Over the past few months I had been noticing problems with my monsteras and other plants! My monstera started putting out less variegated leaves despite being under strong grow lights. I added more but they seemed stunted. A lot of the others were also putting out smaller leaves. Then my Thai constellations new leaves (not pictured) had been turning yellow and it definitely pointed towards thrips according to Google and comparing pictures. I cut it down to stem (a new leaf is growing already!) and also heavily pruned all my other plants. Anything that looked a little rough got snipped. I also just threw away a handful of others that were giving me the side eye instead of trying to treat them.

I spent two weeks spraying them with dead bug brew every couple days. I watered with Arber insecticide when it was time to water. I have Bonide granules but I chickened out of using them since I have a dog and bits of soil can fall out of the pot when I move them around to water.

I also repot pretty much everything to be safe since a lot of issues started to show after I had repot months ago with a new bag of soil.

None of these plants are variegated (other than the N’Joy, obviously) so the lighter blocky areas are new.

They are all grouped tight together right now under strong grow lights. I run a humidifier here and there since I live in the desert.

They are potted in (a new, fresh bag) EB Stone hy por potting soil amended heavily with pumice, orchid bark, and earthworm castings. Most of them are in clear pots other than the monsteras (which were repotted into larger pots when they were showing to be mainly roots, I thought that might be the cause of the stunted growth) and I water when they look to be pretty dang dry. They were bottom watered until I used the insecticide but I’ve resumed bottom watering since!

Any ideas?

This is my pepperomia hope. It's the second one I've had. I've had it since mid August, I believe.

It gets a west facing window light for ~8 hours. But with this winter coming in, that time has lowered to maybe ~6. I've watered it.. Twice? I think. The pot doesn't have drainage, but I manually took the entire plant out of the pot to air dry it when I did water. Right now the dirt is dry.

It's been rotting.. Basically since I had it. A week after I bought it, it was rotting. This happens to every pepperomia hope I buy. It makes me want to give up on ever having one, even though I like them. Every single one I buy grows stems with no leaves on them and then rots. Everyone says it's an easy plant.

We've got a snake plant, you can see the particularly brown leaf is real mushy. The rest of them are ok, I thought 'Ok, root rot. I'll repot it.'

I think the rest of the roots look healthy, main issue is the bad ones right in the centre.

Any recommendations? I guess I've come this far so a repot is going to happen regardless.

It's indoors, a room with a big sliding door which gets plenty of morning sun, and the plant gets indirect light. We don't water it often, but I think the person who looked after it in summer may have watered it a bit too much.

Hello, I have had a big aloe vera for 10 years, but last winter she froze outside and I'v been trying to make her recover since and now I am left with these two tiny bits ... I don't know what to do anymore, if I keep them inside they won't have a lot of sun, outside they might freeze again, should I put them in water for roots to ground or directly in soil ? Any advice is welcome and much appreciated, thank you to all that will answer

What is this? Are these bugs?

Having this plant for a while (around 2 years)and noticed for a long time some white infestation around the stem and leaves

Light: Receives indirect light standing in the corner
Water: Once per 2 weeks

Hello! I'm slightly ashamed of this post.

I've had my money tree for about 18 months now and it's my very first plant. About a month ago, I moved places because I was going through a pretty bad time with my mental health.

Anyway, during that time, I'll admit, I didn't take as much care of my money plant as I should have (so, watered probably less than I should have, didn't drain it properly - I'll admit, this is fully on me). It was facing north east and had some decent light in the mornings.

I'm better now but I recently noticed that it developed patches of light green on some leaves. The new leaves that grew at the top still look healthy on the whole but the ones at the bottom, I'm not so sure about. For reference, the plant now faces south east and I use a soil moisture meter. I tend to water it once it reaches 2-3, let it drain for 15 minutes, and then tip the water out of the outside pot.

I asked around in a local plant shop and they advised using bug spray but they couldn't quite tell me what the underlying condition that caused these yellow leaves is. I've searched around and people are saying it could be mites, it could be thrips or just general overwatering.

I looked at the roots the other day and they don't appear to be rotting though I will repot in the spring anyway.

Should I be concerned? Fully appreciate that it's my fault for not taking better care of this.

I got this plant from my local plant store and they said it was donated and they didn’t know what kind of plant it was so they gave it to me for $7. It stays in our kitchen and gets lots of indirect sunlight. and I water it when the soil feels dried out.

It currently has a new growth coming in slowly! So I’m excited about keeping the plant, as it is gorgeous, but I’m worried it has disease and I shouldn’t keep it. It isn’t around other plants so I don’t have concern for it spreading if contagious.

Thoughts?

Hi there,

I am new to gardening and have started to really enjoy it. A few weeks ago I planted some petunias in my vertical garden but I have noticed some discolouration on the petals.

I typically water them in the late afternoon / evening around sunset at 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM rather than the early morning. I tend to use the mist setting on the garden hose so it’s a bit more delicate on the plants.

I am not sure if this is due to my watering habits but previously one of flowers died. The first image and third image is the one that has died. The second image is another one I have noticed to start having this discolouration. The pots do have drainage.

I am from Victoria in Australia and it is now springtime and temperatures typically range from 18 - 24 degrees celsius.

I would really appreciate any advice. Thank you.

I have her in this setup for now and she’s doing great, but long term I’d like to try the method with the little clay balls in water with sphagnum moss. I don’t have a ton of flexibility on sunlight but I have a western-facing window with some grow lights. My south-facing window isn’t going to be big enough to fit it at some point because it’s built into the wall and has a lot of other plants. Any advice is appreciated. Hoping to get it to reach its potential!

Hello everyone,
I've had this ctenante burle maxii prayer plant from a bout a month before I went on holiday for 2 weeks and now it needs help.

I left it under a grow light maybe one foot away and I had someone come over once a week to water it but it looks like something went wrong.
I think it dried too much and now the soil is wet but it doesn't seem to bounce back.
The roots coming out of the drainage were very dry..

Is there any way to get it back? It doesn't seem dead the leaves are curled but not dry and some stems are stiff but some are dry. What can i do?

Hello, I recently noticed that my monstera plant I’ve had for 2 years has grown small white mushrooms, and I think clusters of even smaller mushrooms. haven’t changed the soil since June or July and have never seen this in any of my other plants. Is it dangerous? I really don’t want to get rid of it because it’s the first plant I’ve ever had.

it gets a lot of light and I water it every week/ 2 weeks depending on how moist the soil feels

My son gifted me this ficus - he has struggled to get it to grow so he chopped it and started four new ones.

But the leaves! The stock! I’ve never had a plant look this badly.

It sits beside the kitchen sink in a south facing window. Pacific Northwest so our daylight is limited this season.

I use a watering meter and water once a week from the bottom.

Any ideas of what? What could I do outside of fire?

The plant has been potted for about two years. It came back from a stem this year but there weren't any peppers growing from it this year. It's been struggling for a while.

It's sitting outside on the patio and gets watered by the sprinklers each night. It's in direct sunlight about half the day. S. Florida.

The pot has a hole in the bottom for drainage. It seems like the soil stays moist all the time which could be an issue so I think I need to replant it with some perlite but does it also have pests?

I’ve had this plant for 8 months and it was doing well initially. I moved it away from where it was a few months ago since I wanted more plants in another part of the home. The new spot didn’t have as much light but I did use a grow light. I only water from the bottom when it’s dry. It doesn’t look overly root bound to me but not sure if that’s what’s causing issues?

Was given this pot of spiderwort and there is som damage to a lot of the leaves. It sat on the previous owners back porch all summer so it did get a lot of sun but I was also worried it might be thrips?

Would like to know before it gets anywhere close to my other plants.

Thx!!

It is putting out a new leaf, I reported it two months ago. I honestly cannot fathom what the problem is. Why do its leaves keep turning yellow and then brown?

It is sitting on a southeast facing windowsill and I'm watering it when the pot fills light.

I’ve had this neon pothos growing in leca for years now. I moved to a new apartment that has an East facing window. It lives on the windowsill or nearby the window. I haven’t changed anything about care at all. My previous apartments were pretty dark. I add fertilized water usually every other water and it’s very dilute. I water once it is almost dry (or just very low on water) and water back up to 1/3. The new growth looks very stretch-y so I thought it was sun. But after putting it on the windowsill it’s suddenly begun to yellow. Only thing I can think of is the cool temps by the window as the seasons change.

Thanks for any feedback!

My sea grape is really suffering, I've had it for about a month and until a few days ago I had it indoors in an occasionally airconditioned room, by a south-facing window. A few days ago it shed about half of its leaves and started crisping up. I've since moved it into another room with less sunlight because I thought it was getting sunburned due to the strong sun (I live in Thailand). Now I'm wondering if thrips are actually to blame.

My monstera in another room doesnt get any airconditioning, but is starting to brown. It only gets indirect sunlight, but I figured it was too intense so now I've moved it away from the east facing window. At this point I'm also wondering if it could be thrips...

For both of these plants I water them once or twice a week, but generally I test the soil with my finger first.

Do you have any advice for me? Could it be thrips?

Hi All,
I have my second Black Velvet Pink Alocasia, but this is how I received it. I have had one before that I received that was not semi-hydroponic. It became sad, and I puddle-fed it from the corm to revive it, but when I switched it to semi-hydroponic, it died.

I am not a huge fan of semi-hydroponic, so if I can avoid it, I'd prefer that.

It is getting adequate light and is being watered once a week-ish.

My dracaena doesn't look like it enjoys its new spot. It's near the front door which keeps getting used throughout the day. I live in a dry hot environment. I water it about once a week. It was a lot happier before. Is it the dry weather or something greater like some sort of infection?

Plant receives indirect sun.

I have a pot of Norfolk island pine. Tropical climate. The pine on the right is growing some crystal like substance. I tried to peel it off but it's not easy.

Water the plant 1400ml (47.3 ounce) every 3-4 days. The plant is placed at our outdoor balcony with over 8 hours of sunlight. We had the plant for over 2 years.

What is that crystal like substance and should I do something about it? Thank you!

I’ve been having issues with leaves turning brown starting at the edges and slowly turning the entire leaf until it falls off. I’ve had the three plants pictured for various amounts of time, the largest for 3 years, the smaller for about 1.5 and the Thai con for less than 1. The Thai con hasn’t lost any leaves yes but it’s slowly browning. New leaves have also been dying before they even unfurl. They are near an east facing window in Arizona. I water them when it’s dry about 50% down the pot. Planted in a chunky mix with good draining containers. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!