Crown of Thorns cuttings, dropped leaves *

From sunny St Petersburg, Florida warm day, I took cuttings from 10 crown of thorns. dipped cuttings in warm water to stop the sap. allowed the cuttings to callus for 30 hours in a cool dry and dark place. I…

Christmas Cactus

My Xmas Cacti is covered with buds and is starting to bloom. Should I pinch off the spent blooms at their base after they flower?…

Lucky Bamboo Dying

Hello There, Hope you’re doing well. I have a lucky bamboo plant that I bought 5 years ago and It was my first gift to my Fiancée and now wife so it holds quite emotional value. Its dying and I…

Pilea Peperomioides Leaves Falling Off

I recently inherited a younger pilea from a friend; and this is my first time owning plants and I’m trying my best to take care of them. She used to water it every three days, and I’m watering it every…

My money tree is dying

  What. Can I do to save my money tree? Lately it’s been losing leaves. They turn yellow/brown and fall off. Some have yellow spots too. One of the braids on the trunk is yellow and drying out. My tree…

Pink dot plant dying

Hi there, I had a beautiful, healthy, thriving pink dot plant. It was full of leaves, colour, and beautiful purple flowers. It had many stalks and shoots. Due to a fungus gnat problem that I’ve been trying to contain since…

Ailing Aloe vera plant

Hi there, I have an aloe that was beautifully healthy, spawned three pups, also very healthy, and then a fourth a while later (around the time the first three hit 10-15cm, when I was going to repor them, but didn’t…

Scale on a rubber plant

Hi, I have had an adopted rubber plant – I believe it is a Ficus Elastica for several years. It has a persistent case of scale. I have tried the following: wipe leaves regularly with rubbing alcohol, wipe with witch…

Regrowing a Dying Rubber Tree from a Cutting

Hello, Earlier this summer I was entrusted with my mother’s 40+ year old Rubber Tree plant (Fred) which was thriving in my backyard. However after some heavy rains while we were away he was flooded and although we repotted him…

Baby Rubber Plant Spindles Falling Off

Hello, I bought this beautiful little plant back in November (took a while of searching to figure out what type of plant it was – i think a peperomia clusiifolia pericattii???). It seemed healthy and the leaves continue to look…