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title: "Moody Monday! What’s the hardest part of plant care?! Pests,…"
description: "Moody Monday! What’s the hardest part of plant care?! Pests, watering, lighting, repotting?"
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published: "2026-04-27T15:32:29.649455Z"
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# Moody Monday! What’s the hardest part of plant care?! Pests,…

_Posted by Morgan Picillo 🖤 🌿 on 2026-04-27_

Moody Monday! What’s the hardest part of plant care?! Pests, watering, lighting, repotting?

## 23 comments

### Demented Flora commented on 2026-04-27

Not accidentally over watering and root rot!! It’s a killer. Lighting is just expensive because my house is a dark hole with awful limited windows, so I had to buy a lot of different grow lights.

#### Demented Flora replied on 2026-04-27

Pest i manage well with beneficial bugs, carnivorous plants and sexy plant juice via Paige Tailyn on Insta:  
\- 2 CUPS WATER  
\- 2 TABLESPOONS NEEME OIL  
\- 1 TABLESPOON PEPPERMINT.  
CASTILE SOAP  
\- 1 TEASPOON ISOPROPYL  
ALCOHOL

#### Morgan Picillo 🖤 🌿 replied on 2026-04-27

Yeah those are all pretty tricky!! Sometimes less is more and good drainage helps a lot with overwatering

### Stefanie Cooper commented on 2026-04-27

Spider mites is taking over my Alocasia right now. 7-8 plants infected. Ordered mites to take care of them.

#### Morgan Picillo 🖤 🌿 replied on 2026-04-27

Oh wow that’s terrible! I’m sorry you are dealing with that!! Hopefully the mites will get rid of them quickly!!

### Buttacupps commented on 2026-04-27

Repotting. All 30 of them. And they’re NOT SMALL. lol

#### Morgan Picillo 🖤 🌿 replied on 2026-04-27

That’s a lot! Try to chip away at it and do a few each day so it’s not so much of a large task

### MattL commented on 2026-04-27

Fungus gnats!!! I finally think I’ve eliminated them but I think it took like six months!

#### YoJanice replied on 2026-04-27

Amen!

#### Morgan Picillo 🖤 🌿 replied on 2026-04-28

They are the worst!

### Kelly commented on 2026-04-27

I agree pests are the hardest part of plant care! I enjoy the challenge of everything else😊

### Heather commented on 2026-04-27

Repotting…I have 87 houseplants currently and countless more containers outside. My husband asked if this has to happen every year. He said it’s a full-time non-paying job

#### Morgan Picillo 🖤 🌿 replied on 2026-04-28

🤣🤣🤣

### PlantyMama commented on 2026-04-27

Repotting. They all seem to want it at the same time. It’s also really hard when I have to be away from home for an extended amount of time and have to rely on someone else to care for my babies 😥

#### Morgan Picillo 🖤 🌿 replied on 2026-04-28

Aww that's hard to be away from them 😕

### Mariah commented on 2026-04-27

Oh I’m a noooob. Just remembering who needs what and when. 🤦🏽‍♀️😂 and praying I can get these seedlings to grow. 🫠 always worried about them…

### Rosina commented on 2026-04-27

Mealybugs are my never ending battle — constant vigilance is required.

#### Kelly replied on 2026-04-27

Agreed! I’m inspecting every day!

### jlsKenzy commented on 2026-04-28

Awesome part is watching plants grow from tiny starters/props to big beauties...BUT this causes the hardest part...repotting and constantly rearranging.

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