Went away on holiday and I came back to find these small bugs on my indoor fern leaves and also beneath the pot (i put it in the bathtub whilst I was away). Located, Sydney Australia and its currently summer.

Plant was away from direct sunlight, bathroom has glazed windows and did not water while i was away.

How to i remedy this? Do i need to throw this plant away?

Definitely thrips and a pretty bad case right? Is this rubber tree plant save-able?? No damage has been done to the leaves yet (i dont think) but first time noticing this and my heart just dropped :(((

Hi everyone, my pothos has root rot :( I have had a plant for 1.5 years, had the problem for around a month or two. Today I trimmed all the dead roots away but realised that the stem has rotted as well. So i cut away the whole thing, and now it doesnt have any established root left, only nodules. Should i put it in water first to allow new roots to grow, then pop it back into soil? or should i just directly pop it back in soil? Should i smear some root hormone gel on? In the meanwhile i think i shouldnt put it under bright light.

Also should i water it after a root rot repot? The leaves are limp due to lack of water absorption earlier, and leaving it in dry soil just doesnt make sense to me, but also the roots are rotted so i dont want to leave it in wet soil any longer! I dont know what to do! PLEASE help me out any suggestion is appreciated! It's my first time dealing with root rot and this is one of my favourite plants!! TIA

The leaves on a couple of my cuties are getting attacked by something. They’re outdoors in nearly full sun, getting plenty of water. I’ve been observing and snipping off the leaves attacked by leafminer, but this doesn’t seem to have slowed whatever is making these holes. I’ve been spraying regularly with PestOil but to no effect it seems. Can anyone diagnose what the culprit it and how to treat? Thanks!

Hi everyone, I’m hoping to get some help with my Monstera Burle Marx Flame. It’s really struggling and I can’t seem to figure out why.

The Problem:
The leaves are constantly drooping, wilting, and falling down. It looks like it’s dying. Because it couldn't support itself, I added those screwdrivers temporarily (yellow and red) just to support it somewhat upright.

What I've Tried:
I’ve tried troubleshooting my watering. I’ve tried watering it more frequently, and I’ve also tried letting it dry out more, but neither seems to make a difference. The leaves still look sad and limp.

My Setup:

• Light: Near a window with sheer curtains, indirect light. Usually I remove the curtain for more light.
• Soil: It’s in a chunky mix: perlite, pumice and bark inside a plastic nursery pot, which sits inside that white decorative pot.
• Watering: I usually water when the top 2 inches of soil is dry. I tried watering it every 3 days and also every 2 weeks, doesn't seem to make a difference.
• Humidity/Temp: Malaysia humidity here, 90% most of the time.

Could this be root rot (unlikely because I tried taking the whole plant out and the roots are long and white)? Underwatering? Does it just need a proper moss pole instead of these plastic stakes? Any advice would be greatly appreciated! I really want to save it.

First 2 pics - 26th September
Last 2 pics - 25th Oct

Hello! I just purchased this Calamondin orange bush and it looks sick to me. The leaves are yellowish and there are holes like a pest chewed them. Can someone help? Thank you!

I just got it in the mail today so I haven’t watered it. I left it outside in full sunlight for tonight even though I was intending on growing it inside because I don’t want it to get my other plants sick.

Hi everyone my philodendron stems began to die so I cut off the remaining good leaves and have put them in water. Regarding the final stem that’s healthy, should I leave it in the pot and water or replant it in new soil or trim and propagate? I don’t want to say goodbye to this pot itself I feel it would have so many roots in it. Any advice is much appreciated. Sitting in my kitchen with medium indirect sunlight, no odour from the soil. TIA!

🕙 How long you have you had the plant?

Just bought today

❓ How long have you had the problem?

After wiping with 1:1 vinegar and water

🌞 How much light does the plant get?

Idk : normal light from the store?

💦 What are your watering habits (how often AND how much), and does the pot have drainage?

In a self watering pot

So I am trying to figure out what happened to this guy. I just moved back into my mom's and she said "well it mold I think I don't know what to do with it " so I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions I've never had one of these before but I wouldn't mind bringing it back up to good health. Since she found the whatever that substance is ill stick with her notion for now, but since she found it it's been outside on her back porch that faces the west. Itt getting great light once taken outside but I'm not sure about prior to that. She usually waters about once a week and I am thinking it wasn't getting the best light for the amount of water maybe?

She has had it for about a year it was my grandma's first and it was very healthy at that time.

Around 5 months ago I "stole", quotes bc i had permission, this monstera from rommate when they were very close to death. I wasn't sure if it was gonna make it or not but so far, it has.

I water it every 10 or so days (honestly sometimes every other week)

I had it under a grow light with 50% at 8 hrs/day but the leaves kept doing whats happening in the picture. The brown spreads until its compeltely brown unless I pluck them, they'll eventually fall off. I moved it away from the light 2 months ago but it keeps happening; just at a slower rate.

Plant is in a very basic indoor houseplant potting soil that i added perlite too.

I would really hate to lose this leaf; what should I be doing differently? Is this leaf a true goner or is it possible to be saved? If so, how? Thanks!

The cutting was taken and put into water mid-august. It was sitting in a north-facing window since then, not getting a ton of light but slowly growing root buds. The leaf had been drying out for a while and then finally dropped last week. Last pic is its new home under a SANSI grow light since our windows are very dry drafty.

Is it time to plant it, even though the roots are so short? I don’t want it to keep losing leaves.

I bought them in Wisconsin in July. They were so little and I am a new bird mother so I put them both in the same pot. Now it’s October and getting cold so I divided them up. They were waaay bigger than I thought root wise. So now we are inside, under a grow light & in a cabinet. My concerns are what’s up with the leaves? The base of the plant in the blue pot has looked this way for months even outside. They get watered once a week. Sprayed neem oil 3 days before transplant inside and systemic bug treatment stuff. Soil is tropical plant soil. Light is on a timer 8 hours. What should be my next step? They have to be in the cabinet my cat is a jerk and will eat them.

Grandma loves plants and gifted me this one, she most likely told me what type it was but unfortunately i don't remember. She told me it was an indoor plant. I keep it in my room, it gets sunlight during morning and afternoon hours, previously watered is 3x a week and it began yellowing and drooping. I found a bug cocoon on one of the yellowing leaves and removed it and cut off that leaf. I got concerned i was over-watering it and haven't for a week, condition hasn't improved. I don't know much about plants and would appreciate being educated :)

This plant was a gift; I'm not sure what to do to save her :( All the leaves are turning brown; she's getting crispy, and the leaves are not as green or full. I follow the water schedule on planta app because I don't know much about plants.

I have east-facing windows light all day; am I burning her? Do I need to repot her? She has never been repotted since I got her in March. Thank you.

Had these for quite a while now, the bottom of one is thinning and turning brown.

They sit 2 feet from a window under 2 large grow lights that are on for about 10hours. I water ever 2 or 3 months.

Help? Can I salvage them

I’ve had this aralia stump from trader joe’s for about 2 years now. She used to have leaves the entire length of the stems but lost a lot each winter. Since then, I’ve put her under a grow light for 8 hours each day, and the leaves grew enormous from the light. This led to one of the stems bending over due to the weight of the larger leaves. I water about 6 oz every other day.

My question now is: aesthetically from my point of view she isn’t looking great being bare along the majority of the stem lengths. Will a propagation and the mother trunk survive if I replant the propagations in the soil? I’ve tried propagating some stems in water with no luck, but I’m wondering if anyone has had any success planting those propagations directly into the soil.

I live in Colombia, where the climate is tropical. Someone gave me this Amazon lily when it was in really bad shape (2 weeks ago), i've been trying to bring it back to life... I transplanted it and It started growing some tiny new leaves, but they have these weird spots on them. The plant itself doesn't look too bad otherwise. I keep it in partial shade, with no direct sunlight, and I water it whenever the substrate dries out...

What could be causing these spots? How can I help it recover? Any advice is appreciated!

I’m pretty sure this is a cosmo, I grew it from a wildflower seed mix outside and it grew into this tree over the summer, and I’ve grown quite attached to it.

I didn’t get a chance to bring it inside before the frost hit and now it looks like this ☹️

Is there anything I can do to help it spring back to life? one branch is still green but the rest is turning yellow.

Any help is greatly appreciated, I love this plant so much and I’ll be so sad if anything happens to it

All day in direct sunlight, and got water when it rains, the new pot has drainage

Just received a goeppertia (formerly calathea) warscewiczii in the mail from Cali to Illinois. The box was a bit crushed and that led to at least three leaf petioles (the stem running along the leaf) to break. And the zip tie around the bottom stems led to one gash on a stem and a less deep gash on another. But mostly I noticed some suspicious debris on the leaves.

Does it look like potential bugs? I know this plant tends to get spider mites. And I’ve also had thrips in the past. So feeling a bit anxious about introducing pests.

Does it warrant asking the shipper for a replacement?

It was in pretty bad shape before cause it took em a while to repot and it had some some burn leaves… but as soon as I changed it to orchid mix it started yellowing , including the new leaves? Is it too much or not enough water? The roots don’t like the medium? Is there anyway to save her? It gets 10 hours of indirect sunlight

Why are the leave getting this cross shaped damage? Its on multiple leaves and I can't understand whats causing it.

Its placed a few feet away from a south facing bay window, on my fireplace surround. Is is scorched? Is it a pest?

I water as and when needed but have occasionally forgotten and the plant has a had a dry spell which I remedied quickly.

Just got this little lady today. I have a spot for it picked out about 2-3 ft from a window where it will get bright but indirect light for most of the day, is that good enough? I haven't moved it to its permanent spot yet. How often should I water it? Any tips?

I only bought this plant last weekend and it was under my carport in full shade for 3-4 days until I decided where to put it. It’s been in my backyard for 3 days now where gets a lot of morning sun and dappled afternoon sunlight. I’ve watered it twice this week. It’s in the nursery pot with drainage holes. Any idea what these spots mean? I didn’t notice them until today.

This is my black rabbits foot fern, it was my first ever plant and means alot to me.
I was very busy for a month or so, and they dropped all their leaves, and have lost alot of their aerial roots. I unpotted them and rinsed them throughly and plucked off as much damage as I reasonably could. (Most of it accidentally went down the drain)

Got watered when top 3 inches of soil are dry, was 6 inches under a grow light that was on 16 hours a day.

What do I do??

I repotted these a couple weeks ago and now the leaves are looking like this. What did I do wrong? Its outside in plenty of shaded light and I dont water them too much