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This bird’s nest fern was bought in Sept 24. Almost killed it once but now seems to be doing pretty good. My question is: Do I have to bury the roots below the soil? It has pushed itself up again and there are no roots coming out of bottom of nursery pot. Thank you much in advance.
I need some help with my dracaena 😭 all I did was water her thoroughly a couple days ago and this morning she's browning/yellowing. This is very out of character for her. I don't think I see any pests so far
I need help with my spider plant! She was a house warming gift I got back in August and has been going down hill lately. Her tips are turning yellow, brown, and crispy. She was just recently repotted as I was concerned she may have some rotting but humidity/underwatering seemed to be the original issue. I have been increasing watering which seemed to help but now, I am noticing she has discoloration towards the base of her stems/leaves and any new growth all the tips are dying before they really develop. Is there anything I might be missing? Does she maybe need downgraded? She's in the pot she was gifted in and only recently put back into a clear nursery pot. She's in a N facing sliding glass door with grow lights for 12 hours a day. She is misted once or twice a week and watered by watering can once a week or bottom watered every 2 weeks. She is treated once every week to two weeks with homemade plant insects spray(water,neem oil, caster oil,peppermint oil, alcohol) I have included the pictures of what she looked like when I got her, where's she's set up, an updated photo of her, and the concerning spots.
I got this fern about 2 weeks ago and it wasn't doing good so I out it in the bathroom and have been spurting the leafs with water and it doesn't look any better. What do I do? Any other things I should try?(also should I take the dead leafs off???)
The potting mix I made is sprouting little plants and mushrooms. Are these bad? They've only been in 1 pot so far so maybe the plant had spores on its roots from the nursery. The mix is mostly African violet soil mixed with vermiculite and charcoal.
I finally figured out what was going on with my blushing philo! Upon googling "plant leaves turning translucent" it said that could be due to edema. Everything checks out, the damage was first visible on newer leaves and looked a lot like some cells just burst. The water droplets on the leaves due to gutting appeared, and it was really due to an environment change during winter time, with not a lot of airflow happening, and temperature dropping. I moved my Philo away from the window, really hoping it'll feel better, he's my pride and joy. /Edit: here's the new setup further from the flow of cold air. Philo should still get some sun there, while triostars should only be getting indirect light.
I have this red ginger. Any one want to venture if this is over or under watering or even too close to my plant light?
Help!! My grandparents got me this BEAUTIFUL monstera for Christmas, but it seems to be planted with aerial roots without actual roots.. I’m new to being a plant mom so idk if this will survive? I’d love some insight on if this will work and if not what to do. Thank you in advance!!
Thai constellation help!!! My leaf has this pot on her but diagnosis says water issue but she is watered and Im not sure what else could help!
Spider mites are going to be the death of me. 😭 For anyone needing help, Castile soap and water is a lovely way to rid them but you have to be consistent in treating your plants regularly. I’ve also learned that humidity is a huge factor, if it’s too dry they love it, they can also get through extremely tiny spaces and fly through the air. Now I’m off to the home improvement store for door insulators to try and mitigate that aspect. 🫠 Everytime I get them under control I slack on my soap spray duties and I get an infested plant.
Does anyone know what is wrong with this plant I have been gifted? I think it is a corn plant but not 100% sure and it doesn’t look very healthy. Can anyone help?
Any suggestions what to do when bringing new plants into the home? I was just at an outdoor market and there was one vendor that had some plants. I got 2 small plants, but as I was grabbing them I noticed the plant next to them had some of that white crusty stuff on it. I saw an earlier post that they may be mealy bugs. How to prevent contaminating my plants with newbies?
Hey yall. My ant plant looks awesome and is doing great. But he loves to randomly drop healthy leaves. Sometimes they are near a baby leaf so that makes sense but it dropped two this morning for no reason?
does anyone know why my corn plant is growing mushrooms??😭 it’s in all purpose potting mix and it gets sunlight all day. my house isn’t very humid so this is very strange to me
Help! We went on a 4-day vacation and my Calethea completely wilted! And there are some new brown spots. I usually water it to schedule if the soil gets a little dry with daily mistings. Since we got back I watered it, used a humidifier, and misted it, but it hasn’t helped at all! How do I bring it back to its perky self??
My spider plant had been looking sick since November, about a month and a half after we brought it inside because of the cold. I don’t have the premium for this app, and so can’t use it to diagnose. The leaves feel weird to the touch (vague description sorry) and it’s all droopy. Does anyone know what’s wrong with it and what I should do? The purple tint if from the lamp jsyk.
Newbie to Planta 👋🏼 - gnats are bugging me off right now... I have likely a silly question: does it get worse before it gets better? I feel I've seen an increase over the past 24 hrs but is that because the barrier now in place / what I've done is working? Telling myself the flies are in search of somewhere else to go and to hang tight. Thoughts? My yellow traps/sticking plasters are almost full within a few hours
Hello plant friends! I have taken over a plant care job and oh boy i have my work cut out for me😬 They have about 10 snake plants potted in terracotta and they look real sad. Are they able to be saved?? What can i do to help if anything? EDIT: they are in a north facing window and I’m located in Omaha NE☺️
does anyone know why it won’t grow flowers ??? It’s a peace Lily
Hi! I’m looking for some help for my lemon tree!! It’s flowering it’s growing, but there is this - I wanna call it like a build up ?? Of small white crystals / dust-like particles? It’s weird to explain but in the photo it looks like ice (it’s not I promise!) but I just didn’t know what this could actually be. If you have any tips or ideas I would love some! Thank you!
