Madison
I feel like my Boston fern isn’t as green and spunky as he was when I first purchased. Based off his appearance, any experienced plant parents know what might be going on?
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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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Brit
My adansonii is pushing out new leaves constantly but so many of the tips are brown. What does this mean?
jenni22580
Good day! How do you defeat the dreaded squash vine borers? This is the 3rd year in a row they’ve eaten my squash zucchini and cucumbers from the inside out!
Chloe
I’ve noticed small black gnats the last 2 or 3 days, specifically around my Sage babies (haven’t directly seen them in any other pots). This is a fully indoor set up as I’ve just started learning how to grow herbs from seed this summer, so I’m not sure how the gnats got in or if they developed from overly wet soil. 😣 I tried the apple cider vinegar with a bit of dish soap that I read from another post in here. Wondering if this is the best approach for now or if I should try something else? For context these sage babies were planted from seed on July 9th, so they are doing well but still very young! So I want to handle with extra care 👍🏻 thank you!
tots
I just took over taking care of this snake plant. I’ve been doing some research about why it is so droopy but I’m not sure if it’s because of overwatering or not enough sun? Any advice?
Hefty Soph
Moved house and I put this plant in a a conservatory room and it quickly looked like it died on the sunny side so moved it into a cooler and shadowy room 🪴 and went a bit better for a while and now more leaves are dying 🙈 Any help would be much appreciated 😊
JazzyBel
I got a cutting of a prayer plant and I’ve had it in water for about a month. It rooted and has a new leaf growing. I noticed that the leaves started tucking in. I repotted it today and put a grow light but then I read the tucking in might be because too much light. I had the cutting next to my aerogarden so maybe the light was too bright? I took the grow light off and put it in a south facing window. What do you guys think? Will indirect light help it?
710 Central
My corn plant is getting these spots. Any recommendations? Should I cut the leave off? Should I re-pot it the plant?. I thought that maybe these spots came about because of me watering in the center. It’s a lovely plant. Please help. Thanks!
SHELL
I have a meelybug infestation that I'm battling. The problem that I'm having is that from having to wipe down the leaves of my monstera adansonii, they are getting damaged. The leaves are splitting and falling off. The same with one of my bird of paradise. All the leaves have tears in them. Any options to protect the leaves? It's causing me some distress.
Sydney
I got this umbrella plant a few weeks ago and it’s slowly getting worse and I’m not sure what to do, any advice?
Borg Family Plants
I just received this Variegated Hoya Compacta in the mail a few days ago. I have been searching online to identify these spots…Unfortunately I have not found much. Does anyone know what this is?
Earl gray
Hi plant people! Anyone have any idea why the bottom of this Norfolk Island pine is brown and leaves are falling off?
Raquel
Hello is it normal for string of turtles to lose these little “antennas” I’ve had it since May and it’s never dropped of them so I just want to make sure I’m not the one causing it. Everything has stayed the same I got it watering, location and temp of the room it’s in it gets the same amount of light since it hasn’t been moved.
Bojangles
I am unsure as to what is wrong with my Alocasia Amazonica, over the past few weeks i have noticed this dry crispy spot, figured the leaf might just be getting old and the plant will shoot out a new one
PlantNewbSTL
I think I’m losing one lol. I’ve had it under the grow lights, I’ve had it outside in the sun. I e made sure it’s not sitting in water. Can it be saved? Is it too far gone?
ST
I have a fungus gnat (I think) infestation and I canNOT get rid of them. For the past 1.5 months I’ve been religiously changing sticky traps in each pot, watering with hydrogen peroxide and ensuring the soil dries out completely between watering. Please help! I feel like the only thing left to do is throw all my indoor plants away which I don’t want to do!!
Vera
Y’all. I finally lost it with these mealie bugs. I took a Clorox wipe to the entire plant (dracaena). Would I recommend it as a first step… No? Was it effective… Absolutely. 😳
ProveMeWrong
Hi! I’m worried about some portions of my turtle vine. A lot of stems are weak and squishy, and some leaves are shriveling as well. Is this due to over/under-watering or is it sun-related? Thank you!
Nurse ACE
What is going on with my Bush on Fire? His sister all of a sudden died and today he took a big turn for the worse after slowly losing leaves.
LB
Hi everyone, I just got this new monstera today and these three leaves have brown spots on them. Does anybody know how to fix this or know what the problem is? Thanks :)
