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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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Spider web everywhere in garden

I am at a point where it is getting fustrated to see spider web everytime I go out in garden, and it get bigger then last one which I take off, today I saw big spider web from my shed from the cloth ...
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Drooping peace lilly! Is it ok?

My peace Lilly is drooping and has brown/ yellow spots. is it overwatering or too dry ? I watered it last week But it was also recently fertilized. The soil is a bit moist around the stems but mainly ...
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Latex paint specs on vegetables in garden

I have extensively searched the internet and looked at related questions on here, but I can't find specific information. Our landlord spray painted the garage with a paint gun and latex paint 2 days ...
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Morning Glory Wilting often and no Blooms

Grew one plant from seed. Was doing well in full sun on a trellis. When intense heat arrived, it began wilting each day. I added more water and it perked up each time. Now the leaves are yellowing....
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Ginkgo Biloba (Autumn Gold) leaves curling up and turning pale / yellow

Here is some background information: The ginkgo was planted this year in spring. We are located in Trois-Rivières (Zone 5a) with full sun exposure The soil is a mixture of sand and clay. Since mid-...
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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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Strange orange orbs inside mandarin fruit

I'm slightly concerned with the sudden appearance of these strange orange blobs that appeared within my mandarin fruit as i was eating it. I must have not noticed them when i initially opened it. What ...
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What are some good options for Black Walnut resistant plants?

So here's the situation: I moved into a house with a monstrous, large black walnut tree. My wife planted her expensive winterized roses. But they died. Evidently the black walnut tree killed them ...
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Plants are wilting and looking sick

This plant (unknown species) has very large leaves and came in a small pot. After about a month of weekly watering (we were told 30-40oz once a week--and usually split half morning, half afternoon) ...
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Help me save a dying tree

I have lived on property for about 12 years. This red tree has been slowly losing leaves every year. Last year was a drought in new England and i though that was the issue. This summer season we have ...
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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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I need help with keeping a bell pepper and sweet mint healthy and alive

Recently I got two plants from a store; they were a bell pepper and a sweet mint but the bell peppers leaves are drooping and the some of the mint plants leaves are dry and a bit brown. I'm in an RV ...
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Why there is fungus looking outside my pot?

Recently I was watching my plant which has stalled growth. Lately, it feels like there is fungus outside the pot. Is that fungus? Is it coming from inside out? The brown dead plant is coriander.
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Easter Lily Cactus With Orange Spots? [duplicate]

I've had this easter lily cactus for about 5-6 years and it's doing good and even produced baby cactuses that I propagated but its got these orange spots on one side of it and not the other and it's ...
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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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Spider plant in my balcony and window

Leaves are turning yellow very fast. I removed the old ones and now again other leaves are turning yellow.It’s rainy season in my city. I water the plant in 3-4 days. Even the soil is moist. And the ...
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Is my rice cactus healthy?

I've had this rice cactus for a few years but lately one of its main "branches" has been falling over. I'm not sure if this is normal for this plant to do or not. And I just want to know if ...
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Need help with insects on bottle gourd leaves

Some of my bottle gourd leaves have thousands of tiny white spots like shown in the pic, and there are tiny brown insects crawling on them. The leaves look like they have sand along the veins. What ...
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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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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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Liquidambar/sweet gum - competing leaders and potential rot in crotches

We have a large, established liquidambar tree with many competing leaders (the trunk is ~1m (3') diameter but 2 m (6') from the ground it divides into 10 or so ~300 mm (12") diameter branches). I'...
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Why Apple plant is dying?

As you can see in photo the leaves seems like they starting to wither/burn. I suspected the stalled growth for a month but now this. How can I save/grow apple plant into a tree?
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Yellowing salvia greggii

I bought an autumn sage a few days ago, it had a few yellow leaves on the bottom but it seemed fine. However now there's yellowing and browning in the flowers too and a lot of the bottom leaves have ...
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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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Why are coriander plants dying?

I have lovely coriander in my window sill. After they grew really big, the stem began withering while the bushy coriander became brown. Is it because they reached seeding stage? How can I germinate so ...
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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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Growing my 1st Morninga Tree- Slow Growth Curling Leaves

Hi everyone. First I'll admit I'm a beginner gardener in the harshest of gardening areas- I'm in the Mojave Desert of So-Cal. I bought 30 moringa seeds and got one to grow. I started in a large pot, a ...
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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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Pepper plants too close

I have 2 pepper plants that are right in top of each other, can I just cut the weaker one one out? And it Will be ok?
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Brown-ish spots on Bonsai (Carmona) leaves

Today while trimming my bonsai, I've noticed some brown spots on some leaves. Most, if not all yellowed leaves had these spots on them. These spots seem to be "raised" (not flush with 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 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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Black/gray marks on new leaves of hot pepper plant

A hot pepper plant (either a Trinidad Moruga Scorpion or Ghost Pepper) that I've recently (couple of weeks to a month ago) moved outdoors (weather above 8-10°C @ night) started showing some weird ...
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Spider Plant can't support own weight

I've had this spider plant for 2 years at this point. I've repotted it recently. The plant consists of 4/5 supplants, if I can count correctly. To be fair, the plant is a little bit crowded in the ...
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Circular dead spots on Boxwood shrub - identification and treatment

I am trying to figure out why my shrubs are showing dead spots and, in some cases, complete sides of the shrubs are dying off. Can anyone help me: Identify what this shrub is Why they are all showing ...
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Fig grows white leaves

I used to keep a potted fig tree on a southeastern glass loggia for a few years. I had to move it to a northwestern open balcony last spring. When I did it, I repotted it to a slightly larger pot. I ...
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Is this mold or fungus from my Mykos (Mycorrhizae) powder? Also, my leaves have slight yellow spots on them?

These are 4 week old jalapenos. I am growing them in grow bags and I see white fuzz (not sure what it is) on most of the grow bags. Also noticing some spotting on the leaves. Any advice is greatly ...
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What is causing my Areca Dypsis to die?

I bought my Areca Dypsis plant a month ago and very quickly I noticed that the leaves were turning yellow, and others weren't really growing. I don't overwater my plant and it doesn't receive direct ...
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Will this mulberry trunk injury heal completely?

Tree age: 2 year Injury age: about 8 months Type: mulberry Trunk diameter at injury: about 2 inch Max trunk diameter: about 2.8 inch Update after about 5 months. September 28, 2023 Very close to ...
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Laurel plants are drying up after light trimming. What to do?

I trimmed the ends of a few branches from my laurel plants (laurus nobilis) this winter (february), and after a couple months, the leaves started to point down , and i can now see them drying up. It ...
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Diy treatment for spider mites on Alocasia (Elephant Ears)?

Assuming it's spider mites, is there a DIY treatment that I can use to eliminate, or control, the spider webs on my Alocasia plant? I cleaned each leaf a few days ago, and it's already coming back. I ...
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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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Brown and black spots on my fiddle leaf fig?

My fiddle leaf fig is sitting in a warm, sunny environment next to a large open window. The soil is kept moist, but it sits in a well-drained pot. It’s getting brown and black spotted marks across the ...
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Why coriander plant is dying?

I got coriander plant from market but it seems like it is dying. I watered it but the excess water came out of pot hole (which I think is way of telling that it was water extra). Can I still safe the ...
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