ti plant dying after repotting

Questionplant 1 plant 2 QUESTION: I recently repotting a ti plant that was growing wonderfully. The only reason for the repot was to place the plant in a more beautiful pot. Anyway it has been about 2

pests on indoor herbs

QuestionI have had spider mites...dumped everything and started over...and now I have leaf miners. They must have come in on a pot of mint that summered on a friends deck. Meanwhile, there have been apparently harml

mimosa pudica with no leaves

Questionplant in full plant close up QUESTION: Hi Will, I have a question about my sensitive plant, I started growing one last year in sumer time (now I live in Calgary, Albeta, Canada) and just

Treating Scale on Schefflera

QuestionOOps, I forgot to add this in... Is rubbing alcohol at all toxic to the plant? I am looking for the least toxic method for the plant & creatures. And, In the past Ive swabbed off scale to physically re

Christmas catcus

Question Catcus1 Pic2 Help! I have had this Christmas catcus for about 15 years. I have repotted it and within the last year it has developed like a scaly film over it. If you have any suggestions

houseplant ID

Question unknown plant I got this plant from a friend about 1 year ago. She kept it in her home in southern exposure (we live in WI), and it is unknown how long she had it or when it was last repotted. When I

palm identification

Question palm fronds palm only stalk Please help me identify this palm. I live in Belmont Ma, but received it as a gift from a Tampa Fl airport gift shop. It came as a very small plantlet with no real w

Watering ZeZe plant

QuestionI have a ZeZe plant that is a little over two yrs. old. I have some yellowing leaves now. What is the proper way to water it starting over. I was told when I got it about a 1/2 cup to a cup

Fiddle Leaf Fig tree indoors

Question 1691.jpg My Fiddle Leaf Fig looks good and is not dropping leaves but I noticed that along the stem and the new growth coming out the top is all brown and dried up? I water it once a week and it drie

Christmas Cacti

QuestionHi! I have two large pots of christmas cactus right now. They are in full bloom and look beautiful at this moment. However, I feel that the leaves are getting way too long and droopy with the flowers on them

bugs on my leaves

QuestionThere are little bugs eating on the leaves of my corn plant.What can i spray on them to kill these bugs.They are eating holes in my leaves.Thank you AnswerHi Brenda All I can say at the moment is that you

indoor loquat tree

QuestionQUESTION: i purchased a, i beleive to be an indoor manderine tree from a home depot store with a little manderin growing on it. it matured and we picked it and it was tastey. this was about 5 mon

manderin tree indoors

Questioni bought an indoor manderin tree with a little mand growing on it from a home depot. the manderine matured and it was quite tastey. this was 4 months back. since then the tree wont bloom an

Stromanthe

QuestionHi Will: I read a previous Q&A regarding the above subject plant which gave me a lot of insight since Ive never had this type of plant before. My question to you is this. The plant I bought seems to be very

science project

Questionhi im in the seventh grade and im doing a science project on the question does sugar prolong the life of cut flowers?. so i did some research and people say that they only recommend doing this experiment on

umbrella plant

QuestionLeaves turned yellow than black fell off loads of them. Some upper branches which were still green got black tips which would continue down the branch. Cut that off 2in behind the black but it st

Ivy turned black in winter....

QuestionHi, I have a lot of ivy in my backyard. Not sure what kind they are. One is a relatively a large patch thats green with white edges. The other, the one Im concerned about, is all green. Thi

ornamental pineapple plant

Question pineapple plant #1 pineapple plant #2 Dear Will Creed, I saw your reply to Cheryl in 2007 regarding plant care for an ornamental pineapple plant. I just bought one a few days ago, and wo

worms in my house plant

QuestionCould you please tell me how to rid of worms in my house plant? AnswerKaren Without pictures I can only guess what your bug problem is...It could be a centipede (2-legs per segment), millipede (more than a

Indoor Ivy Care

QuestionI have an an indoor ivy plant for about 3 years now. It is still in the same pot I purchased it in. Do I need to repot? If so, I have considered potting it in a hanging pot however most hanging p