house pests

QuestionI think its a ponytail palm ; Its about 24 tall; In a 10 pot 7 deep, not sure of the age; window faces north; water it about every 2 weeks with filtered water. My husbands grandma gave it to us about 3 weeks

Ailing houseplants

QuestionHi! I just moved and I have several houseplants which where left outside for 2 days. It got very cold and now that I have brought the plants back in they are no longer green and they look dead. They are very

How will chlorine affect the process of photosynthesis?

QuestionI am an eigth grader doing a science fair project. My topic is How Much Chlorine Can a Plant Tolerate? and I would really appreciate some of your help so that i can get some research done. I am testing Lima

Plant Growth

QuestionHi Darlene, I have three certain plants that dont seem to be growing very much. One is a False Aralia, the other is a Buddhist Pine, and the last one is Croton. I got these plants around a year and a half

leaves turn brown

QuestionHi, I have had this ponytail palm for almost one year. In the last month or so the leaves have started to turn brown, not all of then, but many of them. It gets indirect light, and I water it onl

MAINTAINING SPIDER PLANTS

QuestionI JUST REPOTTED A CHLOROPHYTUM COMOSUM--SPIDER PLANT INTO A BIGGER POT AND IT IS ABOUT 6 MONTHS OLD TO A YEAR I DUNNO IT WAS A FULL PLANT WITH BLOOMS AND ALL I WATER IT 2-3 TIMES A WEEK AND ITS INDOORS NOW S

dropping leaves

QuestionHello Darlene, I have recently in the last month brought a Schefflera trinette, it is about a meter high, in a good sized pot, positioned in an easterly facing window. Problem is, its dropping alot of leave

Yellowing of plants leaf edges

QuestionIm not sure of the plants name (genus, etc.) but it looks like it could be a member of the lilly family. However, it doesnt bloom. It is about 21/2 to 3 feet in height and about 30 inches in widt

killing pests

Questioni am growing indoors and have got little black flys how can i get rid of them preferably none chemical but will use chemical AnswerRay, The bugs are fungus gnats. They are there because the soil is too wet

house plant smell

QuestionHi Will, I have a general question about house plants. We have several varieties of house plants in our home. When I water them, my wife complains of a smell that I think is just the smell of wet soil, but n

Jade Plant with powdery mildew

QuestionI have a jade plant that has powdery mildew all over the leaves. When I wipe it (with my finger) the leaf is black. What is the best way to treat this without harming the plant? Also, should I move it awa

Moving Plants

QuestionHello I am in charge of moving our small business 2 miles away from where we are currently located. We are in Minneapolis and the temperature is icy cold. We have several plants that need to be

Kentia Palm damage

Question------------------------- Followup To Question - I own an 8 tall Kentia plant and one of the fronds is damaged. I think somebody tried to take off a couple of leaflets from the frond to grow a new plant

Plant growing funky.

QuestionHi. I have a umbrella plant of some sort that I have had for almost 4 years. It has between 6 to 8 green-light green leaves on each stem coming from one main trunk (if thats how its said). My question is it

identify a plant

QuestionI have a plant that has a big bulb on the top of the dirt in a pot. There are 3 stems from the base, one is about 13 inches high with green leaves growing from the stem. I have seen blooms on thi

Corn plant problem

QuestionI have a corn plant that Ive had for over two years. Its was growing great then I notice it started to grow more leafs from the out of the soil. Some of the leafs were turning brown and yellow. S

Pontail Palm Disease

QuestionI have a white, cobweb or cottony substance on my ponytail palm. Do you know what it is and how to get rid of it? thanks, JP AnswerJP, Your plant has insects, not a disease. I need a little clarific

aleo vera plant

Questioni have a few aleo plants and they were doing great then all of a sudden the leaves got very droopy and almost like they were filled with water i dont know what i did but i hope you can help me fix them the l

yellow/brown to the root

QuestionI have a Nephthytis that is about 12 yrs old. I recently transplanted it to a larger pot. I used Fox Farm. the inner leaves started to turn brown all the way to the root,. around the whol

can I trim my tree?

QuestionHello Will, I think my tree is a Ficus. Its growing very nicely, Ive had it for 4 months. I live in Germany. I have it next to a full glass door with Southern light exposure. The thing is, when I bought i