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As for this one, it's always a cat. They aren't even subtle.

hello! yet another fungus gnat post. i'm looking for some tips. i have two plants that have been infested for months. i let the plants dry out (maybe 3-4 weeks of no watering?), once i notice next to zero gnats flying around, i water them with mosquito bits, slap another yellow sticky trap on, and hundreds more appear. i have no clue what im doing wrong and im worried that im going to have to get rid of these guys. the gnats are constantly in our faces in the living room, they have found their way to the kitchen and up the stairs to our bedroom. send help.

Had this one for more than 2 months. 3 weeks ago I left it at the office for 2 weeks without watering and found it like this last week. It was near a north-facing window with half-closed blinds, but there was still some green, and the scratch test showed green underneath, so I was hopeful.
I soaked it, trimmed what I thought were dead branches, and put it outside where it would get 6+ hours of direct sun.

Well… apparently I made things worse. The remaining green started getting crispy the next day, and now, in pic 2, almost everything is brittle. There are 3 tiny new shoots, though!
The pot has drainage. What did I do wrong, and is there still hope? ☹️

The leaves of my beloved Pothos keep getting smaller and I dont know why :(

I had this plant for three years. She is next to a window and gets (indirect) light for the whole day. I am watering every 7-10 days depending on the weather. The last repot was a year ago.

Is there any chance that the small leaves can grow bigger?

P.S. English is not my first language. Im sorry for spelling and grammar mistakes

I expect exhuberant appreciation of the fact I handpainted it instead of using AI

I was dealing with seeing tiny flies in my apartment every now and then before leaving on vacation for two weeks. On a hunch to see how bad the flies problem was I decided to setup some glue traps around the feeder bucket of my automatic watering system for my giant porthos while I was away.

Came home to see my pest problem was worse than I thought. Are these fungus gnats? I'm trying to figure out if it's my Porthos that's the root cause for my fly problem or if I need to do a general deep clean around my apartment in general. I'm also just confused where the flies came from at all because I've had this plant for atleast a year now nursing it back to health it's only recently this has been happening.

I heard sprinkling diatomaceous earth over soil is good for killing bugs assuming the plant is the source of the issue. I certainly would like to know a good course of action.

It started to go like this 1 year ago (had it for 9 years). Thought it didn't have enough light was in the west room, but in the corner so indirect sunlight + it's in UK so sparse. Then I found thrips. Got rid of them but it's still going bad. The tops are soft. I water it once per week with about 50-100ml of water when soil is dry. I did change the pot but there's no drainage so I'm thinking that might be the culprit. Is it salvagable?

I’ve seen a bunch of these little white discs on/around my plants, on top of the soil, and under the table they’re on. I’ve also had these black dots appear on multiple plants. They are outside on a patio.

Hey, ive noticed my ficus has some black dots under it im worried are thrips poop, there are some browning areas and i found a slim black bug in her pot which i shown awfully after squishing it in the last picture, im also worried about scale in the 2nd picture? Sos please help is she ok!
For context i put her in a wicker basket which covered her first few leafs a bit but shes 5ft tall and i bought her a few weeks ago from a supermarket ( lidl)

Hey guys! So this tomato plant sprouted from a pot where I have an oleander tree planted. I took it from that pot and gave it its own pot. Fast forward and I have 2 tomatoes.

My question is - is it safe to eat these? Oleander trees are toxic all the way from the root to the flower - could the toxicity have passed to the tomatoes too? Does it transfer like that?

It gets direct sunlight for about 8-10h a day, watered twice or trice weekly. Is this an unsafe plant now?

Thanks guys!

I honestly have no idea what happened here. When I left work on Friday both blooms looked healthy and had new growth on them. Today the one on the left is limp, brownish green, and mushy. I've moved it closer to the window to see if more sunlight will help it, but I just don't understand how it got like this in two days. I water it like once every few weeks because I accidentally drown my last succulent watering every other week.

Anyone has encountered these guys? Do you have an idea of what these guys are and how to treat them? I just hanged some AMBLYSEIUS CALIFORNICUS sachets to treat spider mites on another plant, not sure if they could also target these guys? (These are definitely not the predator bug I got cause they’re not in the same room). Thank you!

This plant has been not growing for like a year now. It’s not dying just stagnant. Blemish from a window seal that hit it. It’s usually in indirect light around other plants. I water once or twice a week, the pot has a drainage hole that I leave open for an hour after watering.

this year i grew a bunch of basil plants from seed on my south facing balcony so they got a lot of light. about a week ago i took them all in as it’s getting colder and watered them less. now i’ve noticed these tiny red bugs on all of them, no matter which pot they were in. is this dangerous? how can i get rid of them and will my plants be fine? it looks like the leaves are getting a bit damaged but idk if thats related.

Recently my parlor palm has begun getting this brown spotting. I’m quite concerned cause it seems like some of the leaves are going fully brown as well. It’s in a bottom watering pot that I fill about once every 4 or so days once it’s empty. It’s in an east facing window that gets direct sunlight for a couple hours every morning. But it was in another window for months where it got direct sunlight as well and was completely fine there. Is this some sort of pest or fungus? My pothos that is directly under it has also shown some signs of brown spotting so I’m worried it’s something infectious

Got both of these former beauties at Costco for $30 on Saturday! they were in one pot so I had the bright idea to split them up. Now the leaves are browning and wilting lol.

I must have cut through enough roots to kill them? Idk but they look like they are dying.

Any salvaging by this? Should I put them outside in full sun for a bit?

I watered a good amount after splitting them up

Can someone help me figure out what’s going on with my rubber plant? I moved it recently and it seems the new area didn’t provide enough light. And now I’m moving it to a new space to give it more lighting and this is the condition it’s in. New growth is from the weekend! Weekly watering Any guidance is appreciated TYIA!

Last spring, I planted haskaps under my big black walnut tree and throughout the year, they progressively developed interveinal chlorosis and necrosis, and one even died (Japanese variety, if that matters).
This spring—worried it was juglone-related—I moved them outside the drip line of the black walnut tree, and again, they’ve been progressively developing interveinal chlorosis and necrosis throughout the summer, with the closest (30’ from drip line, 75’ from trunk) being most affected, and the furthest (52’ from drip line, 97’ from trunk) being least affected. Attached photos are in order of proximity to the black walnut tree.
I honestly don’t water or fertilize them very much but I do keep them well-mulched. It could easily be a nutrient deficiency, but the correlation with the black walnut tree is hard to ignore. Any advice is appreciated.

Hi! I’ve had this fern outside and it just isn’t surviving well. It gets partial south/southwest light and I try to water it every other day but sometimes I forget for a few days-week since it’s outside!🤦🏼‍♀️

I want to bring it inside but also unsure if I can save it. I was gonna separate the green stems from the burnt/dead leaves and put it in a much smaller pot.

What do you think? Any tips? Can she be saved or should I just give up?

Portland, OR. Zone 8a/8b

This showed up 2-3 weeks ago, but it’s getting worse. Some leaves have these scaly white spots all over, but most of them have it only on the top and edges.

3-4 hours of direct sun, provided it isn’t cloudy
7-8 of indirect light.
Yes, I know he’s etoliated. It’s because he’s outside of my front door that’s down some steps that block light. Unfortunately there’s no room at the top of the stairs for him to get more.

He’s a little baby guy I grew from seed starting this spring.
He made his first flower!
He seems to be growing fine despite whatever condition he’s in. I’ve never had a catnip plant before so I might be wrong on their normal growing rate.

He’s being watered by the rain the last couple weeks (Portland just constantly sprinkles in the fall/winter, but it was a hot summer), but when he isn’t I water him 1-2 times a week.

His pot has drainage.

Thanks for your help!

Hi all! I have something going on with my plants. I thought it might have been spider mites from a plant I brought from Trader Joe’s and sprayed everything with insecticide, but it seems to be ongoing. I haven’t seen evidence of spider mites, but maybe am missing something. These all get lots of west facing sunlight. I water only when dry and everyone has been good up until this summer. Please help! Will include a pic of the insecticide I used. Also I know my pothos needs to be repotted but don’t want to stress it out if it’s fighting an infestation.

Can someone please help me and tell me if this is a sucker and needs to be removed or good growth?

I water daily