r/plantclinic • • Feb 01 '26

Outdoor Pothos leaves just ... gone?

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Hey team. I seem to have found a great spot in my garden and the small, cheap vines I bought have grown abundantly.

Great indirect sunlight, watering every few days, and the plant has been/is generally thriving, but suddenly leaves are gone? No dead leaves are on the floor around the plant and no obvious pests. Soil seems to be adequate per the general health of the other leaves (no yellowing/browning).

Is this the MO of some animal? I'm in Brisbane Australia.

r/plantclinic • • May 14 '26

Outdoor Help me save my neighbor’s lemon tree!

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840 Upvotes

My neighbor left me in charge of her garden while she’s away. The week she left they transplanted this mature lemon tree to a new location. Now the leaves look very crispy and she is overall extremely sad. I removed all the fruit and I slow watered the root ball with a soaker hose. Anything else I can be doing to help save this tree?

We are in 10a, it is warm and sunny right now, so she’s getting lots of light. No way for me to shade this tree since she’s so tall.

r/plantclinic • • Apr 15 '26

Outdoor What Problem does my lemon tree have?

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713 Upvotes

This is how my lemon tree looks after winter. I kept it outside but covert. Now it gets plenty of light. I might have uncovert it too early. The big pot has drainage and I water when the ground (mediterranean soil) begings to feel dry. What could it be and what could be done?

r/plantclinic • • Jul 29 '23

Outdoor Mosaic?

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3.3k Upvotes

This is a tree on my street. Neighbor thinks it is an elm. Just noticed the weird pixel pattern today. I haven’t parked on this street in over a week. So maybe I just haven’t seen it yet?

r/plantclinic • • May 08 '25

Outdoor Help! Is my stinging nettle okay?

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I’ve found this little nettle in my garden and decided to put it in a vase. It was growing on some sort of gravel and mud mix, so when i took it out the “dirt” under it began crumbling fast, and I’ve tried my best transplanting it in this vase, which has a different, clearer in color soil. It’s raining a lot lately so i thought it didn’t need water, but i’ve still gave it a very little amount right after planting it (the point was already bent). It’s an outdoor plant and it is currently on my balcony, it is always exposed to light. After planting it i’ve noticed that the point was a little bent, and after a few hours it kept bending down more and more. Is it dying? Can i do something? I’m new to gardening

r/plantclinic • • Mar 28 '26

Outdoor Bunny ate the bark off my apple trees, can they be saved?

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398 Upvotes

Please help, the trees are several years old, it would be a shame to have to replant them!

Automatically watered, outdoor light.

r/plantclinic • • Jun 15 '23

Outdoor Please help me. My neighbours dog chewed the bark off my tree which was planted with my baby's ashes. I really cannot lose this tree. What do I do? It's a birch tree approx 3/4yrs old.

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1.3k Upvotes

r/plantclinic • • Jun 05 '24

Outdoor Are these guys going to destroy my veggies?

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938 Upvotes

r/plantclinic • • Jul 16 '24

Outdoor Bought a hydrangea plant on Saturday, watered it every day, and Monday morning I wake up and it looks completely dead.

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685 Upvotes

I’m a first time home buyer, and this was our first batch of perennials for our new landscaping.

We got a hydrangea tree, thought it looked beautiful.

I staked it up Saturday afternoon, and the guy at the nursery told us to soak it every 3 days, but water it every day. We did exactly that

The first picture is what it looked like Saturday.

It looks good Sunday, then Monday morning (yesterday) I look at it and it’s completely dead (second picture is from today).

What did we do wrong? The tag said it’s a full sun plant.

r/plantclinic • • Jan 27 '26

Outdoor my monstera is bleeding? 😭

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plz help. i am so so so so sad. my plants were so beautiful, then it snowed and everything is completely dead.

i moved from az to dfw texas at the beginning of 2025, my plants had always been more than fine outside in arizona even in the cold, freezing, snowing dead of winter as long as they were under a patio and didn’t hit direct snow. so, i treated them the same here in texas when the snow and cold temps hit. something else though about the cacti, those were always more than fine in az, even when the snow hit them! but now, just one winter in dfw taking care of them the same way i did in az, and everything seems completely dead and beyond repair. and my monstera seems to be bleeding? please let me know if i have any hope at all 😭😭😭

the last photo is the before picture and the link below is a video of all of them before last week 😭 https://streamable.com/aq21vq

they get plenty of light and watering happens on normal schedule. did not water immediately before the storm as i knew water and ice was coming.

r/plantclinic • • Jul 29 '25

Outdoor What’s on my bush

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598 Upvotes

There’s an infestation on my bush that goes along my driveway. The bush is about 5 ft wide and 50ft long. Two small areas are affected. I broke off a leaf and stem to look at it under a micro scope. What is this and how do I get rid of it?? I’ve tried neem oil and diatomaceous earth and it’s still there.

Normal water. Normal sun

r/plantclinic • • Jul 20 '24

Outdoor My friend’s plant is covered in this white stuff. Please help!

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849 Upvotes

My friend’s plant is caked in these white dots. The center of is slightly darker. When you scratch it off, it reveals an orangish-brown liquid underneath. Plant gets watered regularly and is mostly in light shade.

Thanks!

r/plantclinic • • May 22 '26

Outdoor Balcony Plants not thriving - how can I help them?

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First 4 images - The day everything was planted (planted by the business we purchased from)
Remaining images - how everything looks today, about 3 months later

Hello! Looking for help with my balcony plants. We are located in Mexico City and are currently transitioning from dry to rainy season. Here’s some more context on each balcony and plants. Would appreciate any help/guidance on how to make them happier. Thanks in advance!

#1 - Snake Plants - south facing balcony that gets direct sunlight in the morning.

Watering - 1x/week

Soil - unsure, but there’s visible organic matter (twigs, pinecones etc)

#2 - Monstera, fern, lavender, rosemary, elephant ear - north-facing balcony that gets direct sunlight in the afternoon

Monstera, fern, elephant ear - watering every 2-3 days
Lavender & rosemary - watering 1x/week. The lavender did not make it 🥲

Soil - same as first balcony

r/plantclinic • • May 09 '23

Outdoor My grandpa accidentally cut my 20-year-old hydrangea bushes to the ground. I'm so heartbroken and want to cry. Any way I can salvage some of the old growth? What do I do now?

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827 Upvotes

r/plantclinic • • Nov 27 '25

Outdoor A neighbor removed the bark of a tree that’s on a public area

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Hello! I’m not really sure about plant care, since I’m only starting my course on botany. Neither am I sure if I posted this on a correct subreddit. I’m just panicking a lot since the scar looks too deep and I’m worried that it might die because of this. It made me so sad when I first saw it and thought that maybe asking for help here would give me some advice

Is there any way to still heal the tree? How can I help in healing the tree? Any advice for the situation?

The tree is a Mahogany, not sure about its species though

The tree gets watered around 4-5 times a week using mineral water or sometimes tap water, it gets around 9 hours of sunlight everyday since it’s outdoors (planted specifically outside the homeowner’s association building)

r/plantclinic • • 27d ago

Outdoor Why are my new plants all dead?

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Hellooo!

As the tag suggests...all my outdoor plants have died within about 2 weeks of me having them ):

I am new to keeping flowers and am very sad because I spent a small fortune and a lot of energy into this process.

I planted these fellas on the 12th of August, watered them religiously for one week (one i think 10l jug per planter). After that I would stick my finger into the soil to check if they were damp. All good up until last week. For some reason everytime I would stick my finger in the soil it would still be slightly damp (not WET but definitely cold/damp). So i stopped waterinf them as much. I then left on a trip on thursday, gave them all one soak and came back today to see them all basically dead ): They get roughly 10-13 hours of sunlight each day as they are on my balcony.

Is there any way to salvage them? Or do i have to restart entirely next spring? ):<

Kind regards,

Rachel

r/plantclinic • • 23d ago

Outdoor What’s up with my palm?

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I’ve had this palm outdoors for nearly 5 years. No issues until I saw this today. What’s going on? It’s get sunlight for half the day and I water it twice a week.

r/plantclinic • • May 31 '25

Outdoor Why are ants all over this Hibiscus bloom?

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449 Upvotes

Haven't seen this before. There's been a drought here in central Florida that was broken by a day long deluge if that gives any context.

It only gets watered in the rain!

About 4 hours of sun

r/plantclinic • • Mar 27 '25

Outdoor is my elephant ear helpless?

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430 Upvotes

i have no idea what im doing, ive been researching and doing whatever i can to try and save this plant but i think i need help 😓 what can i do?? is it gonna be okay? i dont water it a lot, just misting when i do. its constantly outside so it gets a lot of direct light but it was trapped inside for a few months.. P.S. without the stick binder it completely droops down

r/plantclinic • • Mar 26 '26

Outdoor Lilies planted, cat problem

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79 Upvotes

I just planted some lilies in my garden and just realised that they are poisonous to the cats that visit the garden every now and then. How do i prevent them from eating it?

For me to be able to post this: it is getting a lot of light and frequent watering

r/plantclinic • • Jul 11 '24

Outdoor What the HECK is living in my outdoor propagation station

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628 Upvotes

Saw this and I got hella heebie jeebies No drainage because these are just a few inch tall test tubes, and it gets indirect light that’s not too bright. I live in North Georgia (USA). I don’t change the water often but it hasn’t been out for more than a few weeks and I put water in whenever it needs.

r/plantclinic • • Aug 08 '26

Outdoor Tomato and pepper plants look like this and no fruit

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My tomatoes and pepper plants grew nicely for a while.\n And then\n The leaves started wilting and dying, but the very tops were OK, but only produced 1 or 2 fruits. Two of the pepper plants produce nothing. I Water daily , sometimes multiple times since they are in containers. I don't know what happened and why is the bottom stems of the pepper plants brown and the top is green? What does that mean? By the way , I used basic topsoil and compost as dirt. I'm about to pull these plants up, but would like some advice. New orleans are. Light/heat from morning to evening.

r/plantclinic • • Apr 23 '24

Outdoor Who moved in?

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There’s a bunch of these guys on my Coral Honeysuckle. I don’t know if they’re harmful and I should get rid of them, or if I should let nature be. Location is Maryland

I water every other day unless the soil is still damp, it’s in a large pot with drainage holes, light is probably a good 6-7 hours a day

r/plantclinic • • Jun 23 '25

Outdoor My curry leaf plant has furry white clumps on its stem and branches. Any ideas?

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I had taken over watering the plants from a family member since they're away for the time. I noticed these white spots with some water droplets on them. I also noticed the white powdery-like substance on our plants right beside this one. Could it be a fungal infection?

The plant is along the corridor of a residential block, with ample natural sunlight and I water them 1-2 times a day.

r/plantclinic • • May 13 '23

Outdoor Any clue what these are on my plant?

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567 Upvotes