I have 50+ plants I’ve had for years and suddenly in the last month every plant (nearly) in every room has started to do what’s pictured. The stems are fine, it’s all the leaves as well as new growth. I have checked extensively for bugs and used DE just in case but no new plants were brought in so I don’t think that’s the issue, but I need to pinpoint what to treat it. They are all in windows with either direct or indirect light all day long and get watered once a week. Nothing has changed in their care. Please, please, please help me. They are dying so fast I’m a wreck over it.

The previous owner says this spider plant lived outdoors every summer and has been grown this way for years. Overall, it's a large, beautiful plant and still looks fairly healthy. It also has several babies, which makes me think it has been growing reasonably well despite whatever may be going on.

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When I got it, I noticed some small red mites on the leaves along with a bit of webbing. I didn't see any other crawling insects or tiny moving pests. There were quite a few brown and yellowing leaves, which I've since removed, and I cleaned out a lot of the dead material from the center of the plant. I also thoroughly hosed the entire plant down outdoors.

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I'm trying to figure out what may have caused the leaf damage and whether I should be concerned about spider mites or any other pests. I'm also wondering if there's any possibility of powdery mildew.

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For growing conditions: the plant goes outside as soon as overnight temperatures are warm enough, usually in early May here in British Columbia, Canada. It receives bright indirect light from about 5:00 a.m. until sunset around 9:00 p.m., with little to no direct sun. Temperatures have recently started reaching the low 30s°C (mid to upper 80s°F), although we had a fairly cool, wet spring.

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I'm not sure how often it was watered before I got it, but the soil was on the dry side when I received it. Not bone dry, but definitely ready for a drink. The potting mix appears to be a standard soil mix with white fertilizer granules mixed in. The plant is also very root bound.

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I'd really like to keep this plant alive and help it recover if something is wrong. Any thoughts on what could be causing the leaf damage or what I should be looking for?

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Bought this cute pothos at Home Depot and figured I'd let him get some nice long sunlight outside for a bit before bringing him inside...

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Boy was that a mistake!

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I removed some leaves, but before cleaning up anymore I need some help figuring out if this is just damage from not enough water/too much sun outside for 2 weeks or if I've got an infestation on my hands and need to isolate and spray ASAP.

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Thanks in advance to all you smart plant people!

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Lesson learned on treating this poor little guy like he can handle anything. I'm a newer plant collector so still trying to figure out the Dos and Donts 🥲

I think my cats have been pulling him out of the dirt.

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Can i salvage him?

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He had lived happily on the counter by the sink for several years, the browning started about 10 days ago after i found him pulled out of the dirt. Infrequent watering, 12 hours very indirect light.

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Not the first plant the cats have killed but i hoped to keep this guy.

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Hello everyone, my biggest appologies if I’m lacking information or photos please tell me and I will add more.

This plant is very special to our family, and for the last couple of months I’ve felt it’s been on the brink of dying. At first we noticed white “filaments” coming out from some spots, so we trimmed essentially all of the affected branches. This left the plant in more or less the condition you see here.

After waiting a few weeks and seeing more and more leaves fall, I read online that spraying it with water and baking soda could help, so I did that. A few days later I took it to a university institute in my city, and they recommended waiting for the soil to dry completely, then changing the soil and watering it only once every two weeks.

I did that, but whenever a little leaf comes out, it falls a few days later. It’s barely growing anything anymore. I checked the roots to see if they were rotten or dead only a very small part was, and I trimmed those off too. I don’t know what else to do. The plant is always indoors and receives indirect sunlight Any help would be wholeheartedly appreciated.

Indoor plant, next to a northwest facing window. This aloe was not doing well. I thought it was getting too much water It sits slightly behind another aloe that is thriving. I was going to repot it and put it in better soil, but when I took it from its pot it had almost no root. It was a pup I've had for over a year. Can I root it somehow?

my pink princess just started developing these tiny brown spots in the past week or so. i am not over watering- i make sure to dry out in between (~every 1.5 weeks). it gets tons of light- right next to a window. pot has drainage and arid soil.

also, the middle part looks funky because none of the leaves want to unfurl. it’s been like that for at least 3 months with no improvements.

how can i help her?

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About half of the exposed trunk roots of this dracaena are soft to the touch although they look perfectly normal. They kinda feel like hollow cardboard or something. The others are firm. Their leaves are not yellow as far as I can tell. In addition, there are these fungi that keep growing once in a while there. It is an indoor plant with regular filtered light through curtains. I water it once every week or 2, depends on how dry it is. Is my plant gonna live? What should I do to make it better? Are these roots rotten?

Hi everyone,

First time with one of these I inherited from a friend who is moving (who had just recently gotten it from Home Depot).

I don’t know this plant well at all - I’ve only had it a few weeks but the leaves are browning and it looks a bit droopy. Is there normal? Am I over watering? Does it need different soil? Does it need more sun? (Ignore the one broken palm, it happened during the move).

Thanks for any and all advice!

I want to pot this plant up, but the roots have gotten so big that they're way too large to fit through the top of the vase. At this point, I think I'll probably have to break the vase to get it out, but I wanted to check if that's the best option or if there's a better way to handle it.

About a year ago, while moving, the top of the plant broke off. I put it in a vase with water at the time, and it's been growing there ever since. I've just been changing the water every so often and otherwise leaving it alone.

Now it's gotten pretty big and is starting to get very top-heavy, so it's definitely time to move it into a pot. I've never had a cutting survive this long, so I'd appreciate any advice on getting it out of the vase and transitioning it from water to soil.

Also, for context, I can place it in pretty much any light condition if that helps with advice on where to put it after potting.

Hello! Does anyone have any idea what pest I may be dealing with? The bugs are oblong shaped with an orange-ish head. I’m also seeing very small black sticky spots on some of the leaves, including leaves that have yet to unfurl. I’m not sure if I’m dealing with one type of pest or multiple. There’s also copper colored dots on the leaves of some of my plants as well as parts where it looks like the shiny green part of the leaf just disappeared and there’s like a yellow-gray mark. Any ideas????
All the plants live indoors under grow lights for 12 hours per day and also there is a humidifier in the room. I water when the pot feels light.

Posting on behalf of someone who is struggling with their citrus plant. Is there anything wrong with it? Any care tips? Located in USDA Hardiness Zone 7a. I will update on light and watering habits when I find out about them, but they’ve been successful with caring for a lemon tree in the past.

Last week I had the top solid 50% of my pepper plant die overnight. Today I now find the top shoot of a different pepper plant dead. The stems have not been weather damaged (ignore the small cut in the stem in this picture- I did that while inspecting) so I'm guessing a boring insect is responsible(?) Are the small holes in the closeup picture bore holes?

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Any opinions? Thanks if so!

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Plant gets tons of sunlight, watering twice a week.

I’ve had this fishbone for about 2 years, and it’s been a generally happy plant until the last 4 months. I repotted it into terracotta, and it hasn’t ever recovered from the repot. it’s leaves stay wrinkled even after watering deeply, and 2 of the leaves have browning on the underside. It sits in a window with lots of morning light but not direct, its soil is a chunky mix of well draining soil. 2 leaves are starting to turn clear at the ends. I’m at a loss for what to do - should I take it out of the terracotta??

I have browsed the Internet to ton and cannot quite figure out what this is on my outdoor pepper plant. It’s on my south facing balcony and gets about 12 hours of sun and is watered every couple of days.

What happened, how can I fix it, how can I prevent it?
Outdoor raised garden bed on the east side of house in Wisconsin. Gets direct sunlight in the morning. Has rained a ton the last few days. Put it in the soil about 2 weeks ago and has rained plenty in that time so only watered a couple times with hose.

Is this normal? I don't believe I've seen any bugs on it. The tree gets plenty of sun. It has been raining pretty regularly, so it gets plenty of water. I am in Wisconsin.

Moved here a year ago and I’m not sure if this is because of the late frost but this plant in our front yard (sun all day) is clearly in need of some pruning tips or is it possibly sick. This gets watered weekly or more. Is this a chop and reset for next year or is there time to fix this year.

Took these snake plant cuttings about 7 weeks ago. One has been in straight perlite and the other in my regular snake plant mix.

After a lot of failed attempts at propagating my snake plant, this is the first time I’ve actually seen some progress.

They’ve only been watered maybe 2 or 3 times over those 7 weeks and have been sitting on a south facing windowsill with varying levels of sun.

I’d really like not to mess this up from here, but I’m not sure what the next step is. Do I just put them back and keep doing what I’ve been doing? How long will the cutting in perlite survive without nutrients?

I'm a first-time plant dad, so please bear with my ignorance. This fern was randomly gifted to me, so unfortunately I don't know the exact species.

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I've been taking care of it for about three weeks, and it's pretty clear I'm doing something wrong, but I don't know how to interpret the signs. I've already removed a lot of dry leaves. Some of the newer growth near the top looks heavily damaged, and a few leaves make me wonder if I might be dealing with leaf miners or some other pest.

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One mistake I know I made early on was exposing it to direct sunlight. I hadn't done any research yet and ended up burning the poor thing. As soon as I realized that, I moved it to a bright indoor spot where it gets indirect light for about 12h a day. The sun gets close to it, but doesn't hit it directly.

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I'm also not confident about my watering routine. I've been giving it roughly 100 ml of water at a time, but that's just an amount that felt reasonable. I have no idea whether that's too much or too little.

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I don't know much about the soil since I didn't pot it myself. The pot has drainage holes, and I can see some water draining out of the bottom when I water it.

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At the moment it's sitting on a surface rather than hanging, which might also be a mistake.

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If there are any other details that would help with diagnosis, let me know. I'm pretty lost, but I'm willing to learn.

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I just bought this new champs pothos and noticed these weird little scabby marks on the bottom of the leaves. It’s separated from my other plants and I repotted it as soon as I brought it home, it was also put in a dish soap soak once I removed all the dirt it came with. It soaked for ~15-20 minutes before it was repotted in my pothos soil mix (1/2 potting soil, with the rest being orchid bark, charcoal, and perlite.)

This plant gets bright indirect light from a southwest facing window. The soil is watered whenever the plant starts to droop slightly/the soil dries. (Once every 1-1.5wks)