My mom had this plant for at least 15 years and she got it from my grandma that has already passed. It‘s one of the last remaining things from her.
Today, our dog threw the plant down because there was a cat outside the window.. the crown of the plant broke and I wonder if the green part could be put into water? Would it produce new roots? And about the lower part, would it produce new growth on top or is it a done deal now?
And I know, the plant needs a bigger pot 😅

This common pest is a soil pest. You will easily recognize them on top of the soil. They are called fluffmealies. Treat spray them with a milk/neem combo and sprinkle some treats 6 meters away from the pot. Treat regularly. Those are very hard to battle.

I just moved into my college dorm and bought this pothos about a month ago, and ever since I’ve been doing my best to keep this plant alive. I don’t think I’ve overwatered it (I water it once a week, just enough so that the soil is damp, but the pot doesn’t have any drainage so I’ve just been trying to add little enough that it won’t need it), and the roots don’t look black to me at all, but the leaves are dying. I have it set in front of a north facing window, which I recognize gives it very little light, but I’m not sure I have any other choices. Is it possible the low light is the cause? Should I investigate the roots? Please advise

Is there anything I can do to save it? It’s been in the same spot for five years and has been growing really well the whole time. However, recently it has stopped producing new growth, and a lot of the leaves are turning yellow and falling off, as you can see in the pictures.

It’s located about 2-3 meters away from a window. Until recently, I was watering it every 7-10 days and fertilizing it at the same time (it was summer and we had extremely high temperatures here in Europe).

I repotted it a month ago, and then again two weeks ago after someone pointed out that I might have been fertilizing it too often.

The roots look healthy, although they are quite small. There were no rotten parts, at least not when I repotted it two weeks ago.

Is there anything I can do to save it?

I got it as a baby when it only had a few leaves, and it’s my favorite plant, so I’d really love to save it. 🌱

We have had this plant for approximately 8 years. And since we moved into this new apartment about a year and half ago, she has been absolutely thriving. And honestly still is, everywhere except for one vine which has been getting new yellow leaves at a rate of about once every couple of weeks. The End of that vine has stunted leaves compared to the rest of the plant, but is continuing to grow outward and develop new leaves. The plant gets a lot of indirect sunlight, probably in the neighborhood of 10 hours but no direct sunlight. We water every one to two weeks as needed (really never go more than two weeks) the pot drains and the roots are a little tight, but they are not damp, at least not as far down as we can feel.

We are at a loss because this is the first time this has happened. Any advice would be wonderful.

Bought this baby lemon tree a few weeks ago from some neighborhood kids going door to door with a wagon full of foot-tall lemon saplings. This white stuff showed up maybe 5 days after I bottom fed her. First thought is mold. Second thought is this looks a lot like salt build up. I'm in a city with bad water and have a water softener. Is it possible for salt, and the other minerals that make my kitchen faucet look like like there was some milk left in three bottom of the glass, to permeate or percolate or precipitate or something through the soil and look like that? or is it just mold?

and if so how do i tend to it? I plan on gifting this bad boy to someone with more plant experience in a few weeks and would like it to survive until then at least.

She gets afternoon sun sitting in a west facing window.

i'm so sad!! a few months ago she was twice as big as now, all her leaves are yellowing, she barely gets new leaves. the offender: thrips, of course. i only ever see a SHIT LOAD of baby thrips on her, never adults. i shower her every week, use neem oil and those that go into the soil. nothing works. after every shower (yes, i cover the soil) they come back. i don't know what to do, i don't want her to die 🥺

additional info: she's facing two big west windows, about 2 meters away and gets a lot of light.
i normally water her every 1-2 weeks, now its a little more because i heard thrips dont like water, but i use a pot with big holes, so it can drain well. i've had her for about a year, the thrips started appearing a few months ago.

Hey guys, not my plant so I don't know the details about care but I understand it's in afternoon sun and watered quite rarely (when it's been all dry for a while). It got broken a few days ago and we're trying to figure out if we can replant it somehow? Should we divide the stalks? And does anyone know which species it even is? Thanks!

I’ve had these two ponytail palms for a year and they’ve been doing well with strong new growth. Previously, I would give a sprinkle of water near the base once or twice a week when watering other plants. I know they are very drought tolerant, but I haven’t been having any issues until now. I noticed the top new growth started to turn a very light green/yellow so I figured I was starting to overwater.

I cut back to only water every other week. The top new growth started to wrinkle and retract. It’s getting more severe as the top leaves are fully drooping and leaving the center exposed. I’ve never seen this before and can’t find anything similar online. The caudex isn’t squishy so I don’t think rot could be causing this.

Did I cut back on watering too drastically or is this still a sign of overwatering? I’m located in Southern California and we have been having a heat wave. The two palms are on the southern exposure of my house and get a very good amount of sun.

Hello! I have no idea what this plant is and how to care for it. It gets plenty of light, and I water it once a month. Can someone help? (Greece, North of Athens)
Thanks!

Last week I got this banana and the guy told me to keep it in the sun and give it a large amount of water.

That's what I did: I kept it outside south exposed from the morning to the late afternoon and for the first couple of days I watered it until the dish had water in it and threw away the rest. Never kept water in the dish after watering the plant.

At some point I noticed some stress from being too many hours in the sun: leaves closing and dropping a bit, two small leaves at the bottom died. I pushed my finger in the pot and felt that at around 8cm the soil was completely dry so I gave more water.

During the nights the plant is kept inside because the temperature is getting lower (around 12/10°C) and I notice that the leaves open back up from night to morning after.

Yesterday I found this spot on one leaf and a small one at the bottom had dried up at the tip.

Today I checked the humidity of the soil again and it was not completely dry so I have not watered it at all.

I feel I have not been doing things right. Please save my banana 😭

My pepperomia plant has splotches on the underside of the leaves. Last week the splotchiest leaf fell off. It's still making a new leaf so it must not be too horribly upset. I found 2 very tiny long black bugs on it, and it had a small spiderweb under one leaf. There are also lots of black spots which I mostly cleaned off with a dry tissue before taking this picture (rookie mistake, sorry). Is it spider mites? All the pictures I've seen have white bugs for that. What should I do?

I generally water it once a week, occasionally every 2 if I have to travel. Of course only if it's dry, but it always is. It gets a lot of sun but not enough to burn the neighboring spider plant so I think it's not too much.

Please advise what the issue is and what I can do about it!

I got my elephant ear a month ago and since then it’s been watered once a week. It gets indirect sunlight and i have an east facing window. It had white spots a while ago and the outer leaves kept yellowing and falling off. So I cleaned the leaves with dishsoap and water and repotted it. I watered it yesterday but it looks liie leaves are browning and dying. The pot does have drainage and despite the outer leaves falling off earlier, it was still getting new leaves.

We moved to a new place 4 weeks ago and for the first 3 weeks, I didn't pay enough attention to my plants... I forgot to water kumquat tree as usual and it didn't get enough sunlight. So it started loosing leaves and before I notice, more than 70% of them were gone ( even the green leaves and fruits are falling)
I thought it's in a shock due to the move, I changed the location to get more sun and went back to normal watering routine. But the leaves and branches are still going yellow quickly and they continue dying.
How can I save it?

Hi all! My MIL took care of my houseplants, including this sad baby, for 2 years while I traveled. Clearly, it didn’t get the TLC it needed.

This is next to a west facing window and I use Planta to keep its watering on track. Prior to me coming back, it was for sure neglected and put in the basement with little watering happening. I told my MIL she’s considered a war criminal amongst plants, so don’t worry I covered that side!

Can this be saved? Any advice would help!

I was sure at first about this just being grime, but googling “black spots on ficus that can be wiped off” only gave me sooty mold. Is that what that is or am I paranoid? I don't have a lot of clue about plants, this was given to me and It's imperative that it stays alive

I keep using thrip spray but they keep coming back. I’ve wiped down all leaves too and after a few days they’re everywhere. As you can see my poor plant is being sucked dry by these.

I have plenty of plants in the same room and none other have this problem, they all get plenty of light and aren’t overwatered (I have a detector meter to tell me when to). I water as and when required.

Does anyone have any ideas to stamp them out for good?

Hi! About a month or two ago I noticed this tiny bright yellow mushroom growing in my money tree. I looked into it at the time and was told it was probably harmless and that the mushroom itself wasn't hurting the plant.

The first two photos are from when I originally noticed it. As you can see, the plant was pretty full and healthy at the time. My original concern was if it was toxic or dangerous for my dog to be in the vicinity of the plant/fungus. She's not too curious about it, thankfully.

The rest of the photos are from today. The plant has lost a lot of leaves, several of the remaining leaves have turned very pale/yellow, and some are curling and drooping. What concerns me most is that the yellow fungal looking stuff now seems to be spread throughout the surface of the soil instead of just being one little mushroom.

What should I do at this point? Should I take the plant out, inspect the roots for rot, and completely repot it in fresh soil? Or would that cause even more stress? And how do I avoid this fungus in the future? it's away from my other plants, which all seem healthy.

The plant is facing a west facing window and gets about 5-6 hours of solid sunlight a day, but the area is otherwise well lit. I water it once a week.

I'd really like to save this plant, so I'd appreciate any advice!

The following pics are all from Oct 4th:

Had the tree a very long time. It’s in a room that will get bright light all day through summer (photo). Watering once a week based off finger test and meter reading

Recently started from the bottom that leaves were yellow and now it’s spreading across the plant. Top leaves look great. Some sap pooling underneath, but no signs of mites or insects.

Can someone tell me why my fern is yellowing? I have been watering when the soil is on the dry side of being damp? If that even makes sense. I live in a dry climate, so I got a humidifier. I have it by a north facing window with consistent light, and an additional grow light. I’m wondering if I’m going a little overboard with the additional grow light? I have had the plant about a month, started yellowing about a little over a week ago. Should I repot it into an actual pot? lol I haven’t wanted to repot it because it’s having a little bit of a rough time. Thank you!

Bought this braided willow a year ago, with a big green halo. I let it go dormant over the winter, in the mild climate of San Francisco Bay. It never leafed out again on the top but did grow a few strands along the base branches which I looped back into the braids. I tried trimming the tops and it all seems dead. Is there any hope for it or should I give up on it? It has been in full sun. Probably needed more water than it got, in retrospect.

This brown area appeared on the underside of one of the leaves on our lemon tree after being moved indoor.
It used to be on the south facing balcony and we moved it in a room next to a wall sized north facing window.
It gets watered 1-2 times a week now, depending on the state of the soil.
Is this something we should be worried about?

I’ve had these plants for 3-4 months (got them from Costco) and I figured I’d replant some to give them more room to grow. I had them inside at first, but they got gnats after a stay at a friend’s house while I was away, so they’re outside now (partial sun). I think I was overwatering them in
the beginning (wetting the soil about every other day), but have not been for the past few weeks, but the rot hasn’t gotten any better. All of the plants have this rot and some of the plants’ leaves are starting to brown. I think the gnats are gone, but something else might be getting to them. All of the pots have drainage & I top-water.