Misc
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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Any thoughts on resistant mealy bugs? I've tried neem oil, insecticidal soap, organic bug killer, systemic granuals and straight alcohol. Been fighting these things for the last year or so in my lemon tree. I have been trying to stay away from toxic stuff as I have a house full of pets.
Not sure what this is on my mother in law’s tongue. Any help is appreciated.
My friend recently gave me a propagation of a panda plant and she warned me that it wasn’t doing well when it was with her. It is still standing up so I’ve assumed that it’s still alive but I’m not sure if it is or not. Is it alive?
While I was away my husband killed my plant. He says he gave it a little water 😬 should I cut the leaves off? & hope it grows back?
Hello! Our bunny ears cactus has been growing lots of new nubbins lately, but we just recently noticed it also has these lighter green areas with some brownish patches on one side of the plant. It gets at least 8 hours of direct sun daily, and is in a mix of pumice rock + cactus soil in a 5 inch pot with drainage hole. Is it localized rot from overwatering maybe? Something else? Any help appreciated! 🙂
Every day to every other day, i find a dropped leaf, so she is not as full as she used to be. I went to move her and these entire stems just fell off. Any advice on what can be happening?
This keeps happening only the the leaf at the bottom. I removed it, then it happens again the new lower leaf. So it’s thinning. Any thoughts?
My split leaf philodendron developed these weird, slimy, brown, translucent spots on her leaves. They also seem to be dropping some sort of liquid that smells kind of sour. I cut off the affected leaves with sanitized shears, and wiped off her remaining leaf, but I’m not sure what’s going on, or how to help her. TIA!
is this fungus growing on the roots of my pothos propagation? should i be worried or are those new roots?
Y'all, it finally happened. I received some thripsy plants in the mail. I just spent $80 on beneficials and I'm currently sealing a small greenhouse cabinet to quarantine them (they were expensive for my budget so I don't want to toss them! Probably dumb...) and I watched some youtube videos on how to take care of mites so that I can keep a population going. As of now, I have conquered spider mites and mealy bugs, but thrips... I have fears. Tell me it's gonna be ok 😭 Here's a photo of the girl that got me in this trouble...
What is going on with my variegated black cardinal?
You guys what is this???
My white bird of Paradise is getting brown at the tips. What should I do?
Look at this poor guy. We have a "take one leave one" plant table in town and someone just left this out there, in the fall in New England. Brrr. Of course I had to rescue it. Repotted it and now it's living under a grow light in my extra shower. Hope it makes it.
This girly and I have a love hate relationship. She’s forever putting out new leaves yet the older ones turn yellow, with brown spots, and no longer have the will to live. She used to be a bigger plant with larger leaves but this is her now. Was in a north facing window for years and did well. Hayes the north facing window in this house. Recently moved to an east facing window. Watered when dry. Liquid fertilizer when needed. Misted regularly. Leaves cleaned when needed. Old pic from 2020 for context and old pic from 2022/2023. She hasn’t looked like this in a while. 😢
My basil was doing so well. But look at her now. 😢 What did I do wrong? I used her leaves. They grew back. I pinched the flowers. Watered as regularly as I could (3-4x a week). And now she’s tall and scraggly.
I think I unalived my rosemary plant 😭 I saved the dried leaves to use for dried herbs. Pruned it hoping it would regrow. But it’s been a while and nothing.
I noticed these spots today. My plant normally has browning tips, but the browning on the sides is new and worrisome. The soil is totally dry the pot has drainage. Any ideas what is going on? I was working with tomatoes that had blight, tomato spotted wilt virus, verticilium, bacterial leaf spot, and more yesterday at work. Could i have somehow gotten my plant sick in less than 1 day?
I have a Jubilee Blueberry that I have been trying to help all summer. I am in Oklahoma and its been a very dry and hot summer. Last week I checked on it and everything above the soil was brown and dead. The roots seemed okay so I went ahead and went for the big chop and cut away everything above the soil. I have the pot it is in now under a gazebo and gets little light because I saw I should keep it in "forest conditions" and minimize watering to help it bounce back. Here is what I have for the plant: -In a wide pot, plastic. I drilled 4 drain holes into the bottom. Should I put it on a small platform? It was just placed on grass before. - pH, I know its a big delay for blueberries. I have added an acidic fertilizer many times, but I havent tested the soil before. -watering, I had placed mulch on the top of the soil and would check it every few days to see how wet the soil underneath was. It didnt dry out often, so maybe my drainage wasnt good enough? Open to any suggestions of what I more I can do to bring this fella back from the brink of death. Or any errors I have made. Thanks!
Friend of mines plants have this in the soil- she admits to overwatering. It looks like spring tails to me? Anybody have any thoughts or recommendations?