r/plantclinic

Edit: it’s funeral will be tonight in my backyard 😭

This aloe was given to me 2 weeks ago and after giving it light water only once and keeping in a sunny window it immediately started to root rot. I was tragically gone for a week and came back to it looking like this. As a college student in finals I didn’t have the time to repot or attempt to fix it but now I do. Is there any chance of survival for this poor plant I feel awful 😭. I kinda have a feeling it was doomed from the start with the awful potting, after one day a leaf fell off.

Can anyone help diagnose what’s happening to my Monstera? 😭

The older leaves have been turning yellow/brown and drying out over the past couple of weeks, but new growth still seems mostly okay. I genuinely can’t tell if I’m overwatering, underwatering, or dealing with some kind of root issue anymore because every article and Reddit thread says something completely different.

Care details:
• Indoors near a bright window with indirect light most of the day
• Watering about once a week when the top inch of soil feels dry
• Pot has drainage holes
• No visible pests that I can see

I also tested it with an app called LeafSnap AI that analyzes plant photos and diagnoses possible problems. It identified the plant as a Monstera with possible overwatering/root stress, but before I start changing my care routine I wanted a second opinion from actual plant people here.

Does that diagnosis sound accurate based on the leaf damage pattern?

I feel if they droop any further they’ll snap :(
It’s in a south-facing window, room.

Gets watered in the bathtub every two to three weeks, depending on the dryness of the soil.

Looks dying from the top. Repotted, roots were healthy. Didn’t notice root growth. Please help to recover. Current condition vs bought. Tropical climate, No direct sunlight, sits in the balcony. Watered every week.

I gifted this ficus ginseng to my friend in spring 2022. It's grown a lot since and it had so many healthy green leaves. Something like a week ago brown spots started to appear on its leaves (but most are visible only on the back of the leaf) and leaves started falling like crazy (it's never happened before). Now I'd say it has half the leaves it had last week.

My friend waters it every other day/every two days and has recently moved it from his desk to the window so that it gets more light. That's when leaves started to fall, I don't know if there is any correlation, but I decided to take it to my place as doing it in the past has shown good results. I feel like it gets better light and the temperature is better for it here.

To sum it all up:

- WATER: My friend used to water it every other day/every two days

- SOIL: it's basic plant soil, I suspect it might retain too much water, but I'm not sure

- LIGHT: 1) first three years, my friend kept it next to his window. Leaves were pressing against the window, but it never seemed to affect it. If you look at my picture, he kept it in a spot similar to that of the little cactus in my room.

2. at the beginning of this year, my friend moved it to his desk, where it was not getting as much light, but was kept at a safe distance from the radiator (since it was too hot near the window)

3. a few weeks ago, he moved it back to the window, since the weather is very warm and there is no need for him to turn on the heating system in his house anymore

SYMPTOMS:

- Leaves either turning yellow or having brown spots

- Leaves falling off

- There was something that looked like mold in its soil and lots of white spots (I got rid of all those after having taken it to my place)

There are still some new leaves which seem to be okay. I'm very scared to think it might die, considering how many of its leaves have already fallen. My friend took such good care of it all these years and loved it a lot, he would be devastated if it died. Since my friend is going through a very rough time, I promised him I would save it, but leaves are still falling.

Is there anything I could do? Maybe change his soil or his pot (I suspect its pot might be too deep and too wide and maybe that's why the soil retains so much water). Also, it used to have a tray under the pot and the pot had holes at the bottom. This new pot doesn't have that.

Please help :(

Thank you.

*I know it might look fine in the picture, it was the best I was able to take, but in reality there is visibly a problem with it. Maybe I'll try to take another photo.

The roots on my Basil (grown from seeds) is turning brown, but seems to be healthy. It's very young, gets tons of sun each day, and it's been very warm recently (80+ f in my apartment each day), my other plants have been very thirsty, my cilantro is in the same soil and droops every three days, needing the same amount of water.

I water it when the soil seems dry to past my first knuckle (not sure how much deeper, i cant dig in that far), and when I water it, the soil seems to drink it up significantly. I can water a lot and it doesn't drain for a while, and this is well-draining soil. Maybe roughly once every week and a half at the moment? I just pinched the top of the tallest basil.

It seems healthy, but the leaves feel "soft". The brown is on three of the five stems here. They are separate seeds, by the way. Do I need to move or cut them now? Are they killing the biggest one?

I got this plant about 3 weeks ago. The plant gets 12 hours of LED light under a Yadoker brand light. It also sits next to a south facing window all day. It was going fine until the original leaf started becoming clear on the green side, then yellow, then greyish brown on the end. I was told it was just from over watering and the plant arrived via shipping waterlogged so I assumed that made the most sense at the time. It was also quickly pushing out a new leaf so I wasn’t worried. Fast forward to yesterday and I realized the new leaf is turning brown by one of the holes. I check for rot and of course there is some. I soaked the roots in a peroxide mix for 7 minutes and trimmed the roots with a sharp pair of scissors I cleaned with rubbing alcohol. Then I cut the rot off of this plant and potted it in a chunky mix of charcoal and coco bark. (It was sadly all I had atm same with the pot) It was originally in mostly coco fiber with some perlite. A few hours after repotting It is beginning to droop because I am drying it out so the cut roots don’t rot. I panicked and packed some sphagnum moss into the holes on the sides of the pot where roots are exposed so they aren’t fully exposed to air. I dripped water down the base of the plant hoping it didn’t touch the freshly cut roots. Today (about 8 hours later) the new leaf is still droopy but the original leaf and stem seem firm. I’m so confused and I don’t want this plant to die!

How do I keep it from wilting while also making sure the injured roots heal? This video was taken before it began drooping this was immediately after the repot. If I can I will include an image of the roots in the comments below this post.

Thank you for reading. I’m so sad about this plant, I’ve wanted it for so long and finally said screw it after being scammed off a seller on Etsy when I paid over $50 for a deliciosa albo which ended up being a Thai.

Hi:) inquiring about my pothos turning brown, I wasn't able to find tips for this specific browning.

The leaves are one by one turning brown. It's only one leaf at a time and the browning always starts in the middle of the leaf, like on the first photo. J can't work out what's causing it:( two leaves have already completed died (photo 2) and I'm worried it could spread and kill off my entire plant. Any feedback is welcome 🩷🌞🌿

Some information:

- I've had this pothos for about two years. It grows slowly but the leaves are nice and green

- the soil is a regular indoor plant mix. I don't think there's a lot of perlite or whatever in it though

- I haven't changed the soil in about 18 months

- it gets plenty of filtered sunlight. The sun shines through a window onto it, but a thin white curtains takes out the harshness of the sun

- I water it about every 7-10 days

- I've used an indoor plant fertiliser on it twice, but recently. The browning had already started before the first time I introduced fertiliser

- the white marks on the pot are from watering it, the water is quite hard where I live

- it's stil producing new growth despite the browning

Thank you very much!

All of my outdoor cucumber stems (full sun) look like this. there don’t appear to be any bite marks out of any parts of the plants, but the stems are all twisty and one has died. Is this a pest? I live in Richmond VA, USA. We also have tomatoes and peppers in the same area that are doing great. The plants are watered in the early morning before it gets too hot and sunny.

Hey so i‘ve found These things on my plant. I showered it to get em off but They came back and Are spreading to all my plants. It started when i repotted it into some new earth. How do i get Eis of them? They have enough light and i water them as They Need i do not want my monstera to catch These Little ones. Help please 😬

ugh ive got the shivers, what are these ?!😭😭 theyre in a plant i dont care too much about (some type of bush) but will these spread to my other plants ? how did they even get here im on the third floor!

north facing balcony, so it gets a at least 12 hours of light (?) and i water when dry. the tips of the plant are starting to yellow, so should i worry about this affecting the bush?

any help is much appreciated

enough light

watering normal

had this plant for half a year

soil normal store bought

Hi folks. Last few weeks I've noticed my fiddle leaf getting these marks on about half its leaves. They're not dusty or wipe-off-able and not raised, if anything slightly sunken. Not sure what's wrong with it but I think the marks are spreading. The plant is about 6ft from a west facing window and has been for about 3 years. Repotted last spring into its current pot. I've just started upping my watering again now it's warmer and the days are longer. House temps are 16C night time/21C day time on average. UK. Thanks!

Hello, I have been growing this avocado tree for a little over a year, maybe closer to two? It has been growing very leggy and it’s my first ever tree I started from seed. I had no idea that I should’ve been trimming to help it bush more, so two days ago I decided to try just cutting it mostly in half but leaving two nodes(?) I have it on a 12on/12off cycle with RBWhite full spectrum grow lights and since the weather has warmed up it’s been outside more often. Getting full to partial sun for a majority of the day. As for watering I water it once every 2/3 weeks or until the soil is dry. I’m very cautious to ensure it’s not just sitting in wet soil

However, I cut ALL the leaves off instead of leaving one. How bad did I mess up? I’ve started two more pits and I’m trying to propagate the cuttings from this plant.

Also, I now have learned the pit shouldn’t be fully buried as it is with this one. Does that contribute to the leggyness? TIA!

I was finally becoming a good plant mom. I was doing my daily admiration of my plants and I noticed webbing on this one. I assume spider mites? Help!! I also included a pic I took about two weeks ago of all my plants that were by this one.

This plant was part of a memorial plant that I repotted using the same soil it was already in about a month ago. It sits in bright light in front of a west facing window. I water when the top becomes dry.

I propagated and started growing mystery beans that I found in a pen cup at a grocery store. Now, I never really had high hopes for them (see “found in a pen cup at a grocery store”) but after a few weeks of good growth, they're starting to look shriveled and torn up. I don't know if pests are getting to them or what but I really want to give them the best chance at life.

Basic information: I don't know what type of beans they are because I didn't think to get pictures of the beans themselves before I planted them. They go outside every day around noon and I don't take them back in until around 7 at night and that's what they get for light. I water them only when I can't feel any moisture in soil (I water from the top) with my finger down to about my second knuckle. They have not had any type of fertilizer.

No irregular weather conditions. Almost a full day of sunlight watered when dry. Other blossoms look normal.

The plant below (bought it from a nursery like this) -, has 3 different plants in a pot. 2 seem ok. But the smallest one has all droopy leaves.

It's by an east-facing window but only gets indirect light because I have another apartment building blocking it. I did buy a giant LED light to add light (cool daylight) to my plants.

I watered it only once - after it began to droop. And most of the leaves perked up but the bottom ones are still droopy (one of the plants). Any help is appreciated!

The soil is what I got from the nursery. Feels airy and well-draining but maybe I need to mix it up a bit near the sad plant?

I got this unlabelled succulent around 2 weeks ago and it looked like this at the nursery so I assumed that it was okay….but I’m starting to panic that it’s not doing well🥺 if anybody knows if this is normal or maybe whats wrong if it’s not please let me know.

I have watered it once since I got it and I keep it with my other succulents under a grow light anywhere between 7-10hours a day. I move this one and all my other cactus/succulents to a window when I’m using a humidifier on my other plants for a few hours as well.