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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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Macie

Hi looking for some advice. My silver dragon is drooping hardcore and has lost two leaves. this is after a repot and i moved it closer to the window, which im worried has a draft. any info is helpful.

ABucketOfPlants

My snake plant has been doing so good. It’s been producing little babies and beautiful variegation. That’s why I’m so confused by the drooping leaves. I’ve definitely not over fertilized it (haven’t fertilized it ever), I give it enough sunlight, and I only water it when it’s completely dry all the way down to the bottom of the soil. And it’s only the leaves from the mother plant that are doing that. The baby snake plants are completely fine except for weird creasing of the leaves. I also saw strands of webs so that can’t be good. Edit: I just placed a wooden skewer into the pot and pushed it down to the very bottom. After a min or two I took it out…it was completely dry. I got a second opinion (Aka another wooden skewer) and I was also really dry. That’s very weird since I watered it TWO DAYS AGO.

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Gurashish Singh

Dead roots?

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Tyler

I found this cutie at Lowe’s on clearance Sunday, got her home and cleaned her up. Gave her a bath and repotted. I just noticed the top parts of the stems look sort of brown/dark. Is this a problem? If so, is it fixable? How?

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Yazzy

Hi All, I have noticed this mark appear on two of the leaves of my plant . Any ideas what the cause could be, ? Thanks

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Gurashish Singh

Hey hey everybody!! Hope you're all doing great I want to save this poor Poinsettia however I'm not really sure how could I do it Planta told me to make a drainage hole in the pot however it's a ceramic pot I'm confused Should I use a drill to make the hole? I'd really appreciate your response Have a good one!!

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exxamino

hey everyone! this is my orchid sterling - i dont think she’s doing too well. i’ve had her since july and her blooms started falling off in the middle of october-november and has been dormant for the past few months…. i’ve had a leaf fall off as well. not sure if this is normal or not please help!! she just started getting fertilized again and gets a lot of indirect sunlight (8ish hours a day)

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Morgan Whitney

Hi! My flamingo lily is losing leaves :( The app says it’s been overwatered. I’m seeing dry and crispy leaves as well as some being discolored and yellow. For a while, it was placed near a heater which I assumed left it under-watered/dried out. It has been relocated now, so I’m surprised to see it diagnosed as over-watered. I give it 6 ice cubes once a week as instructed by the packaging it came with. I plan to resoil it in the next few days. Looking for feedback!

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Hayley

Does anyone know what this mouldy fungus would be? It’s at the bottom of the pot and when giving a good hose down with the shower the water ran out a yellow colour? This plant is kept on a high shelf in the office so I generally just top water it and haven’t took it out of the pot in a good few months Other than this the plant is really healthy

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makima.x

hii!! i was j wondering if anyone would be able to help me identify this plant first and also i’ve noticed some discoloration and drooping of the leaves and petals and i’m not sure what to do. i’ve tried watering more regularly, changing the amount of sunlight as well as repotting and nothing seems to work. plzzz help :(

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msabllll

Looking for some help! My plant seems to be promoting new growth, yet new leaves seem to dry up pretty quickly. Any ideas? Thank you!

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Holly

I’m struggling with this green bean plant I’ve got in my hydroponics system. Any ideas? Thanks in advice!

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Nickel

My lemon tree has spider mites. I’ve been spraying with neem oil daily for almost two weeks and the issue does not seem to be going away. I recently removed the citrus plant food sticks from the soil to reduce the nitrogen they like. Some leaves have dropped and I had to cut a few very damaged ones. Any suggestions on clearing up the spider mites?

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Pierre

Hi! Could someone help identify these pests that seem to have make the soil their home? They are tiny, jumpy and seem to be affecting new growth.

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fireside

hi! wondering if i should be concerned about these black spots on a leaf of my monstera. i can’t remember if this on the sun facing side but no other leaves are affected so far. thanks!

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Jay [he/they]

Does a puppy count as a pest? no idea but i need help keeping a certain little guy away from my plant shelf? Any tips for keeping a puppy away from vulnerable plants? He's taking plants off the shelf and trying to eat them and is constantly chewing on my tree despite the fact that he is outside for 20 minutes every hour to do his thing. My mother said to try cinnamon but the puppy ate all the cinimmon sticks-

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Emily 🪴

Trying to troubleshoot my pilea- I’ve had her for about 6 months, and over the last 2ish months I’ve noticed a substantial increase in the amount of leaf dropping- left picture is a few months ago, right is now. I’ve tried adjusting lighting and sunlight… is this just a problem for these plants in the winter? Any insight would be appreciated!

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ParisR

Hi there! I cannot figure out what this guy needs! Actually, ever since I was gifted this plant he hasn’t been happy😐. I have repotted him in a bigger pot about a month ago, and I don’t feel I over water.. however the sunlight maybe be an issue? As soon as new leaves sprout, other leaves start to brown! Please help, what could be the problem?

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Shantastic

My son bought me a Hydrangea for Valentine’s Day. One of the blooms is looking like this. What should I do? Overall it looks healthy.

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KMax

Hi all. I have a burgundy rubber plant that I’ve had for about a month. The big, established leaves on the top are happy and good. The under leaves though, just fell off and look like this. They fell off with a slight touch. They are dry and crispy, not wet and mushy. No other leaf looks like these two; there are not spots of any kind on any other leaves. Any ideas?

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