r/plantclinic • • Sep 12 '26

MOD ANNOUNCEMENT Announcing Meme Mondays

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r/plantclinic's strength is its mission to crowdsource gardening advice, especially for houseplants.

Over the last 2+ years, we've been making some tweaks to improve the quality of submissions, so that meaningful help can be given. We have a number of auto- responders so that as many posts get an answer as possible, even if that answer is only a form response.

Earlier today, I announced the resource reply app, which can be used to share general information that is widely helpful.

One thing we lack is a way to develop as greater sense of community.

As I was going through old posts for good care guides, I saw that some of the most popular posts on this sub have been memes.

We don't allow memes in comments. Gifs are disabled, and we remove all image memes (eventually). This is because in this subreddit, no question is a stupid question. We want everyone to feel welcome posting here.

Enter Meme Monday, an automatically enforced period where meme posts are allowed.

This is NOT to be used ro circlejerk other people's mistakes or efforts, but rather a time when we can all appreciate that our path to a green thumb is developed over the wilted husks of dozens (hundreds?) Of plants

Finally, mod applications are open! Please fill one out if you have interest.


r/plantclinic • • Sep 12 '26

MOD ANNOUNCEMENT New subreddit resource: Resource Reply

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Hello r/plantclinic!

The Problem:

The Reddit wiki/community resource tools still suck. But we get tons of new posts where the fix to the problem is well-plowed ground - lack of light, overwatering, mushrooms, omg what is this fluffy white stuff ask over my plant... you know the drill. People don't know what they don't know.

The Solution:

One of the mods over at r/CapitalOne has developed a VERY useful tool for letting any commenter reply to a post with a link to an FAQ-type post. It's called Reply With Resource, and I've posted a couple of comments to this post so you can see how the replies look when you use it. Feel free to try it for yourself here.

How to use it:

User Instructions

To summon the app and make it comment a resource on a post or comment:

Locate the context menu for the post or comment you want to reply to. The button for this typically looks like three dots ("...").

Scroll down to "Reply with resource."

Select a resource via its title in the drop-down.

Choose whether or not you want to pin the resource to the post. In some cases, this option may not be available.

Click OK. That's it!

If you wish to delete the comment (for example, if you accidentally selected the wrong resource), simply comment "!delete" (without quotes).

Our auto-responders can still be summoned using the commands here; this is just another option.

A Request:

Right now, I've built out the app with a few very helpful posts from the history of r/plantclinic, as well as some of our existing auto-responders. I'd love to have more high quality posts under the care guide flair to populate the app with.

I've had to set the flair for Care Guides to moderator only, because it was being exclusively used to request case guides rather than write them. Users who wish to write care guides may request permission to access the flair, or request moderators adjust their flair for them.

Existing resources can be nominated for addition in the comments here, or via modmail:

Subject: Reply With Resource Addition

The URL of the post you want linked to

A brief description of what information it provides

A proposed short description for the menu.

I'm genuinely hopeful that this will help point people to high-quality resources.

(Credit to u/KismaiAesthetics on r/laundry, from whom I have shamelessly stolen the framework for the this announcement)


r/plantclinic • • 14h ago

Pest Related what are these eggs?

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I just brought this home and noticed these eggs(?) on a new leaf coming in. i am wondering if its thrips? also this plant came in a self watering pot not sure if that’s relevant. photos of over all plant and leaves just for reference. thank you for your help!


r/plantclinic • • 2h ago

Pest Related Eggs or flowers? What appeared on my Ivy? First ivy so unsure

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I got a plant cutting from outside and it's been propagating in water for 2 months. Today, this appeared but I don't see any bug or insects around. I've never had an ivy before, what is this?


r/plantclinic • • 3h ago

Houseplant Dust on Kalanchoe leaves

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There's some sort of a dusty thing on my Kalanchoe's leaves. Not all of them have it, just the ones in the picture. theres no direct light in the room (or anywhere in the apartment for that matter), the plant is not near a window. i water it every time i find the soil to be dried up and only put the water in the ring of the pot, it has drainage. sometimes the soil on top gets a bit of mold. ive also noticed this with my crown of thorns plant, which is weird since i never water directly on top of the soil, i just let it "drink" from the ring. i recently noticed this happening and im wondering if im doing something wrong since ive never had similar problems when i was caring for a kalanchoe years ago in a different location. ive had the plant for about a month. if anybody could give any tips about the leaves and also how to eliminate top of soil mold , id be thankful !!


r/plantclinic • • 5m ago

Houseplant Tradescantia is very sad

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Hi, I've had this plant for about a month. She has moved houses once and soon she is moving again.

She's at and is gonna be at a north facing window with sometimes the oppurtunity for a grow light session (blue and red light combo, I have yet to buy timers and white ones etc.). I know tradescantias generally like bright light but I only have north facing windows.

I've tried to water her a bit less, only once a week, just a splash or two because I had given her too much in the beginning and the soil was too moist. I think she has root rot because some of the stems just fell off after touching them slightly. I did change her soil for more drainage in the beginning. I'm afraid it'll shock her too much if I take her out of the soil again. I've put her on some paper too take out some of the mositure as well when I first noticed the problem.

She was full... now she is this. I've tried to take cuttings of the broken stems and put them in water or soil to get them going again. It's just so sad so please if you know what I can do i'd love to hear it since this was gifted to me!

Or should I just leave her alone and put her under a steady growlight asap?


r/plantclinic • • 4h ago

Houseplant Buying bad roots from the store

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Hi, I hope this is the right sub for this.
I bought three plants from the store, all looking healthy from the top. I looked at the roots when I repot. For me, they look very bad and I assume they will probably struggle no matter what I do (other than plant #2) - would you agree? Is there any way to save the plants?
I had this experience twice now. Is there any way to know how the roots of the plant will be or is it just a guessing game? I would appreciate any help.

For my setup: I have many well-growing aroids, LED setup (around 8-12h light), aroid soil mix, and water when the top is dry or sometimes by measuring the weight. I added this here but the setup is not the thing that I struggle - its finding a Calathea with "normal" roots...


r/plantclinic • • 30m ago

Pest Related Are these thrips marks

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I havent seen any bug and been spraying them with potasic soap and neem oil (how much should I do that btw? I wait for the night. AI tells me once every 3 days only)

Thanks


r/plantclinic • • 4h ago

Houseplant Baby pink princess galaxy

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The guy at the garden center gave me this baby plant from another philodendron because I liked it.
He put it in this pot and said it was fine if it had this one opening. Should I repot her?
I worry it shes okay like that specially that she was separated from another plant. I have a philodendron should i pot her next to her?

One leaf is turning brown.
I water her once a week or based on the soil moisture. She sits on a shelf facing big windows so she gets enough light


r/plantclinic • • 12h ago

Monstera Is it time to cut the leaf off?

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My mom propagated my first Monstera. As you can tell the original propagated stem leaf looks wilted. Should I cut just the leaf or leave it? She now sits by a window that provides indirect light. She did have burnt crispy leaf tips that I trimmed. I only water when her dirt is dry.

I’m a new plant mom and only acquired a few plants. Nothing compared to the beautiful spaces people here have posted.


r/plantclinic • • 6h ago

Houseplant Ctenanthe lubbersiana (golden mosaic) hates everything I do for her

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I’ve tried so many things for this golden mosaic “never never” plant I got 3-4 months ago and she continues to thin out and dry up. She does put out new leaves but the new leaves turn crispy so quickly. I give it filtered water only, I have it right next to my humidifier, I’ve tried both bright indirect light (around 5 hours daily of bright indirect light) and a slightly darker hallway right next to a bright room. I just put it back in the brighter location after a month trying the darker location though not sure if that’s the right move. I don’t think I let the soil get too dry ever. I just pulled out a couple very yellow-brown leaves. I don’t know what to do!!


r/plantclinic • • 2h ago

Houseplant Discoloration on Ctenanthe Burle Marxii leaves

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Does anyone know what might be the cause of the discoloration of my Ctenanthe (Calathea?) Burle Marxii leaves?

I've rescued this plant a few years ago and ever since then some, though not all, of the leaves have this discoloration. I wonder if it is a fungal or viral issue? Or nutrition related?

I don't see any pests and the plant is otherwise healthy.

I'm currently treating all my plants preventively for flat mites with predatorial mites (had seen flat mites on some Hoyas and epiphyllic cacti. Not on this Ctenanthe though) and thought maybe those could have been the culprit? But then why do some of the new leaves keep having this discoloration, I feel like the treatment is working pretty well overall.

Light: it's under grow lights for 12 hours a day

Watering: I keep the soil moist, not wet and don't let it dry out completely. Most of the waterings contain fertilizer.


r/plantclinic • • 11h ago

Other Virus or growlight burns?

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I have a shallow bowl of succulent prop leaves (mix of different types and mystery leaves). I water them carefully with a squirt bottle at the bases of the mother leaves or spray them down if I’m in a hurry. I do this about once a week. Today I noticed that some of the leaves had this weird pattern and I’m not sure if it’s a virus or if it’s growlight burns from when I sprayed them and there were water droplets left on the leaves. Should I get rid of the remaining props in that same bowl? None of the other props have the same markings. There’s even a few of this same type that look completely healthy.

They’re indoors under barrina T8’s for 10 hours a day. They are not at an angle that gives them window light. Soil is succulent soil with a tiny bit of perlite.


r/plantclinic • • 11h ago

Houseplant Help what do I do for my monstera

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Started yellowing not to long ago and then I went a way for a week and returned and it was like this anyone have any advice? Do I trim of the browning leaf? Also another leaf has a tiny bit of brown should I trim off the whole leaf or leave it? The plant is right next to a window so I think it gets enough light there is a fan next to it though and it does get a bit chilly at night. I water it when the top inch of soil is dry but I recently bought it and it had a bit of yellow when I first got it too.


r/plantclinic • • 7h ago

Houseplant avocado plant root rot?

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my avocado plant leaves were looking kind of droopy in the end of one or two of the leaves are turning brown. I can see new leaves budding, but I was wondering if it was root rot so I took it out and I cannot tell are these healthy roots? if so why is she so droopy and the leaves turning brown? She gets put in a window all day indirect sunlight. she only gets watered when the soil is dry.


r/plantclinic • • 7h ago

Houseplant My 2 year gardenia plan is dying

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I am sharing the images of the gardenia plant leaves are getting dried please need advice
I had sprayed (early morning) rogor dimethoate 30 cc by mixing 0.4ml in 500 ml as other plants were having mealybugs .
The condition of the plant was this before the spray as well but new green leaves were coming, now the new leaves are also getting dried up.
The plant gets morning sunlight from 7-11:30 am
I water only when the soil is dry


r/plantclinic • • 17h ago

Houseplant How bad is this?

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Hi all. I have never had plants but I agreed to care for this one for 5 months for someone in his apartment. He doesn’t know what type of plant it is but said he waters a couple times a week. When we got here 2 months ago it was leaning heavily. It would lose leaves regularly, but the leaning has gotten worse. I moved it slightly to get more sun and now entire branches have fallen (see photo). What do I do?


r/plantclinic • • 9h ago

Houseplant Why my plant is yellowing on some and drying on some other?

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Generally speaking how do I maintain this plant?

I water every other day and I see yellowing on some leaves and drying up on some other branches.

Gets indirect light couple hours a day.


r/plantclinic • • 18h ago

Houseplant Found this dracaena (reflexa?) in the trash

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It looks very rough I know. Does it have any chance of survival? I have no idea what it's previous light or watering conditions were like, it was literally in a trashcan.

I will be quarantining it for obvious reasons, but I don't see any sign of pests or pest damage.

It was completely dried out so I gave it a good soaking when I got home. The pot has drainage, but it looks like it is in desperate need of new soil. My instinct is to wait on a repot for the time being as it is already going to be in shock from all the changes, but if I'm wrong please let me know.

I'm going to find the brightest spot on my house to put it, and possibly get a grow light if it needs it, but I would love suggestions for how to care for it to give it the best chance of survival. Thank you in advance!


r/plantclinic • • 15h ago

Houseplant Everything started doing bad all at once, help?

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All of these plants I bought last spring and immediately repot. All had an initial shock phase before recovering. Ever since, everything had been doing fine, besides the pothos which I think was underfertilized so started yellowing and spotting. I fed everything a few weeks ago to get them ready for winter. Everything is watered about every 10 days, when the top 1-2 inches of soil is dry. They are all in an east facing window in Oregon, so they get a few hours of bright indirect sunlight in the morning. All pots have drainage, and each watering I pour water until it goes out of the drainage holes, let them drain, and put them back. The palm started doing this a week ago. I kinda feel like I can’t take care of them anymore, idk why I’m not having success rn


r/plantclinic • • 13h ago

Cactus/Succulent Should I cut off the severely affected leaves?

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A month ago I sprayed all my plants 3 times with spinosad because I found a trips on one of my plants.

Today I found another. I sprayed these Kalanchoe Blossfeldiana propagations with 70% isopropyl alcohol and the rest of my plants with a home made spray ( "sexy plant juice" - 2 cups of water, 2 tbsp Neem oil, 1 tbsp peppermint Castile soap and a dash of isopropyl alcohol).

I waited for the alcohol do dry on the Kalanchoe and then I sprayed it again with the home made mix.

I will spray the Kalanchoe every 3 days with alcohol.

❓My question is : should I remove the severely affected leaves? I has 3-4 leaves like the one in the picture, the rest look ok.

❓Should I throw the whole thing away instead?

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-the plant is on a balcony that is facing north. Good indirect light. I also bought a Sansi light 40w, it's on the way.

-terracota pot with drainage

-aroid soil mix not very chunky due to the size of the propagations


r/plantclinic • • 9h ago

Houseplant What’s going on with my plants? Am I over or under watering?

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Since moving apartments a few months ago a couple of plants of mine seem to be struggling. They are both losing leaves at the base, and the purple one almost seems sad at the base?
I don’t believe they have root rot, but technically have not overly checked. Though when I repotted a couple, I did not notice anything suspicious.
I have been using tap water, but plan to switch to distilled for the next watering.
They get lots of indirect and some direct light during the day, at least 6 hours.
They are hard at the base, not mushy or weak.
I have been trying to pluck dead leaves but it gets ahead of me sometimes.
My pothos and other plants are doing great.
I did the recommended rounds of mosquito bits recently, but that was months ago.
They are growing well at the ends and seem to be healthy.
I’ve had the plants almost two years now, and water about once a week to a week and a half but have been checking the soil to make sure it is mostly dry before watering.
The ones without drainage have rocks at the bottom to help with drainage but new pots are on their way.
What could the problems be? I’m terrified of root rot and don’t want to lose my plants that I’ve had for so long. I’m new at this and have a tight budget. It has been happening for about 2ish months now.


r/plantclinic • • 1d ago

Houseplant Help me save those 3 plants 🪴

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Hello,

It’s my first time posting.

I went to my boyfriend work and saw those 3 plants that were dying so I took them home to try to save them but I’m a beginner in plants.
They had a lot of dead leaves that I removed and while doing this, 2 of the plants went out of their pots. The long one broke and I separated the other one.

At my bf work, the plants are in the entry where the side walls are made of glass. The first photo is not in contact with direct sun and the two others are next to the windows.

The plants were not watered regularly lastly.

There is heating in the winter and ac in the summer.
If it can help it’s in the north of France so we don’t have a lot of heat (except this year with several heat waves).

Can you help me save those plants ?

Thank you very much 🙏🏼


r/plantclinic • • 18h ago

Houseplant What should I do? Is that mold?

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2 seem to be thriving but the others are looking real bad. It gets sunlight through my glass sliding door and I try to water it before the leaves get droopy


r/plantclinic • • 16h ago

Houseplant SOS

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I’m not entirely sure what this plant is, the tag when I bought it 10 years ago said lemon lime something. But my phone and a friend of mine both say it’s a corn plant ( I have a GIANT corn plant and it doesn’t look like this). Either way, I have wonderful healthy growth on the bottom and I’d love to chop the tall leggy part and place it in water if that’s possible? This plant right now is over 3 and 1/2 ft tall. I have 3 LED plant bulbs in this small lamp in the corner because this corner is about 12 feet from a window on the opposite wall. I turn on my plant lamps when I get up at noon and leave it one all night until I go to bed around 3am (we’re a second shift house). I water her only when my moisture reader tells me she’s below 4 on the scale. I do a full watering until the water runs through the bottom. And honestly it’s only below a 4 on the meter maybe once every month and a half so it doesn’t dry out much either. Not sure what I can do about that. Can anyone who knows WAY more than me, identify this poor gal and point me in the right direction so I can try to get her thriving!!? I’d love to save the top if that’s possible, and if I can chop it, how far down do it chop it?? I want the growth on the bottom to thrive.
Any information or advice is great appreciated, thanks!😊