Frozen Stiff
I have a Striped Dracaena Warneckei that has been doing well. In the last three weeks the leaves at the bottom are drying up and I can just pull them out. Is this normal? There is new growth at the top.
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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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Meekies
Bromeliad is looking kinda “dull” I water when soil is becoming dry, as well as keep the leaves holding water. Could the dark spots on the leaves mean I have it too close to the window? I feel like it is deteriorating.. or is this normal growth patterns? Any advice, suggestions, opinions are greatly appreciated.
keira
why does this happen?
Plantita
Hi. Is this all I can ever do for gnats? There’s too much and I wanted to get rid of them completely
Turtle’s tea
I had an issue with root rot on both my Thai constellation, and my black velvet alocasia. For my black velvet I did a peroxide, water, and a tiny bit of neem oil soak on the roots that were left. I threw out the old soil, down sized the pot. For the Thai I have constantly had issues with this plant, either bugs or now root rot. I have went ahead and took some advice from a previous post. Trimmed up the roots soaked in peroxide and water mix. Dried her out for a few minutes and downsized her pot. Now added little small rocks and pebbles to her soil mix to hopefully open up the soil for more air flow. I really appreciate everyone’s help on my previous post. We will see what my lovely plants have in store
ash
Recently half of one of the leaves/branches of my fishbone cactus has turned a paler green than the rest of it. The tip of the lighter green part has also turned a more muted/brown green and is thinner than the rest of the leaf. Any ideas on what I could do to fix it/prevent the brownish color from spreading more?
MummaDeb
I've had this Easter Cactus for over a year and all of a sudden it's been dropping leaves. No changes in lighting or water. Any ideas?
ShortStrawberryLover
Hey y’all, there’s this purpling spreading on my strawberry plant. Is this due to a phosphorous deficiency?
Victoria
So I got this about a month ago, I’m still sort of new to this type but there’s a lot of conflicting info I feel like. So, could someone tell me what I’m doing wrong? It’s in 65 degrees (I’m in New England so it’s a little chilly inside rn). I have it in bright indirect light. I do have a grow light I could put it under but I don’t know if that would burn it. I water it once the soil is probably like 70% dry. It’s in about 60% humidity. It looks like these spots are from overwatering but the leaves are still more on the crispy side than anything else. I think it may just be cold? Anything will help. Will the leaves recover? Is it okay to prune? Thanks in advance!
710 Central
Hello, A neighbor just gave me her palm tree in a pot. She kept it in her porch. I am going to keep it in my office. I am going to change the potting soil. I noticed cream spots in a couples of the leaves. Also some of the leaves are broken which I assume I should cut off. I have no idea about the care of this plant. I believe it has potential, but what do I know. Thank you for all your help. This site is great.
plant mommy
Is this scars? Is it scales? Is it old scale shells? It’s all over some of these leaves and it’s so weird looking.
NikkiBabyy
Somebody please tell me I have nothing to worry about and this is definitely not thrips…. Thoughts?
Rootedeta
This is my first time having an issue with an Alocasia African Mask. The soil is fairly dense, so I suspect it was waterlogged. I watered it a week ago and the second newest leaf felt soggy and ‘melted’ where the hole is. It is slowly spreading still. Should I cut the leaf off, or just the effected area? The rest of the plant seems good. Soil feels much less dense and wet now, it is damp about an inch down. In a plastic pot
NewMama
A lot of black tipping on the small pot and one dead leaf on the bigger one but there’s always new leaves coming through, haven’t seen any on the small ones yet. Idk what I’m doing, idk how to keep it from doing this or what’s causing it.
Brijae
I made a stupid mistake please don’t judge me.. I was turning the lamp off and I knocked my lamp over and it fell on top of my monstera and broke/bent so many leaves. Please tell me what to do to help it recover pics attached.. I’m so heart broken (it fell right in the middle and damaged so much)
harper
what's wrong with my pothos? recently it's been very droopy and sad-looking, with some yellowing leaves. i know it could be the transition to winter (it's been chilly recently) but i'm not sure how to ease this transition. it's currently in a hanging pot right next to a north-facing window, and the yellow leaves are more crunchy and limp than mushy. any tips are greatly appreciated!
🌺 Thai Jade 🌺
Please help my sickly Callisia repens ‘Pink Panther’ The top is dying, but the side are still growing. I have followed all the Planta guidelines and she continues to go down hill.
Deb
This a pic of an heirloom tomato plant that I brought into the house about 3 weeks ago because it was getting too cold at night and I had only gotten two tomatoes from it. I just threw it out today and when I dumped out the soil there was larvae in the soil. I believe it is fungus gnats as they are flying all over my house. I treated my plants (not edible plants) with a systemic insecticide and yet these bugs persist. Help!!! Please.
Don
Why is the skin thinning on the ripe plants
Turtle’s tea
Has anyone used a mixture of neem oil and hydrogen peroxide to treat pests and root rot? Tell me if it’s worked, or what I can do better. Trying to target both pests and root rot for my Thai Constellation, and Black Velvet
