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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Amy
Hello!
I saved this beautiful guy yesterday.
He has plastic wrapping around him so I didn’t realise how droopy he was.
He has some pretty bad leaves on him that I cut off, all crispy and sad :(
I took his pot off and saw that his roots looked all healthy and nice. No pests at all too which is good! However… his soil was bone dry!!
I’m assuming he is like this because he wanted a drink but please give me any tips and suggestions for him.
I know calatheas don’t particularly like tap water but I have a filter on my tap and another brita filter too. Just incase I’ve ordered some water conditioner for him.
Hopefully with time he will perk up a bit.
Any tips will be greatly appreciated!
Marina Bricker
Someone help me, I’ve had this money tree for a few months and it was doing great, I repotted because the soil was moist, now I think it’s just dying…
B
Bas
Hi I’ve had this plant for a little over a year now and it’s been doing pretty good as far as I can tell but recently we brought it down from on top of my cabinet and found that it appears to be rotting or something at the base of one of them. I believe it’s a Hurricane Cactus but still not sure. The other plant in the same pot is doing fine so it shouldn’t be overwatering or anything but now it has this thin leathery texture and I’m a little worried for it. We got it when we went to Oregon and is kind of like a souvenir so I’d like to keep it alive
Backyard Botanist
What are these little brown nodules on the leaves of my cork bark Jade? How can I get rid of them?
Mazikeen
Hiii! So my cilantro and basil plants have pretty recently developed these bits of white spots, can anyone help me figure out what it is and spooky scary it is for my babies?
Nashville Smashville
Why is my string of bananas drying up? I have been watering it when the leaves are squishy and wrinkly. I want to fix this problem before it gets worse.
Caity
Help!!!! What is wrong with my elephant ear 😭😭😭😭
Tarrier
Except for a little bit of leaf burn (more on that later), my Hazelnu (corylus avellana) is mostly healthy including new buds growing at the stems of old leaves.
What’s slightly concerning me is all the new stem growth - does that indicate it’s not happy with it’s main stem, or should I remove the new sapling stems to make it focus on the more mature stem?
The leaf burn is a little disconcerting, too - I measure pH and EC of the runoff, and it’s generally around 6.5 pH, and 900 EC (about 450ppm) - so within range. I fertilise with a Nitrogen dominant fertiliser, maybe should swap for a balanced one?
Any advice greatly appreciated
Stoney
Mushrooms growing in my soil!
I’ve had this plant for almost a year and has been doing good. From all the signs, I’m assuming I’ve been over watering. I’m pretty conscious of soil moisture and I even use a meter but for some reason this plant has been giving me trouble. It was all fine until a month ago when it started producing lots of small pale leaves and wasn’t drinking as much water. It is just slowly dying? Should I repot with fresh soil? Are the mushrooms bad?
Carrie
Hi again, my peace lily has been seeming a little sad and smaller than it was and idk why 😭 also, there’s these little white spots all over the surface of the soil and idk what it is. Is it mold?First pic is it now, second is my soil, last is what it was about a month ago when I repotted it bc the same thing was happening to the soil. Thanks much ❤️
PlantNewbSTL
Moved into a house July 1st and started my Plant Daddy lifestyle this week. Ordered a few plants online and here we are. Received them this week and al seem to be ok except for one. Not sure if this one will make it or not. Any help would be appreciated.
Carrie
Hi everyone, I got this brasil philo about a month ago. It seemed to be doing fine but then I noticed a leaf going yellow. I ignored it but then it turned brown and i noticed more leaves seemed to be dying and it just looked sad. I lifted the plant one day to water it (like always) and I noticed yellow fuzzy stuff (probably mold) and a lil bit of some sort of bugs underneath the pot. I cleaned it up, removed the plant from the pot, cleaned the pot, and replanted it and moved it to a sunnier place (southeast windowsill). I’m hoping that it’ll recover but not sure if it’ll do good or not. Here’s pics from when I first got it vs a couple days after I repotted it
Ari
I’ve had this variegated Ivy for a few months. She seems be doing ok. New shoots and clumps of leaves and definitely growing in length! But the center was much more full when I got her. Still in the nursery pot. Right amount of sun and water. Is she thinning out there because she wants to trail/climb? Any thoughts? She’s my first Ivy!
Josie S
Hi I think that I'm killing my plants here are some of its non progress photos since I got it in April my environment is quite arid
Zack
Hi friends! Pic #1 is a leaf of my prayer plant before my 8 day vacation. Just got home, and noticed another leaf behind it is starting to look similar. Any ideas what it could be? I’m ruling out pests as I’ve gone in deep with a flashlight to really make sure— I did have spider mites on a close by plant about 2-3 months ago. Other than a handful of leaves, she’s looking fine and even putting out new growth and has flowered since June.
Chloe
I have two cacti that are very unhappy with me.
The first one is 2 in one and one has died, should I remove it somehow? From the roots or just cut it down?
The second actually just grew out this new stem on the left as you can see in the picture but the flower is clearly dying off. Should I do something about that? Seems like the plant itself is still salvageable?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated, I’m terrible with cacti but these were gifts!! 🥲
Sarah Serendipity
Help please! I bought a panicle hydrangea and it arrived today but when I opened the box things didn’t look too good. Some of the leaves are yellow and have these dark spots. Could this be a fungal disease or something else? Thank you in advance for any help!
Bernie Botanical 🌿
HELP!! I found a massive scale infestation on my jade plant! What do I do? ☹️
Kenary
HELP: my elephant ear just started drooping overnight and weird marks appeared on it. This morning the biggest leaf was moved in front of the light to the point the light was hidden behind the leaf (it was off at night ofc) and brown scrapping marks appeared. What the heck could have happened or what is this?? Is it a burn or maybe fungal?
Bea
help! my hoya was finally taking off but she was in very chunky soil that dried too fast - so i repotted her in slightly more dense soil. but is she being overwatered??? she’s lost 3 yellowing leaves now :( but her roots are new and look healthy! confused. she’s in a SW window in ambient 40-50% humidity
