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Questions tagged [dryness]

For questions about dry growing conditions.

This tag is typically used for situations where dryness is a problem - for example, what can be grown in a dry spot. Although it will usually refer to dry conditions (and by extension low rainfall), it could also refer to low conditions.

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How long to dry out soil to kill all the bugs?

How long can the eggs/larvae/pupae of indoor plant bugs survive in soil that is not being watered at all? For example, after the plants have died and been removed, so literally no water at all is being added to the pot. I have some medium-sized…
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What’s wrong with my snake plant leaves?

I recently discovered the tip of my snake plant had turned blackish and cut off from the rest of the plant, basically dead, the dead part feels moist and floppy. I don’t know what’s wrong if I’m under watering or overwatering or root rot, please…
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Marguerite daisy leaves are turning yellow and drying

Identification: Most likely a "Marguerite daisy" or some member of the "Argyranthemum frutescens" family. Symptoms: Leaves are turning yellow and then completely dry Conditions: Located in Central Europe, Budapest Weather is around 30-32…
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What is wrong with my acer palmatum? What should I do?

I have recently purchased an acer palmatum and everything looked ok at first. However, in the last few days, some of the leaves on the top and bottom have started to dry and some have fallen. I have been watering it regularly as the land has seemed…
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How can I save my Cedar Bonsai?

This is the current state of my baby bonsai. I live in Istanbul. I put this in front of my window facing north. This is a 3 years old bonsai grew from the seed. This issue started 3 weeks ago, I started watering more but didn't help. in March I…
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English ivy - Leaves and branches drying and very minuscule insects of white color

I recently bought english ivy from one of the flower/plant shop in the healthy state. It has been almost a month since then, it was not doing bad however recently noticed that leaves are drying and falling down. This plan is kept in hall and has…
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leaves of Areca Palm is drying after moving to a different flower pot

I had bought areca palm from a flower shop and kept it in the hall, it was flourishing all the while from past two months. Since, it was doing well, I thought of moving this plant into a bigger flower pot and also segregate them into different…
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Help! Areca Palm with dry leaves

Photos I'm pretty new to growing plants and this is the first plant that i care about. I did bought this plant about a month ago and it was delivered as it is in the photos. I've been watering it two to three times per week with about 1.5 liters…
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My olive tree's leaves have dried out but bottom of trunk is sprouting. What should I do?

I bought an olive tree a few weeks ago. It had new growth and it looked healthy, although I think it was not held in direct sunlight, and when I bought it, it was standing outside - Northern temperatures (Denmark, Europe - similar to zone 7 in the…
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Is my snake plant dying or is this normal?

Not sure if this is normal for leaves to die or if it's something else? I repotted this a few months ago and it's generally been doing okay I think, and even has a new growth. However a few weeks ago two of the leaves started to turn yellow.…
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Viburnum Tinus buds getting dry

My parents gave me a couple of months ago a Viburnum Tinus (aka Laurustinus, or Durillo in spanish). It had a lot of "bud bundles" (I don't know the technical name for that, sorry), that looked nice and about to give us a lot of flowers, but they…
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Why are two of my plants drying out and turning yellow?

I have 2 plants that are drying out. One is called aglaonema and the other one is a ravenea palm. I water them every week and don't know why they're turning yellow.
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How to revive my olive tree :(?

I bought a 2m olive tree (see first picture) and got someone to repot and prune her. Unfortunately I think he didn’t do too great a job (second picture). Her leaves have lost their color and are brown, dry and curling, although they don’t fall off…
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Mini pine tree lost all its needles, is it dead?

I have this dwarf pine tree, say 50cm tall, it looked healthy until I decided to expose it to direct sunlight some two months ago. For two weeks it felt like it was about to produce new stems, like I could see some new little buds on the tip of some…
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Why did my mint plant die?

These were planted in 12 inch pots with around 2 parts old self-made potting soil (vermicompost+perlite+vermiculite+cocopeat) and 1 part garden soil. I fell sick and was unable to walk up and water the plants for 3~4 days. Don't know how dry they…
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