/r/plantclinic
If you're wondering "What's wrong with my plant?", we will help you diagnose and treat it!
"What's wrong with my plant?"
You're in the right place to get the problem diagnosed as well as advice for treatment!
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
1. Always be respectful of others.
Posts and comments that are rude to others are subject to immediate removal and the offending user will be banned without warning. It should go without saying but...don't be a dick!
2. Your post MUST be soliciting a diagnosis for a sick plant or a plant in obviously abnormal condition. Posts not soliciting diagnosis for a sick or abnormal plants will be removed.
If you aren't asking something to the effect of, "what's wrong with my plant?" or "why does my plant look weird?" then your post doesn't belong here. Requests for healthy plant care & prevention advice belong in one of the related subreddits listed on the sidebar, such as /r/gardening. All identification requests belong in other subreddits (/r/whatsthisplant for plants, /r/whatsthisbug for insects, and /r/mycology for mushrooms/fungi). No advertising allowed.
3. Your post MUST have one or more images showing the condition of your sick plant. Posts without images or with images not containing your sick plant will be removed.
It's best to include photos of the entire plant as well as close-up photos of problem areas. X-posts from other subreddits are allowed so long as the linked posts have images.
4. Share as much information about your sick plant as possible.
Posts with more info are more likely to receive a diagnosis and care advice. Examples of helpful information to include in addition to signs & symptoms of illness:
- The species or common name of your plant. If you don't know what your plant is, /r/whatsthisplant can help you identify it.
- How long you have had the plant and how long it has been sick.
- Any insects that appear to be colonizing your plant. If you don't know what the bug is, /r/whatsthisbug can help you identify it.
- If your plant has been recently re-potted, transplanted, fertilized, or moved to a new location.
- What kind of soil the plant is in, especially if it is in a pot.
- How often you are watering your plant and how you are watering it (top/bottom/drench method, with tap water, with fertilizer, etc).
- Light exposure to your plant (full, partial, shade, indoors, artificial lighting, etc).
- If your plant is in a pot: indicate the size and type of pot, if the pot has drainage holes or not, and when your plant was last re-potted.
- If your plant is outside: indicate both your location and plant hardiness zone. Also indicate if there have been any notable weather events (sudden increase or drop in temperature, frost, hail, drought, heavy wind, etc) or application of pesticides on or near the plant.
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/r/plantclinic
704,610 Subscribers
Any way to revive my aloe vera? Not sure why it dried out.
09:27 UTC
Lemon grown from a seed
I don’t know what happend to my lemon but the leaves have turned this color I water it once every other day it gets a decent amount of light
09:14 UTC
Help for this Octopus tree
I have had this Octopus tree for almost 2 years. In the past year the lower leaves have started yellowing and dropping off. I water once a week and it currently sits next to a north facing window. Some of the leaves got burnt so I moved it to a more shady part of the house. There’s new growth every month but it only gets taller, not bushier. Is this normal? What is it supposed to look like?
07:40 UTC
Gardenia Bugs
Hello, I have a Gardenia that finally started blooming. However the flowers have those small tiny insects as in the picture, and from what I saw from the previous years, they are probably the cause the flowers don’t last for only one or two weeks before falling. The pot have drainage I always measure the water. How can I get rid of them ? One last thing I live in Egypt 🇪🇬
My plant get 12 hours of light (indirect).
07:05 UTC
Do I commit to the big chop?
This poor fucking ficus.
After losing a lot of the lower leaves when I moved across the country (some got knocked off and some were lost due to a drought-- the drought was me being distracted by the move and not watering my plants) , my cats managed to knock it over twice. The top growth, four large leaves, and an offshoot all came off.
I'm wondering now how to fill in the bottom. I worry that it is a long way for the water to travel and the plant is spending all its energy making new leaves at the very top.
This is my longest surviving plant and I don't want to lose it but it is so ugly right now!!
It gets enough light to make new growth and I'm watering it properly.
02:18 UTC
Could you tell me what is this? My father's aloe has the same problem. I've been told I should get rid of it.
14:19 UTC
Can anyone tell me what's going on with this datura?
14:07 UTC
This is my corn boy. He's ten years old and I'm pretty sure he's dying. I just applied some neem oil to the leaves, stalks, and soil. Not sure if he's going to make it. I'm a complete noob. His life is in your hands.
01:13 UTC