Questions tagged [plant-care]
General tag for questions on plant care
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How do I revive my dying rubber plants
Experts please advice on saving these rubber plants.They were repotted from nursery pot almost a month back.Their roots were completely exposed as roots were badly entangled in small plastic basket ...
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Can I cut the top off my Lace Aloe plant?
It is having trouble supporting its own weight, and I am hoping that cutting off the top (where it starts to droop) would let it grow more full, rather than just tall. Would that work? Does it work ...
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Should I be removing the oldest limbs from my palm?
I’m trying to figure out how to care for this palm. It’s not growing fast, it’s just grown it’s first frond after 2 years in the same pot. We repotted it when we got it 2 years ago.
A few questions:
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What’s going on with my staghorn fern and how do I save it?
We bought this staghorn at Lowe’s awhile ago from the equivalent of a reject bin. It’s always looked kinda sad.
Recently though it’s gotten mold or bugs on it. I don’t know what happened. It lost ...
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What's the ideal pot size for seedlings that will be transplanted outdoors as soon as possible?
I was wondering what is the ideal pot size for seedlings like tomatoes, peppers and eggplants, that will be transplanted to an outdoors raised bed as soon as possible (is that when they have 2 sets of ...
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Maintain cactus without soil?
I have several cacti plants (sabila), just like the one in the picture, and I have several cut wine bottles. I would like to place several of them around our balcony, but without using soil.
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Hibiscus started drying suddenly
I have hibiscus plant in my Terrence garden. It started drying suddenly and about to die.
One of the hibiscus plant already died and looks like another is also started drying.
I tried uploading ...
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Is it time to transplant these indeterminate San Marzano tomato plants?
As you can see, I have two seedlings in each "container." I don't want their growth to be stunted because they are so close to each other. I know that normally, you would thin them out at this point. ...
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Avacado sprout dying
My seed sprouted but it started to drying out from the top . Not sure what went wrong.
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What's wrong with my Acer?
Planted end of may, already looking a bit sad. Does it just need more water?
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Are these indeterminate San Marzano tomato plants “leggy?”
I sowed the seeds 11 days ago. As soon as they germinated, I placed them by a SW-facing window, where they receive direct sunlight all day. I'm no expert, but they appear to be healthy. I just can't ...
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Diagnosis - plumeria leaves are yellowing and falling off
My plumeria, grown from a cutting, is starting to lose leaves. The leaves slowly turn yellow and brown over the course of 2-3 weeks. They start off green, then have a few white spots, then turn fully ...
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What is wrong with my desert roses and how can I cure them?
I got 7 desert rose plants about 2.5 months ago. They all now have something. I don't know. Leaf curls. some white stuff? (Might be rain residue/powdery mildew but I don't know which). Some spotty ...
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What plant is this and how can I keep it alive?
I am hoping to get some help with my succulent. I recently bought a little pot full of a few different types of succulents. It was already looking a little bleak, but one of the succulents seems to be ...
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Rose leaves are getting yellow
I have rose plants in my home garden and they are quite old like 3 years. This plant was doing so good but suddenly it's leaves are started getting yellow and fell down. Even the new tiny leaves are ...
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Kentia Palm (Howea Forsteriana) is drying out [duplicate]
I bought this Howea Forsteriana less than 1 month ago. I water it around each 7/10 days, spray some water on leaves every day, often twice a day. It used to be in front of a north west window, when I ...
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Revert lettuce to vegetative phase by cutting it down
I have read several article stating that it is possible to revert a bolted leafy lettuce to vegetative growth by cutting it down to 1 centimeter.
Is that right?
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Why is my aloe turning brown?
My aloe plant has been turning brown for several months. I can’t tell if I’ve been overwatering or underwatering it.
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Areca Palms Keep Dying on Me
This is my 3rd Areca and no matter what I do, the plant keeps dying on me, it's saddening and frustrating!
The leaves are turning brown from the tip, others are drying. Some, however, are still fine. ...
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Is my Avocado dead?
The result of 4 weeks without any additional watering.
I have had this avacado growing from seed, perhaps 3 or 4 years now. It has always grown well. I could leave it in the window for 2 weeks and at ...
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What can I do if my Cannabis plant starts flowering early
I have an Alaskan Thunderfuck that is a little over a month old that started flowering. It has been growing alongside several other plants and nun are in a 12-12 light cycle. The plant is still small ...
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What are first steps for a novice gardener?
After living most of my life in urban apartments, I bought a house in the suburbs and suddenly find myself with a lawn and garden to take care of. Apart from mowing, which I'm familiar with, I have no ...
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Fertilizing plumerias with homemade fertilizer
Wondering if there is a combination of commonly found household items , e.eg. Food , oil, whatever, that can be used to fertilize plumerias
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Why is my houseplant dying?
I have the plant in the picture. I have been watering it about every third day or so. Everything was going well, and new baby leaves started growing. But at some point in the last couple of weeks, it ...
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Prickly pear wilting after being in the sun
my prickly pear has been doing great, until this morning I put it outside in direct sun and within a few hours the new baby on the top started to lean. I also watered it the same day. Any ideas as to ...
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Is it a Peace Lily and can I rescue this?
Bought two of these (Peace Lily?) for the bedrooms but this one is in trouble - what can I do to rescue it? Am thinking it has been overwatered by house sitter during my absence and seems also to have ...
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Is it a weed or part of the aloe vera plant?
This was growing at the base of my aloe vera plant. I always remove weeds from the pot and I removed this as well thinking it's a weed. But it was so strong, it felt almost as if it was connected to ...
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Mint fertilized with geranium feed - not feeling good
A couple of days ago my roommate fertilized his mint with a geranium feed, but unfortunately, the mint does not seem to have appreciated it - the leaves became brown and mostly fell: see the picture ...
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Should I trim back sun-damaged parts of my bamboo?
I recently moved house and brought a bamboo plant with me in a pot. The plant spent a couple of hours in a car on the hottest day of the year and the top 1ft got burnt by the sun.
It's doing great in ...
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Chinese evergreen with clear droplet secretions on leaves
Is my Chinese evergreen plant here in my office ok? I noticed some water droplet type secretions on the new leaves and on the undersides of some other leaves. Is this normal? An officemate said it ...
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Do I need more vertical support for climbing roses?
This is the front of my house in Pacific Northwest and you can see the red rectangle frame was there before:
I was told it was built for climbing plants back in the 70s. Now I want to grow this ...
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Which plants relate simbiotically to chillis?
I have been reading about symbiotic plants and mutualism and I am wondering which plant to introduce to the pot of my perennial chilli plant.
Any hints?
thanks!
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My chilli it has strange colouring on the leaves
It has some aphids on it. I can see the odd one. What can I do to get the leaves back to normal colour?
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Small aloe watering help
So I have a semi-small aloe and it was neglected for a while but I was able to bring it back. I'm going away for two weeks and want o know if my aloe stands a chance. ( if it helps at all its growing ...
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Colocasia esculenta leaves drying
I have a few colocasia tubers planted since 2 months in a cocopeat perlite vermiculite compost 2:1:1:2 potting mix. Its leaves dry up when they reach a medium size after having a crispy bit of edge ...
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What is this small plant with bunches of small white flowers that look like roses
I am in souther ontario and was told this is a perennial plant.
What are care instructions?
Here is a picture with my finger right next to a full sized flower:
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Best approach to take on half dead string of pearls
Long story short, I placed something light on top of my basket of string of pearls and then forgot to take it off. I believe that is what killed the top ends of each string, as you can see in the ...
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Excessive browning of Peace Lily
This is an 8-month old Peace Lily. The plant had started browning about a month ago. I water it once in 3days and fertilize it with sea-weed solution once in 15 days. It sits nearby a window that gets ...
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Stromanthe triostar help
as you can see in the photo two of my Stromanthe leaves from the same roots are curling inward. what could be the issue? I don't think it's a humidity or watering issue, nor do I see any visible signs ...
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How can I help out this cactus?
Unfortunately I don't know the name of this cactus, How do I get rid of these little white things that is like a spider web?
she is dying :(
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What seed is this? Oak?
I had this seed for a long time in my kitchen in a dry container. I decided to see if I could just plant it in a pot. When I was inspecting it I sensed that the outer shell was now easily breakable.
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my Peace Lily is getting droopy but I’m not sure why
i got this peace lily on May 17th from a garden centre (in england) i’ve inserted a pic from the day i got it, nice and perky and upright. i’ve been watering as instructed when the soil begins to dry ...
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can a purple onion plant thrive on water-only?
Is this article, 29 Plants That Grow in Water Only (Without a Hydroponic System)
accurate, that is, can a plant thrive with only water?
I ask this question since, from the half of a purple onion grew ...
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Cactus identification
I live in a student house where one of my fellow housemates has a cactus. She's incredibly bad in caring for her plants and pretty much doesn't give any attention to them whatsoever.
Though, she ...
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Transplant aloe to several pots?
This is my aloe vera plant. It’s healthy but it long outgrew the 10” pot. Instead of moving it into a bigger pot, I would like to transplant it into 2 or 3 pots.
How should I do this without hurting ...
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What are these red-brown markings outlining the cells on the underside of this fiddle leaf fig?
While shopping at a large chain retail store, I found a fiddle leaf fig tree with a major price discount. I got excited. I’ve always wanted one. But I was nervous about the reddish-brown color around ...
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What is this plant and the white stuffs?
This plant is in my front yard from previous owner and now I just pay attention.
It has white stuffs all over the places. What is it and is it normal?
