risk to me or my 2 indoor cats? How can I get rid of them?
Chazz
Could this crispy spot on my peperomia be due to under watering? Noticed it while watering today. I keep it under grow lights.
SproutBabe
My Tornado Dracaena is rapidly getting worse! It’s the one plant I struggle to keep alive. The leaves are turning blotchy bright yellow and the tips are turning back. Could this be from over watering? I looked up tips and it was recommended to repot it in dry soil so I tried that. Any tips or recommendations would be helpful. Thanks!
Jimothy
I believe my plant is a Persian Shield, but it lost a lot of the purple color and has become really crunchy. It’s one of my newer plants and I’m not sure why it’s doing this and why it’s losing color. This all started happening about 3 months ago but recently started getting crunchy and browning on the edges. Help!!!
freyabez
my alocasia leaves have brown ends, it came like this from the garden centre however i'm wondering what caused this so that i can help avoid it with its new leaves it's growing (it's grown 2!) and so that i can also prevent it from spreading, so i need to snip the ends off? remove the leaves as a whole?
Elle
Are these bites from a mouse? There aren’t any droppings on the surface my plants are on, but idk what else it could be
MummaDeb
Plant doctor says overwatering. Don't think that's right. Any ideas? I cleaned off the leaves with an alcohol wipe and sprayed them with a neem oil mix and put the plant in quarantine just in case.
plantmother
my parlor palm has some leaves that are becoming discolored. she does get direct sun for about 4-5 hours a day so I think it may just be sun burn. i’m more worried if this could be mites?? she has some little white dots but no other signs
SJ
My tropic snow plant has this dying leaf. I bought it dying without realizing but it appears to be getting worse. Does anyone have a cause/fix?
erised
Help, my string of pearls was looking very healthy until about a week ago, and now most of its ‘strings’ are either becoming shriveled or rotten and there’s some sort of mold/ miniature ant-like animals running around the soil
Shantelly
Help!! My monstera albo has some sort of pest. I bought an insecticidal soap and hope this will kill it but I want to make sure it actually will work for this type of bug. Any advice?
Evan
I got this ivy a few weeks ago and it was doing great for a while, but got overwatered and I think it had root rot. I repotted it, changed out the soil, and trimmed off the roots that looked the worst. It’s been about a week since then and it still looks crispy and I’m not sure what to do about it, or if I did something wrong. Thank you :)
Abby
Does anyone know the potential problem for my leaf to be doing this? Is it just getting old and dying? It has a new leaf coming too so does that mean it’s ok?
Quill
Hello! Ive had this monstera for nearly two months now and it seemed to be doing pretty well, new growth and fenestration in the new leaves, but recently I’ve noticed these black/brown patches on the older leaves and the tip of the most recent leave is brown before its even unfurled. Google has so many options on what could be causing this anything more specific would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance!
Lisa
My rubber plant has been thriving and growing a lot over the time that I’ve had it. Lately though, I’ve been noticing a sweet, sugary smell coming from the soil. Usually I wouldn’t mind, but it’s attracting gnats, so I’ve had to put sticky traps in the soil and always see sooooo many of them stuck on there. It otherwise seems to be doing great. Is my plant sick?
bryan
erm what are these spots on my philodendron narrow? i’ve looked it up and it seems these plants have this commonly, any ideas??? i think it’s EFN based on my very brief research.
