Questions tagged [plant-care]
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Parlour palm has gone pale and tips are brown
My parlour palm was nice and green for a few weeks but its leaves have recently turned pale and some of the tips have gone brown. Some of the leaves also seem to be curling.
Some of the stalks and ...
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What insect is it? It always attacks indoor plant and annoying!
This is the closest photo shoot I could get before the insect flies away or gets murdered by my hands.
Could anyone identify what insect is it?
Why does it attack my plant?
How to prevent that insects ...
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Is hardening off necessary whenever you uppot a plant?
Is hardening off necessary everytime you uppot the plant? Otherwise, how do you let the plant recover from transplant shock? Or won't the high temperature kill the plant whose roots are not ...
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Can this bamboo with brown leaves recover?
I have a bamboo, phyllostachus aurea (outside over winter, London, UK, 2nd floor balcony, exposed to some wind) that over the winter developed brown leaves. Is this normal? I don't think it's lack of ...
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What are these yellow/brown spots on the leaves of this Alocasia?
Last year this alocasia 'giant taro' was very healthy growing foot long leaves shooting up every couple of weeks. At some point the leaves started to decay and while it's still alive, the leaves are ...
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Do kidney beans or pinto beans grow stolons/runners?
I'm planning on growing pinto and kidney beans in a garden, and was wondering if they made stolons/runners like some plants, ex: mint. I don't want them to take over my garden and kill everything else....
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Can a newly sprouted avocado pit survive despite dehydration?
This may be a weird question, but maybe somebody has any advice.
I had success with growing an avocado plant by suspending an avocado pit in water. The roots started growing about 2 weeks ago - after ...
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What happened to my rose plants?
The leaves of my rose plant is turning yellow. The young buds are turning brown. Lately the budding ends are drying up.
I water them everyday. Why they are drying up? I can't understand what went ...
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Phenominal Lavender is dying, really need help
I am not really sure what is happening with my Phenomenal Lavender. Bought this from Home Depot and I was told it was a transplant shock but a month later, it is getting worse. Leaves are turning grey/...
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care for a thinning cactus
My cactus is growing very thin. I was left unattended for a month without sun and water. What should i do to bring it back to the way it was?
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Should I use blue light exclusively in the seedling stage, or red/blue/yellow light combined?
I bought this LED lamp for plants that switches either from entirely blue light, entirely red light, entirely yellow light, red and blue light together, or all three together.
I've read that blue ...
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Need help with identifying peace lily root disease
My peace lily started dying, it's leaves were turning yellow and then brown from past 2-3weeks. I speculated it to be a root rot. Today, I took out the plant from soil and along with root rot, I found ...
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Do these kalanchoes look normal or healthy?
I have several kalanchoes and am having different problems with them.
They are two different plants. I planted them a month ago. Do the leaves of the plant look normal or healthy? I ask because I ...
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What could be the cause of the yellow spots on my calathea?
The yellow spots are on most of the leaves now, I’m not sure what is happening?
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Should I repot this mint plant into a smaller pot?
This is a mint (field mint) plant grown from a cutting. I fell sick and couldn't water for two three days. Two of these dried and the last remaining one has dried edges and a light green appearance. ...
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Troubled Marigold
Good day everyone, a few months back I grew some marigold seeds in a pot and two of my plants have sucessfully come up with one full grown. However my marigolds seem to be experiencing trouble from ...
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What are these strange brown things coming out of plant soil?
I found these strange brown bugs coming out from my plants soil. I don't understand if these are soil mites or what. I found that 5 of my plants have the same problem. Same brown things coming out ...
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Is There Powdery Mildew On My Lily Plants?
Recently, there was a large rainstorm in my area, which soaked my lilies’ leaves thoroughly. Afterwards, and even for a while before then, I had noticed small white dots on their leaves.
If this is ...
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How can we save our yucca plant?
We recently inherited a yucca plant that looks like it might be struggling.
The only healthy growth is at the very top of the highest branches/trunk, and the ends of the branches where it has most ...
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Have we killed our new acer palmatum Taylor?
Acer in large pot
Brought a young tree last month from a specialist supplier. Repotted it into the larger intended permanent container adding a mixture of multipurpose and ericaceous compost, with ...
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Is applying fertilizer to newly planted rootball laurel bushes a good idea?
I've recently planted some medium size (about 4' or 1.25m) root-balled cherry/common laurel bushes. Some are looking a little unhappy a couple of weeks later and I wondered if applying some balanced ...
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Should I start roselle in full sun?
I am starting roselle in seed trays with plain sterilised cocopeat and the temperature hovers around 24~40 degrees celsius each day, with atleast 6 hours of heavy sunlight here. Should I do this in ...
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Why are my ginger falling over and drooping?
They started drooping during winter while it was raining and the soil if anything was too muddy. Now that it's drying up a bit I've turned the irrigation on for 30 minutes every 48 hrs. The soil is ...
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Why are my Zinnia seedlings dying?
It is a seedling of Zinnia elegans Super Yoga.
The cotyledons have dried out and I have no idea why.
Potentially relevant information:
The soil media is an equal mix of compost, river silt and coco ...
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Problem on stem base of tomatoes and peppers
I'm a beginner gardener growing tomatoes and peppers from seed for the first time. I need some help diagnosing a problem on the base of the stem of most of my plants.
I've been watering my plants once ...
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Help with struggling ZZ plants
We got a ZZ plant for my daughter last summer and it has been going well, but recently it has been struggling. We noticed a little leaf yellowing and we thought it might be cramped in the pot (the ...
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Perennial geranium collapses in late spring
How can I care for this plant differently so it doesn't collapse in on itself? Do all geraniums fall in on themselves?
Every year these geraniums grow like crazy and get full, tall and beautiful like ...
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How do I save my Tomato plant
Recently my tomato plant seems dying. The leaves from the bottom are drying up. The leaves have turn curly (some inward, some outward).
I water the plant everyday morning. I live in Ahmedabad, ...
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Is this cactus being overwatered, underwatered or ill?
Can anyone please tell me what’s up my with my cactus?
Is it being underwatered, overwatered or disease? Or could it be cold?
Thank you very much!
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Is moving plants around good for plants?
I am new to gardening. My neighbour owns a garden and has a lot of plants in pots. I see him regularly moving those pots around the garden, some pots in the interval of 2-3 days, others in 2-3 weeks. ...
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what are these brown buds on rose plant stem
I often see these brown buds on my rose plant stems, What are these Brow buds, are these harmful? if so how to prevent/cure these.
They can be removed easily, but rose Thorns make it difficult.
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When can water hyacinth be started in zone 8b
I'm starting a half barrel pond and am wondering when I can add water hyacinth. I'm in zone 8b (seattle, WA USA).
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Peace Lily leaves turning yellow and brown
After 2 years of health, some of the leaves on my peace lily started turning yellow towards brown on the edges. I water it with the same frequency, have a constant temperature and have it outside of ...
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What type of Ping is this?
I got this ping/butterwort as a present. (If you're wondering why it has no flower, I accidentally knocked off its stem/flower.)
The instructions for caring for a ping vary depending on which variety ...
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What's wrong with my cycas?
I have some questions:
What are these, new leaves?(red circle)
What is this?(white circle)
And my cycas leaves are turning yellow (yellow circle). What is the matter? Is my cycas dying?(It's old ...
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Dragonfruit plant: Is this a fungal disease or is this normal?
I see this white scab near the base of this dragon fruit plant:
The scab hasn't necessarily grown the way I've seen most white mildew or fungus grow. That part isn't soft or mushy either. The new ...
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Feasibility of transplanting a mature rose
This rose is in the way, and I would like to move it about 20 feet back and towards the fence in the next week or two. It's about 6 feet tall; the largest stem is about two inches in diameter at the ...
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Clear sap like substance on underside of Chinese evergreen leaves
I just recently discovered some clear sticky dots under the leaves of my Chinese Evergreen. The look and feel like some sort of sap. They can be wiped off but are thick and sticky. There isn't any ...
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Hydroponic Chilli plant deficiency
I've been experimenting with hydroponics chili but no success. Here are some pics.
There is no infection or bugs for sure but seems like deficiency of nutrition. Flowers grow but rot very easily and ...
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What’s wrong with basil plant?
I have an albahaca plant in my rooftop that I water daily. We’re in the Caribbean and it receives full (very strong) sun when the sun’s setting (it’s behind a wall).
I’ve noticed that the leaves are ...
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Cat Palm has browning leaves
Recently I purchased a Cat Palm (about 3 weeks ago) and its leaves have begun turning yellow. It is definitely an issue with the watering schedule as it has improved right after watering. The Plant is ...
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Dracaena leaves becoming brown
I started to see the end of my dracaena's leafs becoming burned, then later the other leafs started to became brown-ish. See the photo below.
I put some organic fertiliser and later left it outside, ...
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How can I revive my mint plant?
I am not really sure how to take care of a mint plant. I would like to get an idea of how much water I need to put in the plant. Some websites say to make sure the plant is not drying by putting water ...
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Is this a pest? How can I get rid of it?
I found these bugs on my Kalanchoe plant this morning. I might have overwatered it for a while so that may be the reason why they appeared. They're tiny and green in colour, though there are some that ...
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Is my kalanchoe dying?
I bought two kalanchoes about a month ago and planted them in a pot. They were out under the sun from 8 am to 4 pm when the maximum temperature varied around 27-30 degrees. The pot does not have ...
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Mini rose “bush” - how to save?
My grocery store was selling some weird Valentine’s Day rose bush things. They were desperately under-watered and looked so sad, so I picked one up, hoping to save it.
But I’m not sure where to start ...
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What can I do to save my homegrown pineapple plant
Looks as if my homegrown pineapple plant has heart rot
Roots seem ok.I have cut off the tips of leaves that are brown but the centre is very black and new growth coming through is quite blackened.I ...
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Is it too late for this peace lilly?
My husband received this peace lilly back in '04 from his office as sympathy for a family loss. When he was there the plant grew to be huge (florescent lights?) But he left that position and brought &...
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Should I prune this Java Plum (Syzygium cumini) or not?
I have this plant grown from seed of the fruit that was planted last year after summer (probably around August). They were lush green and the leaves are really big. However, this plant is not even an ...
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Is there any way to save my marigold plant?
I bought this marigold plant with some flower buds a few weeks ago. During the first few days, the leaves were fine. Sadly, once the flower bloomed, the leaves started to look like this. I do not ...