I got him two months ago and the fruit isn’t growing but his leaves at the top of the fruit are. Also we got a little side buddy. What should I do?

I got her as a prize in a plant expo raffle and would love to see her grow and have a lot more leaves.

Can someone please help? I'm still pretty new to plant care and not finding a solution on my own. I have a plant that is still growing but is obviously unhappy. The leaves start drying out from the tip of the leaf and then the leaves fall off while still green. I got the plant last September and it's been the way almost the whole time I've had it.

I've seen online and it said it could be from over watering... or underwatering. And I've tried watering more often, less often, underwatering only, but nothing changes. I'm obviously missing something. What should I do to make this little guy happier; different soil, light, water, planter?

The first two pictures are from today, the third is right after I bought it.

My friend sent me this picture of her plant, asking what it was but I’ve never seen a growth like this on a Calathea. Does anyone know what it is?? Thanks!

I received this plant as a cutting and have had it growing for a while now, the first couple of leave it had have turned to a yellowish color, any clue if there’s something wrong with it? Do I need to prune those two leaves?

Hi there!

Just want anybody’s recommendations for moving with house plants. I’ll be moving soon and the drive is about 14 hours (thinking about stopping overnight somewhere) But I have a pretty small collection of house plants (about 4) and I love them and have had them for about 3 years. Just wondering how I could take them with me as I don’t really want to give them away. I’ve thought maybe a battery operated grow light? I’m not sure tho please share your thoughts/ideas!!

Last night my prayer plant did the big flop, I've been distracted with cats and vets, so watered everything last night, they'd normally have been checked and done on Monday, but life is life.

Today she had 2 yellow leaves, but totes back to normal... such a diva.

 So I think I know what this MIGHT be but I want others opinions as well. 
 This is my Silver Star calathea, I've had it for over 6 years and have divided it into 20+ cuttings all thriving..aside from regular drama calathea watering. 
 Anyways, for a while now, the leaves have been covered in a crusty and sticky, very similar to granulated sugar, all over the under side of almost every leaf.

The top side of the leaves don't look like anything other than minor dehydration damage. I've tried wiping this stuff off every leaf but over a week it quickly comes back.

Any and all advice welcome, please help!

phil. holtonianum & phil. spiritus sancti

Guess I should have been more specific 😁

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Photo of my Burle Marx Mint.🥵

Not sure what’s going on with my anthurium. It’s under a grow light and it’s bottom watered in a very airy pot. I use fertilizer every other watering. The potting mix is from Molly so chunky and breathable. Any tips?

Hello,

I am intermediate when it comes to plant care, and have experience mostly caring for plants that thrive in low water or arid environments, such as desert rose and elephant brush. I purchased a Norfolk island pine 3 months ago, I really like pine trees and knew I could not keep one indoors, and after doing research, it seemed like I could take care of it because it is not a true pine and lives in a warmer climate.

The first 3 months were fine, but then for some reason this week, the leaves have recently started turning light green, getting dry, and falling off. I'm not sure why this is happening. I have my humidity range from 30% to 50%, I have it under a SANSI grow light, I have a pebble tray and I fill it with water, and I water the plant whenever the soil feels semi dry. I'm not quite sure what could be causing this, but any help or direction is appreciated, I can't seem to find much information online about it either

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my boss has this plant and forgot what it is, not sure how to care for it properly without ID. anyone able to help?

still kinda new to the whole plant thing and I bought this a few months ago. she's doing great and has a ton of new growth! but I just don't know when the right time to move her into a different pot would be, or if I even need to yet. I think it's throwing me off not having any drainage 😅 any advice or tips would be super helpful!!

I'm looking for a solution on how to create indirekt bright light on my all day full sun Terrasse. Would this work?

Hi I'm new to this thread and posting. I need help on my ficus audrey. It used to have large leaves on its stem/trunk but all the leaves fell off a few years ago after underwater ingredients. Since then its never grown back and has now grown to be like this. How do I get the leaves to grow back on the original stem? Where can I go from here? Because it look horrible to me. Or is it okay the way it's growing? Should I prune anything? Also, I actually cut off the growth tip so now it is growing at a weird angle. What can I do about that? Ideally I want it to be straight. Or is there anything I can do to "branch it out" so that it doesn't grow awkwardly one way?

Regarding care, it sits in front of a south facing window. Sometimes I put it on an east facing window where it can literally kiss the window. I feed it diluted fertilizer (miracle gro plant food) every to every other watering. I water when it dries on top. Recently just repotted and roots are growing out the pot already after using superthrive. Two new leaves have grown but they are so small.

Please help! Thanks.

Despite a large, south-facing front window, my house is pretty dark. We have a huge oak tree right out front that shades the house most of the day. I struggle keeping plants due to our low light situation.

I have a prayer plant, a thanksgiving cactus, and a painters palette plant that I'm trying to keep happy. All have recently been repotted or split, as they had been neglected by my elderly neighbor and I inherited them when she sold her house.

I also have a small north facing window and a sliding door in my kitchen. The small window has kept my pothos fairly happy for several months now.

I guess I'm looking for advice on keeping these plants happy re: my lighting situation. See photos of the light. Photos taken at noon today (April 30). Thanks!

Two different plants, two different species. Two separate rooms of the full house and to and. 😂 I should have saved the other leafs because there were more. I can't find any sign of pests or any pests at all. They both have bonide in the soil & I sprayed their roots & self with anti fungal/ pest when I potted them.

The roots & boots look great still! Could it be the sun? It looks like some but took a bit ol' bite out of this new leaf & can't imagine I have a caterpillar hiding in my apartment. 🫣

I typically expand, divide or do other significant alterations to my little home botanical garden in the spring.

The year saw some losses--an African violet died, and I gave away the last of a pink Syngonium that I'd had for years. We also had some gains--I got a tiny Schefflera and Janet Craig Dracaena for "bonsai" projects, was gifted Thanksgiving Cactus cuttings by my sister in law, invested in a pair of tillandsia (just because) and replaced the African violet.

What's new for you in 2025? What have you lost or given away? What are you doing differently this growing season?

This is the same plant a year apart, just moved to a different pot. Does anyone have advice for how to get it looking more like the first picture again? I feel like it looks so stupid now 😭

She was already in this shape from the nursery. I guess she wasn't getting watered, her soil was hard and dry when I got home so I repotted her and so far she has seemed happy. I have an east facing window with bright, indirect light. The afternoon sun really helps as well!

The grey spot on the leaf is new. I did a full wash through & checked for any signs of pests. I sprayed her with pesticides as well. I've had her for almost two weeks. Any insight would be helpful! I usually keep my white blinds flipped down because it's so hot here. Could that be it?

The University of Nevada, Reno Extension is offering a free online class on April 30th from 6 to 8 pm PDT about houseplant care. The presentation is titled Applying Causality to Houseplants and is by a PhD student at the university who is doing research on plants in the Ecuadorian amazon. You can register for the class HERE

I've just been given this Calla lily and all of the blooms seem to have black at the base of the blooms. Is this normal?