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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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CINDY

My prayer plant has brown edges and leaves turning yellow. What am I doing wrong?

Shayla

Yall….my string of dolphins. I swear it happens overnight. I just cannot keep these alive!

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Green thumb novice

I’ve had this peace lily for a few months. First pic is from purchase, and it struggled with flowers wilting before fully blooming and just looking crumpled; so I split them and placed them in hydroponics, giving nutrients every so often and in shade more than sun. But while I’m seeing a few new leaves, I see 2 older leaves browning (larger one-bottom middle pic). They have not thrived and definitely no flowers. I see so many beautiful pics of peace lilies from many of you. Would love suggestions. Thanks

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Ann

My Alocasia has had some spotting. I can’t tell if it’s suffering from root damage or if it’s ready to go dormant. Any advice? 🍃🌱

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Kaunas

HEEELP!! This pest (thrips) is destroying my plants!!😫😭 I have a *Guaco* plant (Mikania glomerata) that’s in a pretty bad situation.. because I didn't want to use any toxins —thinking it wouldn't be great to make tea from it later... 🥲 I had cleaned all the leaves with vinegar and cut off the infested ones... but I got back from a trip and it's in a terrible state.🥺 What should I do friends??

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Emely

Can someone help me with my pilea? The leaves have been getting lighter. It has new growth and a bunch of new babies. I did report it into a bigger pot. But nothing is improving the color and the growth of the leaves. Also, the leaves are curling inward, so I backed it up from the grow light, but they are still curved.

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julesplants

my thai constellation monstera has this brown spot. what does it mean. this is my first monstera plant so i’m not fully sure what is wrong.

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MaddieAndMilo

😔 and the journey begins 😮‍💨

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Eden

My inch plant is starting to get these brown patches on its leaves. It doesn’t seem to be affecting the growth so far but it’s spreading to other leaves. I asked chat gpt and it said to cut all the leaves that had it so I did but it just came back. Do I need to worry, and if yes what should I do?

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BritneyMC

Is this scale? Planta says it might also be edema. It’s not easy to scrape off and takes the skin off the leaves when I try. Very healthy plant overall. Thanks!

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Oscar

Fig tree brown patches ??

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Ana

Any recommendations to make this plant grow and thrive? These were propagated from its parent plant (which died last summer). But these have since been like this for a very long time.

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Ana

My orchid -Lavender has developed some brown and yellow spots on the leaves. But it has new leaf growing and flowering as well. Any tips to it healthy and happy again!? I water it with filtered water when it dries out completely. But I did leave it outside in the sun for a day & maybe it was too hot for the leaves ??

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New To This

Help! I have flea beetles and am treating plants tonight with diatomaceous (food grade). Should I use anything else with this? My poor banana peppers and I just got rid of spider mites.

Curly Jo

A few of my plants have brown water draining out the bottom when I water them. Is that an issue?

PlantMom829

Ok, so I'm totally not an expert on Christmas cactuses. Does the new growth look...weird? And what do all the roots it's growing mean?

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Mrs. Calloway

How can I help my plant? The dead vines were under the good ones. There’s no roots anymore. They are just sitting on top of the soil. Also there are these yellow fungus that were eating the beads and took over. What should I do?

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Jordan

Can anyone tell me why my ficus Audrey’s leaves are curling? (Not pictured- several other curling leaves…)

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JOBS22

What is this little guy on my monstera plant? Friend or foe? Most of my plants are on my balcony, I live in Florida if that is necessary for better ID.

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Misty

I have a tote of soil, perlite, and orchid bark that I have had to repot my plants. I’ve had it for a couple months. I noticed gnats in the tote!! Do I toss it? Treat it with Neem Oil? What do I do?

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