white, sticky, I think--mealy bugs on my anthirium plant.

QuestionHello there, I am so disappointed to see my once very healthy red anthirium plant thrive, now has what it seems sticky white, I think, from what I have read--white mealy bugs---My daughter says to throw it

Fertilizer

QuestionHello Mrs. Kittle, My name is Alyssa Riddick. I am a sixth grade student at Kemps Landing Magnet School in Virginia Beach. I am conducting a Science Research Project. I am exploring the differin

Wax Plant

QuestionI have had my wax plant for about 10 or 12 years. Right now it is in a fairly big pot and sits in my kitchen between east window and south window. It seems to have a problem with mealy bugs. &nbs

Umbrella plants

QuestionI have two umbrella plants, one green,the other green and yellow. I have noticed that the branch stems on each appear to be growing roots. Do you know what causes this and what do I need to do to prevent it

Something growing in my houseplant

Question Fungus in my plant I have had the plant for nearly a year, and this summer it was repotted to a used container that I hadnt sterilized. (Im well aware I was being lazy.) I figure this is a fungus. Ho

Long distance move - Small Ficus tree

Question Colegrove Question Fic Hello -- Next fall Id like to move a small ficus tree from Germany to Colorado. Im confident of moving it safely, with a special transportation box Ill make, and plant wi

Blooming corn plant

Question Corn plant Hi Darlene, I have a small corn plant which I have acquired from a street fair a year and half ago. It is about 11 inches tall and Im guessing its less than two years old. It came with a

domestic onion plant

QuestionThis onion plant is 12 years old and has various babys growing at the base of the stalk, top side of bulb. At what location do I recover a starter piece from this plant? AnswerMichelle &nb

Repotting my philodendron bipinnatifidum

QuestionI have an indoor philodendron bipinnatifidum that is 34 years old and I have re-potted it into bigger pots about three times. The pot it is in now is as big as I want it to be in. The plant has a

boston ferns

Questioni did not get my fern indoors soon enough before a frost and now it has some brown fonds and smells like fish is there any hope of saving it? AnswerHi Ionna, You will lose most or all of the fronds due to

Insect pests on Stephanotis

QuestionI have looked after a Stephanotis floribunda plant for years and generally it is healthy but in the last couple of years it has been invaded by tiny insects which I think are thrips. I Tend just to wash off

Beaucarnea Plant

QuestionHi Darlene I have a nice Beaucarnea plant, which I have had for about 6 years. Recently it has become infected with a white sticky substance covering the growth from the centre of the of the fronds and I d

corn plants

QuestionI have a corn plant that I have had since early spring. It is about three feet high and very healthy. It has lots( about 5) stems that are full of growth. Can I separate the plant and

cyanea - care of

QuestionHello, I have a cyanea and I have not been watering it, instead I mist it thoroughly every second day, it is thriving, is this the correct way to water it ( I was surprised at this method as it is planted in

Plant is getting too tall

Question Plant Hi Will, A friend gave me a potted plant about a year ago, and it was maybe 18 high at the time. It is now about 3 feet, and the stalks no longer keep the plant upright. It looks like it may

ficus lyrata

Questioncan the ficus lyrata be kept outside on a porch which get some direct sun? also, do you like the liquid fertilizer called dyna grow for a majesty palm that is 8 feet tall and inside by a sliding glass

True Christmas Cactus

QuestionI have been searching for a true Christmas Cactus. Schlumbergera x buckleyi that is round instead of flat. I found a picture of my grandmother and her true Christmas cactus but she has been gone for se

House plant: tiny little white bugs

QuestionDear Will, I was trying to find out about some little white bugs in my house plant and I came across this answer written by you; 9/12/2004 Little white bugs in my jade plant. I am sure the little bugs I ha

gnats coming from my soil!

QuestionQUESTION: I have a variety of houseplants and ever since Ive gotten them, tiny gnats have been all over the house (mainly around the plants though). How can I kill them safely? I dont want to spe

? Moneytree

Question moneytree Im told that it was a moneytree but I cant find anything in that category that looks like what I have. Stands nearly 5ft. tall; long green leaves like a corn plant; bloomed with whit