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What are the white nodules on my Peperomia Polybotrya, near where the leaves fell off?

I'm very new to indoor plants so thought I would ask some more experienced indoor gardeners as I am coming up empty after a few weeks of Google searching. I've had these small white nodules appear on the stems of my Peperomia Polybotrya, near where…
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What to do if too many seedlings are in the same pot?

I have attempted to grow cacti from seeds I collected from my own cactus. Since the last time I tried this (last year), only about 5 seeds started germination and then quickly died, this time I thought I'd simply use some more seeds to increase the…
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Prairiefire Crabapple leaves drying and falling off

I recently planted two Prairiefire Crabapples in my backyard. One of them is currently doing well, while the other one, not so much. I see leaf-scorch in all the leaves and they are falling off. It does not seem like any disease. Both the…
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Yellow leaves and brown tips on new leaves of mango tree

My mango tree is about 3 years old. I cut off the flowers last year to allow it to grow stronger before fruiting. It is about 4 feet tall. Recently the new young leaves which appeared are yellow and the leaf tips are brown. The older more mature…
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Why are leaves on my plant drying and have white spots?

I have a plant (I don't know what kind of a plant is it) which used to be in the hallway of the building I live in. I didn't really take good care of it and most of the leaves dried up and fell off. A couple of weeks ago I brought it into my…
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Baby Baobob tree losing leaves

I bought the tree from Senegal in April. I left it in its original pot for about a month and the repotted it in a new terracotta pot. I put it in my kitchen window which gets southern exposure. It started losing leaves. The UK has had a lot of…
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Sick Birds of Paradise

I live in Seattle, WA and I water my birds of paradise once or twice a week depending on the weather and it has a well draining soil with drainage in the bottom. It started getting sick inside and it started with slowed growth and yellow dots on…
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Holy Basil / Tulsi Plant Leaves Turning brown w/ netted holes

My holy basil/tulsi plant was doing well up until a week ago when netted holes started appearing in brown spots on the leaves. I had not changed the location of the plant so the environment was relatively stable. Since then, I have also found tiny…
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Echinopsis multiplex is getting brown and soft in the bottom. It also has developed a hairy growth on one side

I have been watering the cactus once a week. The bottom has got really soft and mushy. The cactus also has hairy growth on the top for a month. Update: You are right, the growth was a flower. And it was really beautiful. Rot still exists
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Are repotted plants having transplant shock better kept in shade?

Is it better to keep them in the shade till the plant recovers? Or should they be shown sunlight? Assuming you don't know how much sunlight the plant got before being repotted. Edit: Added images
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Can a newly sprouted avocado pit survive despite dehydration?

This may be a weird question, but maybe somebody has any advice. I had success with growing an avocado plant by suspending an avocado pit in water. The roots started growing about 2 weeks ago - after months of waiting. I was out of town over the…
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Perennial geranium collapses in late spring

How can I care for this plant differently so it doesn't collapse in on itself? Do all geraniums fall in on themselves? Every year these geraniums grow like crazy and get full, tall and beautiful like this... ... and then at some point it will rain…
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Brown spots in succulent

I just noticed my cactus has these dark spots and it seems to have passed it on to one more of my plants. Does anybody know what is it and what I can do to save them?
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What caused the leaf discoloration in my Kaffir lime?

The leaves of my kaffir lime plant have the grainy discoloration which looks like a disease. I assume normal leaves would be plain dark green. I didn't see insects or aphids living or staying in the plant, just this discoloration. It receives direct…
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"Dracaena reflexa" aka Song of India almost lost all its leaves

My Dracaena reflexa plant which I got a month back lost all its leaves. I have been watering only if the top soil is dry and have kept it in a window sill. Initial two weeks it was inside my living room with full bushy leaves...but it slowly started…
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