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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Adrian
Recently picked two plants up from the reptile and amphibian terrarium section of a pet store (in my defense, they were both only $7), and they were in this POOL filled with water 😱 their soil was soaked and I noticed some webs, and saw one spider crawl out, but checked them for pests and the roots looked good once I got them home. I repotted them in some fresh, dry soil surrounding their current soil, and I’m gonna let it dry out completely before watering, but I’d like to ask for any tips to prevent any possible pest exposure now that they’re home. They’re currently in quarantine, and I haven’t seen anything on them since, but I’d like to be safe than sorry. Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
Beks
One if the trunks of my money tree is getting smooshy and weird, what is this? What do I do?
Bailey
My peace lily seems to have been declining in health since i brought her home from walmart. shes been repotted with a slightly larger pot since the roots were very tight and coming out of the drainage holes when i bought her, and ive been following Plantas advice on when to water. any advice on how to help her? or if i need to cut these browned blooms off?
Tony
Does anyone know if my pumpkin plant could be in trouble? This is the stem of the plant when I put it into the ground a couple months ago when it was a small plant the stem broke but it still grew and now it looks like this and the plant is completely healthy and producing female flowers now
Ji11
Remove the mesh!!
I can’t stress this enough. Almost every plant I’ve purchased, this year in particular, has had a mesh pod surrounding its original roots. It’s a cheap and easy way for the greenhouses to propagate but they don’t remove them. It’s like potting a pot inside another one. While some roots may be able to poke through many are left to rot because these pods also hold the moisture in the center. So while your outer soil is drying up the root ball and center are staying too moist leading to rotting roots and eventually killing your plants.
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Jess
Since everyone has been SO amazing and helpful here, I thought I’d go ahead with my *hopefully* last question about a plant issue. I’ve had my fiddle leaf for almost 4 years. I recently repotted into a bigger pot with new soil. Has drainage. He lives in a room with south and east windows, this is during the year EXCEPT summer he comes to the patio. This year he is looking ROUGH😬He has new growth but even that is looking ick. What have I done? Do i need new soil? Cut him back? Better location? On the deck he’s closer to the east and gets late afternoon/early evening indirect sun. Not a ton of sun, TBH. I’m posting pics and the pic with my hand in it is the new growth. Any help is amazing! Thank you, plant friends!!🌱💚
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Plantgrower
Any way to help these?
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Plantgrower
Any way to save this one?
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W
My heart leaf philodendron is struggling—it has yellow leaves and all the leaves have red streaks in them are curling. Is it overwatering, under watering, or something else completely?
Melanie
So this zebra plant keeps getting these big brown spots and leaves keep falling off. I always try to keep her soil moist but that doesn’t seem to help. Any tips or suggestions??
Sinthea
Does anyone have a solution for cucumber beetles? Neem oil is not working. They are ruining my squash and cucumber plants
Cc
I need help, no matter what I do this plant refuses to thrive. I thought spider plants were supposed to be super easy plants even for beginners, and I’m not even a beginner yet I’m still struggling
EDIT: thank you to people helping out in the comments!!😊
Freedomskai
I’ve had a hydroponic pothos for about a year and I’m usually pretty good with watering but 2 weeks ago I forgot to somehow fill with water and its roots kinda dried then today they were all rotted?? Did I just screw my plant or is there coming back from this?? I had to remove lots of leaves too 😔 she looks so sad now
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Maddie
Is this situation set up okay for my string of pearls, and dolphins? Any tips appreciated, this is my first time trying to water propagate. 🤞🏻 🪴
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Bellamariette
My ponytail palm has started losing color and has these brown dots on the leaves. Any ideas? Thanks!
Lauren
My polka dot plant has mold on top of the soil and I’m not sure why. I water it twice a week and mist it with lemon water every few days to keep my cats away. The roots are also beginning to come out of the top. Do I need to repot it? I feel like it’s already in a relatively large pot for the plant and it’s sti very healthy and constantly growing.
sabrinasaurus
Misting my marble peperomia today and noticed this spot in the first photo — it goes through the leaf and is squishy. Preliminary google is telling me it might be the ring spot virus? Really really hoping it isn't, but if it is, any suggestions would be helpful! It's only on that one leaf and it's the first time I've seen it. I got it from a local nursery a little over 2 months ago and I thought it was doing great since it's grown almost 2 inches and is putting out new leaves like a maniac
Tianna
Can anyone tell me if this are gnat eggs, or something else? I bought from Walmart and didn’t notice until I was home that it had gnats. I started treating with mosquito bit water (first was about 3 weeks ago) and I did again today but noticed these eggs.
The spoon pic shows where I took one out and squashed it to see what it was.
I’m not sure what they are or what to do 🫠
sabrinasaurus
Came back from a weekend away and noticed this tiny yellow thing sitting on my white bird of paradise. No idea what it could be — any thoughts?
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Jordan
I posted about this before but it’s still bad. The leaves one by one become discolored and thin. Idk what to do. There’s not new growth and idk what to do. Help pls.
