Gardening and Landscaping Stack Exchange
Gardening and Landscaping Stack Exchange

Questions tagged [plant-care]

General tag for questions on plant care. Use it along with more specific tags related to plant care whenever possible.

Use this tag for general questions on plant care. This is an extremely general tag and should be avoided if possible. In most cases there are much more appropriate, specific tags available. E.g. for ing, , , , , , what to choose, etc.

854 questions
4
votes
0 answers

What are the white and black spots on the under side of my chilli leaves?

I am a newbie to gardening and was so chuffed to see my chilli (the plants are Chile guajilo and Chile chipotle) plants grow up. However, I have noticed leaves starting to fall. These leaves have, on the underside, black and white dots. They look…
Pallavi Chaudhari
  • 41
  • 1
  • 2
4
votes
1 answer

Does anyone know what’s wrong with my Areca Palm?

I’m quite new to this, honestly should have done this earlier. I got plants to keep me company in this lonely place as I’m in uni, I’ve had my plants since September and to be honest it’s been a long winter I’m glad they were doing well until maybe…
Nemo
  • 41
  • 1
  • 2
4
votes
1 answer

Lifetime of a Poinsettia

I have a Poinsettia that I've been caring for since xmas. I've taken a look at online guides and they all seem to be focused on making the leaves turn red near xmas. Is this a process that's crucial to the life of a Poinsettia? What happens if I…
CakePlusPlus
  • 175
  • 5
4
votes
1 answer

Flourishing Venus Flytrap: Special needs?

I've been having a venus flytrap plant (actually, 3 plants in the same pot) for about 8 months. It was greeh and healthy, but about 4/5 months ago (summer here in Spain) it started to become black and dying. So I moved from the balcony to our living…
motagirl2
  • 365
  • 2
  • 11
4
votes
1 answer

Is there a way to help a stunted Euonymus europaeus grow more?

I have an Euonymus europaeus. However, it appears its growth is stunted - it consists of only one weak looking main branch (I really can't call it a trunk) with several smaller branches. There is no visible damage, or illness. It is just so…
VividD
  • 5,810
  • 3
  • 21
  • 63
4
votes
1 answer

Planting moderately acidophilic plant under the rain downspout

I bought a couple of slightly acidophilic plants, and my soil is neutral, and also I don't like to use any chemicals. Would it be a good idea to plant them at the base of rain downspout? (The plants like lots of water, so wetness won't be a problem)
VividD
  • 5,810
  • 3
  • 21
  • 63
4
votes
1 answer

Carnation photoperiod responsive stage?

I would like to know when do Carnations (Dianthus caryophyllus) become responsive to their photoperiod for flowering. That is, at what leaf stage e.g. two leaf, four leaf. Thank you a lot.
Taimur
  • 227
  • 1
  • 5
4
votes
2 answers

Peace Lily damage! Please help!

I received this plant after a family members funeral service. I placed the plant in my vehicle and it was rather hot out, around 85 degrees. The plant was left in my car for a few hours before I was able to get it home. On the side that was closest…
Chasity Broussard
  • 41
  • 1
4
votes
1 answer

What's the best way to water an orchid that grows on coconut husk?

I have and it grows on coconut husk. I tried to water it, but seemed like the coconut husk didn't keep the water too long to make the orchid stays humid. So I came up with and idea to make self watering pot where the coconut husk is slightly dipped…
Audee Mirza
  • 41
  • 3
4
votes
2 answers

What is this plant and how should I be taking care of it?

I'm not sure how to even google this, so I'm hoping someone can identify it here. It's probably a very common house plant, I'm just not too familiar with this one. Watering it too much seems to be bad, but watering it too little isnt good but is…
Michael S
  • 143
  • 4
4
votes
1 answer

How do I get Climbing Onion (Bowiea volubilis) to sprout again?

My Climbing Onion died back while we were away because the plant sitter missed it. However, this has happened before, and the thing always sprouts again in the spring, but I don't want to wait that long. Would it be possible to sprout this year? …
CloneZero
  • 1,430
  • 7
  • 13
4
votes
0 answers

Is this bay tree dying?

This tree has just recently got these marks on all the leaves and there's no new growth this year. I'm afraid it's dying but is there anything I can do?
conorgriffin
  • 339
  • 2
  • 8
4
votes
1 answer

Ming Aralia is turning yellow and dropping branches

I've had my Ming Aralia for about 2.5 years now and it would occasionally drop leaves and branches. As of this spring (approx 1.5 months ago) the leaf and branch dropping accelerated to the point that even new growth is quickly yellowing and dying.…
ToAsT
  • 377
  • 5
  • 11
4
votes
3 answers

Should I remove this plant that is growing on top of my milkweed?

We have this milkweed that is usually covered in caterpillars this time of year, but hasn't really grown any leaves since this little plant popped up right in the middle of it. I'm afraid to rip it out in case it kills the milkweed. Do you think it…
D. Richelieu
  • 41
  • 1
4
votes
0 answers

Hoya care - will it ever flower again?

Oh, the things I have done to my mother-in-law's Hoya plant: First, I watered it weekly. Neither the plant or the mother-in-law liked that. Then I had the audacity to re-pot the root bound mess. I can't win with this plant. It needs a level of…
TheGrumpyTurtle
  • 135
  • 7
1 2 3
…
56 57