/r/plantclinic
If you're wondering "What's wrong with my plant?", we will help you diagnose and treat it!
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- 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.
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I am in Germany. The plant gets indirect sunlight. I water it once a week. I really want her to make it and survive ❤️ thanks
The pot has drainage and I water it every 3 days
The window has a good amount of light
Hey, my banana is growing her leaves too tight together for some reason (pic 2). At first i didn't think of it as a problem, but then i found mold between some of them. Is there any way to "tell" the plant to grow the leaves more seperated and maybe more away from the stem, like with earlier leaves (pic3)? Thanks in advance!
I water it everytime the soil is dry and it is getting light through a big south sided window (its just outside for now)
I can't think exactly how long this king protea has been in the ground (several weeks) but it's been looking really happy and healthy! It is planted where it gets full sun. Overnight, it has developed brown patches on the leaves. We had over 100mL of rain last week and I put 'Rooster Booster' pellets in the pot (and all around my garden) ahead of the rain. The pot is buried in the ground (but above ground level so it doesn't receive run-off water), so there is no competition for nutrients in the soil. Before the rain, we were watering it thoroughly at least once a week. Any advice would be gratefully received!
So I know that the lower canopy will usually die off for a few reasons none to worry about but 2 of my plants are still a healthy green but drooping and dying like a branch would if you cut it off. I stretch out the watering periods so I don't water to much and will slow water till a little bit runs out the bottom. I also defoliate when ever they look dense to help with light and air flow. Any ideas?
I've had this white crystal looking things growing on my moss pole for my PPP, and I've noticed it as well on the soil of my mint plant. The only "white stuff" online that I've found has been mold, but the pictures always seem to be not at all what's on the moss and soil. Does anyone know what it is, if it's harmful, and how to treat?
I water the moss about once every 4-5 days or when it starts looking dry, I water my mint when the soil on top is about 1-2 inches dry (about once every week) both pots have adequate drainage.
They also get mostly indirect sunlight and maybe 1-2 hours of direct. I have a grow light as well that stands pretty far back, but still hits the plants with light.
I had a terrible fungus gnat outbreak because I was keeping my plants generally too wet. Indirect/dappled light. Most of them are fine, except this little BBB who has hardly anything left. Thankfully there ARE dry why roots in here and I'm cheering as I sprinkle my cinnamon!
My question: there are these white spots on the leaves because I followed a diy insecticidal that included DE, and it's stuck to the leaves! When I water in, can I rinse the DE off, or will that trigger more wilt? Thanks for so much already, r/plantclinic!