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Can i save a rotten aloe vera plant
My aloe vera plant got rotten from the inside after potting it in a soil very rich in vitamins. Can I save the plant and the babes ?
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Broken mango seedling stem
I broke my mango seedling stem tip. Stem is still growing but it has no leaves at all. And to tell you the truth i don't understand from where could the leaves grow. Any ideas on this matter would be welcomed.
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Do snake plants (Sansevieria) stop growing if their tips get damaged or broken?
I heard on a video on Youtube that a snake plant (Sansevieria) will stop growing if it loses its leaf tips or if the tips gets brown or broken. Is this true?
Many of the tips of my Snake plant are either broken or brown. Is there anything I can do…
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Why are large sections of bark peeling off these birch trees? Is it contagious?
I'm seeking information about what appears to be a severe problem affecting the bark of three trees, which I think are birches. They were found in July by my husband in a state park, about ten miles from my home in Central Massachusetts, USA. It's…
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Can a Mexican sage survive losing all its stems?
We planted several Mexian sages (Salvia leucantha) 3-4 weeks ago. They had taken very well to our hot, dry weather (Sacramento, California - Zone 9) and being watered on a drip system. Here's a picture of one of them to show their former…
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What should I do with damaged leaves on my Money Plant?
Some leaves on my money plant, Epipremnum aureum, have been damaged by rats.
Should I cut them or leave them? If cutting them is good for the plant, from where should I cut the leaves?
Here are some pictures of the leaves:
Leaf 1:
Leaf 2:
Leaf…
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Spots & holes appearing on rocket leaves
Does anyone know what these spots & holes are that appeared all over my otherwise happy rocket crop recently?
I'm not sure if it's related, but there has been a lot of rainfall in my area recently, and my outdoor tomatoes (several metres away from…
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Deer trimmed my arborvitae for me!
I bought a house in Hudson, NY in November. The previous owners had screened it from the trailer park next-door with a row of Arborvitae. They're maybe twelve feet tall, and they'd already suffered some deer damage the previous year. This winter,…
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Why are the leaves of my Peace Lily wilted and black?
I recently bought a flowering house plant. I may have watered it too much, me thinks. Since my apartment gets little natural light, I put it outside on the patio the other day in direct sunlight, only for a couple hours. When I returned, my plant…
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Will herbicide damage affect long term grapevine trunk health?
My new vineyard (planted 2 months ago) has experienced some herbicide drift two weeks ago from a neighboring soybeans field, causing immature and new leaves to cup, finger around the edges and not properly develop into decent leaves. Symptoms seem…
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How to address a broken peach branch
Yesterday I discovered a broken limb on a peach tree. My plan is to remove it properly in another week or so hopefully after the fruit ripens.
My question is how should this be addressed for the future health of the tree. Is the exposed wood going…
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Saving my cherry tree
I moved into a house with a large mature cherry tree. The tree seems to have been severely neglected. The bark is peeling off from most of the large branches, I can see boring insects have made holes in the wood, and the Y where the trunk splits had…
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How to fix lead branch being damage on Catalpa tree?
I woke to find the two contending lead branches snapped off. Not entirely sure why as the winds have been mild. I hope not foul play. This is a Southern Catalpa tree. I live in south Texas. None of the remaining branches really strike me as good…
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Will applying copper sulfate for the sewer drain kill trees?
We have old terra cotta sewer drain pipes and recently had a plumber remove a large amount of tree roots. He said we should flush root killing crystals a couple times a year. I am assuming it is copper sulfate.
Will the copper sulfate kill or effect…
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Unidentified euphorbia turning yellow, how can i rescue it?
This is my first post and I have been looking on several forums where I can discuss plant queries.
I have a couple of questions regarding a euphorbia cactus so please bear with me.
I recently purchased and a euphorbia cactus (If anyone can ID,…
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