Questions tagged [plant-care]
General tag for questions on plant care. Use it along with more specific tags related to plant care whenever possible.
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What soil is best for growing a pineapple plant [closed]
Why is my pineapple plant dying
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Help please my rubber tree
I am new here and I am reading lots of good advice.
I have had this plant for 7 years now and it’s been repotted 3 times, I’ve cut back many times where the arms are and the top but it never grows in ...
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Vinca ( Madagascar Periwinkle ) leaves are curling and flowers are blooming shriveled looking
Flowers that bloomed a day ago were already shriveled when they bloomed
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And the leaves started curling from the bottom up.
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I have kept it in the bag that I bought it in and watering it a little ...
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Should I repot my birds of paradise?
I just got this birds of paradise from someone and just noticed that the root is growing out of the drainage hole. It's not blocking the entire hole but I'm wondering if I have to repot this since the ...
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What is this plant with green-pink leaves called?
I was shopping today, when I came across a plant I thought would make a nice small gift (image included).
Unfortunately, besides being listed as a Danish plant on the label, what exactly is it?
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What are these brown spots on my cactus? Are they normal or?
My cactus has these brown spots that are spreading and I’m not sure what they are? I’ve tried adjusting sunlight exposure and how much I water but it doesn’t seem to have changed anything. Some of the ...
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Balcony tree which can be kept in winter in appartment
I am looking for a small tree/plant up to 2.5m high, which can be kept in the winter months in the apartment, I.e. sunny and about 20 degrees C, otherwise on balcony. live in Austria, rather warm ...
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What are the spots on my lilac bush?
I just had someone plant lilac bushes for me and this is what they look like.
They don’t seem healthy.
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Why did this plant lose its red flowers?
I purchased this plant, and I don’t remember the name. At the time it had one or two vividly red, waxy flowers. The flower had a “tongue” part (excuse my ignorance) that looks like a hard, bumpy ...
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Help with dying plant
I've had this plant for a few months, actually have no idea what it is (if someone could let me know that would be great). I am getting a lot of dead leaves, although there are also some fresh shoots, ...
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How to make plants uneatable for cattles
Is there any spray or powder that we can spread on top of the leaves of plants.
So that Either cows or goats won't consume that.
There are insecticide or pesticide or so many cides which makes plant ...
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How do encourage my Ficus Lyrata to branch?
I live in Sintra, Portugal and I have two Ficus Lyatra in a greenhouse with enough heat, water and fertilizer.
The problem is that they grow vertically and do not branch. They have already almost 3 ...
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Browning and dying lotus leaves
Outside pot in Santa Clara County California. Lotus is about 8 years old and has done fine up to this year. Now every single leaf gets brown around the edges, then gradually gets totally brown from ...
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What's wrong with my arugula - yellow/pink leaves
I planted my arugula roughly 6 weeks ago and the small plants were growing very nice and fast. During the last weeks, however, their leaves turned yellow/pink with white spots (maybe mold?) on them. ...
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High value weeds or plants that can replace the chemical treatment of pesticides and herbicides?
I'm working on a project that aims to replace (at least lower) the use of chemical pesticides and herbicides in farming with the use of high value weeds and plants that can naturally replace the ...
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How to take care of Mammy Croton?
I got a beautiful Mammy Croton today. Unfortunately, I am completely new to gardening & plant care and was wondering how I am supposed to properly care for this plant. I have been reading about ...
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Is there any way to save it
Unfortunately it was placed in a greenhouse and then the vents closed for a full day or two leaving no ventilation
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Can someone tell me whats wrong with my kalanchoe?
The leaves at the bottom don't grow
and other leaves easily fall off. They are too soft
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Advice for taking care of trees in garden
The house we have bought has a number of trees in the garden and I'm looking for advice for basically how to take care of them. How often and how much to water them and any other particular tips and ...
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Yellow lemon tree leaves and fruit dropping
So it’s summertime and I know that lemon trees should be growing fruit. My young tree has been struggling of late with these yellow leaves for while now and it’s dropping a lot of its young fruit. It’...
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Why did my creeping thyme turn brown?
I am wondering if this is a symptom of overwatering. I've seen this also happen to Corsican mint but never really knew why.
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Should I cut my raspberry cane that bloomed but they dried up before fruiting?
My 3 yr old red raspberry bloomed and the flowers dried up due to weather/watering. I don't know what kind of raspberry plant it is. It's a bare root from Walmart. Should I cut the cane or will it ...
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How to revive this plant?
I got this snakeplant a month ago and planted it in well drained media.
Recently I got out of town forgetting to keep it under shade and it receives a few spells of rain for 3days.
Now the leaves are ...
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Dried out Crassula Tetragona
My crassula tetragona has dried out, it lives on the windowsill and is watered once a week. It’s never been green
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What is going on with my star jasmine?
I purchased a star jasmine plant a few weeks ago and since then the flowers have died and the leaves have either drooped or turned brown. I was hoping it was just transplant shock since I repotted the ...
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My Kentia palm's leafs are turning brown
Iv owned my Palm for almost 3summers now and he was doing really well until recently, I moved to Cornwall last year as we survived the first winter but now he seems to be struggling. Iv cut off the ...
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Brown/black spots on tomato plants - what can that be?
We have tomato plants where some of the leaves (maybe 20-50%) have
brown spots. The spots look brown to me, but look more black in the photo.
I'll try to add an image. The leaves that don't have spots ...
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Norfolk Island Pine w/new growth at base but has dropped 75% of its branches-what’s wrong with it?
Approximately 8 yo Norfolk Island Pine. Has been in the sunroom with good sunlight all of its life and done well and put out new growth every year. Humidity is about 44-55%. Water weekly. Late March ...
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How to deal with a revived potted lemon tree
I did the mistake of leaving my lemon tree outdoor after a rare snow this winter and it lost all leaves. I checked that it was still alive under the bark and since it was, I crossed my finger and ...
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Why does my grass looks burned after mowing?
I recently did mowing and my grass looks burned and faded. I saw some post about this but I am not sure if this is moss or leftovers from mowing. I am aiming for green lush grass.
After looking on ...
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What should I do with the secondary stem coming from an orchid's main stem? (not a keiki)
I have run into this weird situation where a second stem1 is coming out of the main one, like in the two following photos.
From what I've seen so far this is not a keiki, as a keiki is supposed to be ...
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Automate a Gate Valve
I am looking for a way to attach a 12v Servo, Solonoid, linear actuator, etc... to a 1.5" gate valve, in order to control the valve electronically.
Here is the gate valve i will be using:
The ...
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Why do baby plants (vegetables in particular) just shrivel up and die with no apparent reason?
I planted some vegetables such as cabbages, pumpkins, tomatoes, and zucchini and, they did well at first. I transplanted them into small Jiffy biodegradable pots, and they seemed to thrive in those ...
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Is my sago palm still alive/can it be saved?
Around February there was a winter storm that made all of my sago palm’s leaves turn yellow. The leaves were removed and I think I have seen a little new leaf growth around a month ago, but since I ...
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What is this layer of spider web material on the top layer & how to fix? [closed]
I have an indoor ivy plant and it has a layer of spiderweb/fungi looking stuff on the very top. What can I do to fix this or how to treat it?
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Is it normal for citrus to lose some leaves when moved outside?
Several days ago I moved a calamansi (calamondin) potted tree into an open terrace for the first time. According to meteorological reports, there was a wind of 3 mps (three meters per second) ...
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What are these white things on my Basil Plant?
I’m a beginner with gardening so I don’t know much about it. I bought my basil plant from the supermarket and it was growing well for the first few weeks. I was just about to water my basil plant ...
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How to help a shrub recover from a toxic fluid spill?
I believe this is a cedar. Sadly, while working on the foundation for a room addition, it got sprayed with hydraulic fluid when a machine broke. It never occurred to me that I should have rinsed the ...
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My dracaena is turning brown in one month what should i do?
I bought this plant 1 month ago. Leaves are turning brown, faded and plae. What should i do? I have placed it in my bedroom.
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Is it too late to save this leafless stub?
Here's what I have:
The trunk on the left has been dead for a long time (dried brown). It is old. The trunk on the right (green) was left alone over winter and it rained a lot. When I came back from ...
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How to refresh an old hedge with thick trunks and few branches/leaves (Eugenia)
I have a Eugenia hedge that has bordered our house for what our neighbors say has been >60 years (Southern California). Many of the individual trunks are thick, with few branches. After years of ...
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Why does my pine apple refuse to flower? [duplicate]
I live in southern California and have this pineapple plant. Its about 5 or 6 years old, so its old enough to have already have flowered by now. I fertilize it when I think it needs it; full sun daily....
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Can I move a flat of Spotted Dead Nettle outside in cold temperatures?
I have rooted many cuttings in a flat in late fall. It is Spring now in Ohio and I would like to repurpose the flat. If I pot up these young plants, can I move them outside if just above freezing ...
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Does it make a pure utilitarian sense to have indoor plants for dark rooms solely for the purpose of purifying the air?
My goal is not to decorate the interior, but simply to purify the air. I wonder if having plants is the cheapest option to purify the air.
My concerns are as follows:
My bedroom is rarely lit, and ...
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Should I not have repotted this Guiana Chestnut a few weeks ago? New small leaves emerge, but also more yellow too. What am I doing wrong?
I repotted this plant into a much larger pot, with indoor potting soil around 4 weeks ago. About 1 week after the repotting, I noticed some of the leaves started to yellow. At the same time, some ...
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Will vegetables or fruit contain microplastics in near future similar to microplastics in seafood?
I see that ocean is full of plastic and that causes plastic to be in seafood.
So my question is:
If intentionally or non-intentionally plastic is introduced into soil, could that lead to plastic ...
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Will my tobacco plant survive indoors under this grow light?
Hi I'm trying to grow tobacco indoors but they have not come up yet. I'm currently on day 2 I'm using a clip on 40w led grow light. Will this be enough for them to grow? I have a link of the model
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What are the dark, dry spots spreading over my rubber tree (ficus elastica)?
My rubber tree has started to exhibit these weird spots under the leaves, it started maybe three months ago, but it took me a while to notice them really. They seem to be spreading from leaf to leaf ...
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Adopted houseplant, need help with identification and care instructions
I adopted this plant (see image below), but I don't know the name or how to care for it. I live in Dublin with limited sunlight but I have the plant by the window to give it the most amount of direct ...
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Dragon Fruit developing translucent areas which then turn tan/white
I have two dragon fruit plants which were started from healthy cuttings. The new growth segments have developed an odd thing which I can't figure out when reading up on problems and diseases. Along ...
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