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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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VioletCrow

Is there anything I can do to bring this sweet baby back? He was the plant that got me into gardening and hasn't looked good since I repotted him about a month ago. Advice would be sincerely appreciated!

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Lindsey

Is this blight? My customer had this lil rubber tree in their waiting room and it was looking so sad and dry, so I gave it some water from my bottle. My customer saw me doing this and asked if I wanted to take it home because nobody in the office was willing to take responsibility for caring for it lol. Now that I’m getting a closer look at it, I’m noticing these spots on a few of the leaves. I have it quarantined outside in the shade for now. Gave it a repot with fresh soil, snipped all of the leaves with any spots (plus one stem that looked like it had some funk on it) and I sprayed it down with some 3% hydrogen peroxide and neem oil/filtered water. Am I wasting my energy lol, or is it possible that I caught it in time? Is there anything else I can/should do?

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Jodee29

I just noticed my alocasia’s new leaf is turning yellow. I’m not sure whether it’s root rot, nutrient deficient, and/or low humidity. The tiny leaf is the newest, it hadn’t unfurled yet at the nursery. Any help is appreciated for a novice like me! Care: - Purchased and repotted over a month ago - Water every ~7 days - Feed every 14 days - Bright indirect light

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Yordiie

Birkin looking a bit floppy recently and a couple leaves turning yellow/falling off, any ideas? Water it once a week and gets good light. Owned for at least a year in same pot.

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Sydney

I’ve got these white beads on the soil of two of my plants and I’m trying to figure out if it’s some type of fungus or bug eggs or just the perlite in the soil gathering together?

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Adrian

Recently picked two plants up from the reptile and amphibian terrarium section of a pet store (in my defense, they were both only $7), and they were in this POOL filled with water 😱 their soil was soaked and I noticed some webs, and saw one spider crawl out, but checked them for pests and the roots looked good once I got them home. I repotted them in some fresh, dry soil surrounding their current soil, and I’m gonna let it dry out completely before watering, but I’d like to ask for any tips to prevent any possible pest exposure now that they’re home. They’re currently in quarantine, and I haven’t seen anything on them since, but I’d like to be safe than sorry. Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

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Beks

One if the trunks of my money tree is getting smooshy and weird, what is this? What do I do?

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Bailey

My peace lily seems to have been declining in health since i brought her home from walmart. shes been repotted with a slightly larger pot since the roots were very tight and coming out of the drainage holes when i bought her, and ive been following Plantas advice on when to water. any advice on how to help her? or if i need to cut these browned blooms off?

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Tony

Does anyone know if my pumpkin plant could be in trouble? This is the stem of the plant when I put it into the ground a couple months ago when it was a small plant the stem broke but it still grew and now it looks like this and the plant is completely healthy and producing female flowers now

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Ji11

Remove the mesh!! I can’t stress this enough. Almost every plant I’ve purchased, this year in particular, has had a mesh pod surrounding its original roots. It’s a cheap and easy way for the greenhouses to propagate but they don’t remove them. It’s like potting a pot inside another one. While some roots may be able to poke through many are left to rot because these pods also hold the moisture in the center. So while your outer soil is drying up the root ball and center are staying too moist leading to rotting roots and eventually killing your plants. 🪴✌️

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Jess

Since everyone has been SO amazing and helpful here, I thought I’d go ahead with my *hopefully* last question about a plant issue. I’ve had my fiddle leaf for almost 4 years. I recently repotted into a bigger pot with new soil. Has drainage. He lives in a room with south and east windows, this is during the year EXCEPT summer he comes to the patio. This year he is looking ROUGH😬He has new growth but even that is looking ick. What have I done? Do i need new soil? Cut him back? Better location? On the deck he’s closer to the east and gets late afternoon/early evening indirect sun. Not a ton of sun, TBH. I’m posting pics and the pic with my hand in it is the new growth. Any help is amazing! Thank you, plant friends!!🌱💚

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Plantgrower

Any way to help these?

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Plantgrower

Any way to save this one?

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W

My heart leaf philodendron is struggling—it has yellow leaves and all the leaves have red streaks in them are curling. Is it overwatering, under watering, or something else completely?

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Melanie

So this zebra plant keeps getting these big brown spots and leaves keep falling off. I always try to keep her soil moist but that doesn’t seem to help. Any tips or suggestions??

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Sinthea

Does anyone have a solution for cucumber beetles? Neem oil is not working. They are ruining my squash and cucumber plants

Cc

I need help, no matter what I do this plant refuses to thrive. I thought spider plants were supposed to be super easy plants even for beginners, and I’m not even a beginner yet I’m still struggling EDIT: thank you to people helping out in the comments!!😊

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Freedomskai

I’ve had a hydroponic pothos for about a year and I’m usually pretty good with watering but 2 weeks ago I forgot to somehow fill with water and its roots kinda dried then today they were all rotted?? Did I just screw my plant or is there coming back from this?? I had to remove lots of leaves too 😔 she looks so sad now

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Maddie

Is this situation set up okay for my string of pearls, and dolphins? Any tips appreciated, this is my first time trying to water propagate. 🤞🏻 🪴

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Bellamariette

My ponytail palm has started losing color and has these brown dots on the leaves. Any ideas? Thanks!

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