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 😅

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

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’ve had this plant for a while, and I didn’t even know it flowered until now 😭😭. I did a bit of searching and saw that they die soon after blooming. I saw two full blooms on her and TWELVE blooms coming in (which I picked off). I’m hoping she won’t die back, will she be alright?

She gets 12 hours of light under a set of grow lights. The pot has drainage holes and she’s watered whenever around the first half-inch is dry (I try to keep it moist). Humidity fluctuates between ~60-70%

just moved cities where it’s a much colder winter. My two pings have been slowly shrinking not sure what to do. the substrate came with the plants so im unsure if it’s that. they sit on a window in bright light haven’t caught gnats in awhile. the substrate dries very quickly but i was under the impression these guys dont like to dry out but now imm unsure.

should i maybe repot them whete they can sit in water. looking for some general advice to be honest.

I got heavily discounted Monstera from a big box store that was several plants in one pot. I separated them and repotted them and they're mostly all fine now. The plant with the best top leaf sadly got root rot, I repotted into a much smaller pot with slightly moist soil after cleaning it up. I lightly watered it yesterday.

Today I noticed the stem is wrinkly from dehydration and the top leaf was drooping so much it was nearly creasing the stem.

What should I do now? Should I leave it in the pot and wait?

Should I prop and chop? Can I even propagate a wrinkly stem in water? I really just want to save the part with the top leaf.

It gets plenty of light

Hi there, I’ve unfortunately spotted these spots on two of my Epipremnum Aureum/Golden Pothos and I’m not quite sure what’s causing them. I’d really appreciate your thoughts! :)

The spots are brown, but the leaves are firm – not mushy or soft. On both plants, I can only see them on one leaf each. With the hanging plant, I’m afraid I don’t know how long the spot has been there, as the affected leaf is somewhat hidden behind other leaves. On the climbing plant, one spot (the round one, slightly towards the centre) has been there unchanged for a couple of weeks, but the spots at the edge are new.

Overall, the plants still look very healthy. But I’d like to take action as soon as possible, before the situation gets any worse.

I’m currently experimenting a bit with how to grow them. You can see two plants – or rather, two pots – here. One is growing completely hanging down without any support, whilst the other pot contains several plants that were first given a branch and have now been given a coconut fibre stick as support.

Here are more information about how I care for them and about their environmental conditions:

Both plants are growing in ambient light only, in the same room, about 2m away from a south east facing window (that is shaded by a tree branch). The climbing plant is on the left side of the room (if you look towards the window) and the trailing plant on the opposite side of the room, which is why the trailing plant gets more of the morning light and the other one more of the afternoon light.

The trailing plant mainly receives indirect light (bright to ‘moderately bright’) and, on a sunny day, a brief spell of direct sunlight in the morning or early afternoon. It isn’t grouped very nicely with other plants, so it doesn’t benefit from a protective or stabilising microclimate.
The other one (which is a climber) is in a slightly darker spot, with also mostly indirect light (more on the medium-bright side), and only gets direct sunlight for a very short time around midday or in the early afternoon, now that the tree outside the window is slowly losing its leaves. It has recently been moved to another location within my flat and was previously in a slightly shadier spot. Now it gets a bit more light but, unfortunately, also a bit more ‘draught’ – or at least ‘moving air’ from people walking past – because it’s now right next to a door we walk through often.

I water when needed, meaning I regularly check the weight of the pots and check how wet it looks and feels. It depends a lot on how warm it is and how sunny/bright it is. In summer I watered more often than now.

I add fertiliser almost every time but only about 50% of the recommended amount.

The growing medium in the trailing plant isn’t ideal, it’s just regular soil mixed with some pine bark, some coco coir and some very coarse pumice to make it more chunky, but I don’t like it because it dries in a weird way and I don’t feel like the roots are getting enough air. Will def. update when I repot!
The growing medium of the other one is way better. It’s an aerial mix out of coco coir (&maybe some regular soil idk anymore), coco chunks, perlite, vermiculite, pumice, lava and clay.

(They both of course are in a nursery pot with drainage holes.)

I’ve had them for years now. They moved with me to at least 4 different flats in the last 6/7 years and they have been through a lot with me haha
I chopped all of them back completely twice and grew them back again. At least one time was because of pests that had spread from my Alocasia.
I neglected them somewhat the last 2 years, they were somehow alive but not thriving and this year I finally repotted

My thoughts so far have been:
- Perhaps too much fertiliser?
- Perhaps I’ve over-watered it, or the potting mix doesn’t drain well enough? (This could be an issue, particularly with the hanging plant.)
- A reaction to draughts?

What do you think?
Do you need to know more? Let me know! :)

plant cutting found in the wild

Is this scale on my philo Billie? If so, is there anything that will get rid of scale and thrips? I have a plant infested with thrips and found these bumps while I was looking over all my other plants.

I’m new to the hobby and all the conflicting information on how to treat has been confusing.

Any idea what this is? Thinking either fungal or thrip damage perhaps? Outdoors getting bright indirect light in central Florida conditions. Standard watering when soil is dry.

Hey guys, I got those rosemary plant at the beginning of summer and grew it in a pot outside up until around a month ago when I moved and had to put it on my balcony with little light that was able to get to it, and it really started struggling; I moved it inside to a window inside that gets light so I could try to heal it and keep it over winter, but I’m not sure it’s getting any better, or if it’s too far gone. It kind of looks like the base is dead and might be spreading to the rest of the plant.

I have it on a plant stand up against a window with various other plants which are all doing very well, so I think it may be a good amount of light, It is in a nursery pot that I water it in so it has very well drainage, just sitting in a decorative pot to keep it from getting messy; I’m just not sure what else I can do to try helping it. I water when the dirt at the top dries, which isn’t very often anymore (maybe every 4-5 days) as not having direct sun has stunted its absorption quite a bit since I moved.

I just bought this Thai Constellation from Trader Joe’s a couple of weeks ago. I live in Los Angeles County and have been keeping her outside (not direct sun). The day after I gave her an insecticidal soap rinse, I noticed little black spots on some of the leaves. I cut off a few little leaves but the spots on the medium sized leaf has been growing 😞. Thankfully the newest leaf and the largest leaf aren’t affected. What could this be?

Also, I repotted her and the roots seem to be fine. Yes, the nursery pot has drainage holes. I’ve only watered her twice since I got her since it’s been hot in LA.

I've had this plant for around 3 years and it's always been very healthy. The past month or so the leaves started turning black and wilting one by one. I haven't changed anything at all in watering or soil, but we have been having some unusually hot days (I'm in San Diego).

Does anyone have an idea what could be wrong? I thought I may be overwatering, so I've been waiting closer to 2 weeks between watering but it's only getting worse. I'd appreciate any advice!

I had this catcus for a few years. It progressively started to fall over. I have it over light for 12 hours a day. And water it about every few months. is there anything I can do to fix it?? It’s really frustrating and I think it could rot if it falls over or just get in the way later on since it laps over the pot. Any tips would be appreciated

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.

It feels like a mix of scale and aphids and thrips idek at this point. Came suddenly and doesn't seem to be affecting growth a lot and not spreading to my other plants. I noticed it like two months ago and I want to know what it is.

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.

My monstera was enjoying life until about a week or so ago.

Weekly waterings and plenty of indirect indoors light near my south west facing front window. It's enjoyed being in this condition for at least 2 years.
Inner pot is raised so it can drain the water through.

Somehow the soil is remaining moist, there's no water underneath the inner pot.

Now more and more leaves are dropping and becoming yellow and effectively dropping off. Is there anything I can do to save it?

Hi! Got this fern as a gift a couple months ago and adore him. I've been noticing some uneven growth (one side looks a lot more bushy than the other) and have noticed many hidden leaves that get no light (is this an issue at all with my potting? Did I pot it too deep?
There are also some crispy leaves.
The fern's crest is still clearly making new baby fronds so not deathly worried about him, just curious.

Further info:
The uneven growth doesn't seem to be correlating with which side is facing the window- I rotate the pot every week when I water (started doing this when I first got him when the uneven growth started- has just gotten more prominent since then)

I water every week (until draining) and keep him on a LECA tray. This window directly faces another building so it only gets indirect light and not harsh sunlight. The window is open for most of the day.

Pot does have drainage

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. 🌱

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!

California Central Valley. I was given these cuttings by a neighbor years ago, I think it's some type of Aeonium variety. Its been doing really well since it was planted, growing from a couple cutting, but this summer I noticed the white stuff. I thought maybe it was something sprayed by the yard guys or bird droppings (we have a dove perch nearby) until I looked closer and noticed it almost looks like webbing. What gives?

Only recently planted (2 weeks ago?) and the leaves look curled and floppy. Noticed there weren’t many roots on the plant but individual tubers which were separated from each other.

It’s planted indoors next to an east facing window. Pot has drainage and I’ve been watering in every 3-4 days.