r/plantclinic • • Sep 12 '26

MOD ANNOUNCEMENT Announcing Meme Mondays

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r/plantclinic's strength is its mission to crowdsource gardening advice, especially for houseplants.

Over the last 2+ years, we've been making some tweaks to improve the quality of submissions, so that meaningful help can be given. We have a number of auto- responders so that as many posts get an answer as possible, even if that answer is only a form response.

Earlier today, I announced the resource reply app, which can be used to share general information that is widely helpful.

One thing we lack is a way to develop as greater sense of community.

As I was going through old posts for good care guides, I saw that some of the most popular posts on this sub have been memes.

We don't allow memes in comments. Gifs are disabled, and we remove all image memes (eventually). This is because in this subreddit, no question is a stupid question. We want everyone to feel welcome posting here.

Enter Meme Monday, an automatically enforced period where meme posts are allowed.

This is NOT to be used ro circlejerk other people's mistakes or efforts, but rather a time when we can all appreciate that our path to a green thumb is developed over the wilted husks of dozens (hundreds?) Of plants

Finally, mod applications are open! Please fill one out if you have interest.


r/plantclinic • • Sep 12 '26

MOD ANNOUNCEMENT New subreddit resource: Resource Reply

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Hello r/plantclinic!

The Problem:

The Reddit wiki/community resource tools still suck. But we get tons of new posts where the fix to the problem is well-plowed ground - lack of light, overwatering, mushrooms, omg what is this fluffy white stuff ask over my plant... you know the drill. People don't know what they don't know.

The Solution:

One of the mods over at r/CapitalOne has developed a VERY useful tool for letting any commenter reply to a post with a link to an FAQ-type post. It's called Reply With Resource, and I've posted a couple of comments to this post so you can see how the replies look when you use it. Feel free to try it for yourself here.

How to use it:

User Instructions

To summon the app and make it comment a resource on a post or comment:

Locate the context menu for the post or comment you want to reply to. The button for this typically looks like three dots ("...").

Scroll down to "Reply with resource."

Select a resource via its title in the drop-down.

Choose whether or not you want to pin the resource to the post. In some cases, this option may not be available.

Click OK. That's it!

If you wish to delete the comment (for example, if you accidentally selected the wrong resource), simply comment "!delete" (without quotes).

Our auto-responders can still be summoned using the commands here; this is just another option.

A Request:

Right now, I've built out the app with a few very helpful posts from the history of r/plantclinic, as well as some of our existing auto-responders. I'd love to have more high quality posts under the care guide flair to populate the app with.

I've had to set the flair for Care Guides to moderator only, because it was being exclusively used to request case guides rather than write them. Users who wish to write care guides may request permission to access the flair, or request moderators adjust their flair for them.

Existing resources can be nominated for addition in the comments here, or via modmail:

Subject: Reply With Resource Addition

The URL of the post you want linked to

A brief description of what information it provides

A proposed short description for the menu.

I'm genuinely hopeful that this will help point people to high-quality resources.

(Credit to u/KismaiAesthetics on r/laundry, from whom I have shamelessly stolen the framework for the this announcement)


r/plantclinic • • 4h ago

Houseplant My celosia is not so happy, I just bought her

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I read that they are seasonal and the weather did just get colder here. I just bought her like two weeks ago though so that kind of sucks. She gets lots of light and a lil eveningish sun. I’ve only watered her once since I got her because I read they like a little more dry. Anything I can do? Or is she done for the year?


r/plantclinic • • 28m ago

Houseplant Can this rubber fig be saved?

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My sister had this rubber fig in her office for the past six months. Her room doesn't get any direct light and clearly this rubber fig has been struggling :(

She said she used to water it once a week and leave the water sitting in the bottom of the pot so I'm thinking there might be some root rot. She said she hasn't watered it in the last ten days so that's why the soil looks dry. The pot has draining holes by the way.

I will take it home today and replace the soil with chunkier one with perlite and orchide bark and move it to somewhere it can get more light but I'm wondering if it's too far gone. Any advice is appreciated.


r/plantclinic • • 2h ago

Pest Related does my money tree have spider mites :(

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theres only one of the sap bubbles


r/plantclinic • • 41m ago

Monstera Please don't be pests...🤞what is this!?

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Help! I have isolated the plant for now. This plant baby sits in a south facing window that gets sun from sun-up until about 6p ET, I have had it in this same window for over a year. The leaves typically sit against the window cause ya know, light.

I water when the soil is dry, and make a determination by sticking my finger in it and fertilize every now and then when I remember to add plant food to my water.

I am in CLT NC area and temps have been up and down reaching 40s overnight and sometimes still 75+ in the afternoons.

I have not noticed these spots until just today and I look at my plant babies daily. It just put out the leaf in the 2nd to last picture a couple weeks ago after I split this one from a pot that had two of these in it. The other plant is fine. No other plants in my window appear to be affected.

I can see a few fungus gnats, but the soil does not feel too wet, and is a very chunky mix of perlite, orchid bark, soil, peat, that all my other monsteras are in as well.


r/plantclinic • • 3h ago

Houseplant Phyllotaenium lindenii help! Brown spots getting larger

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I got this Phyllotaenium lindenii around 4 months ago and in the past couple months it's started developing these brown spots that keep growing in size. Is this a watering issue as the soil keeps feeling dry only a few days after watering. Or could it be something else that is harder to treat? Any help is greatly appreciated!

The plant is placed in my bedroom with decent indirect light during the daytime. It gets light for most of the daylight time. I tend to water it every 5 or so days when the soil feels dry using a jug of water. The pot has drainage holes underneath


r/plantclinic • • 14h ago

r/plantclinic Update Post i didn’t give up !!!

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https://www.reddit.com/r/plantclinic/s/aQK4f184wn

so basically my plant was dying because of spider mites! I don’t give up and used some of the insecticide you recommended, i’m very proud that my plant is happy and blooming again!!! thank you 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻


r/plantclinic • • 2h ago

Houseplant Whats wrong with my money plant

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Waters is once a week

I have put it in UV protection blinds lights 10 hours a day

It's near the window


r/plantclinic • • 2h ago

Pest Related Mealys on my Cordyline?

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Noted these little things on the newer leaves of my Cordyline and not sure what they are. They just sit there doing nothing


r/plantclinic • • 2h ago

Houseplant Calthea not happy at all. Quite worried

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Keeps dropping and on the floor now. Some parts of the plant have turned yellow as shown. Gets around 4-6 hours in a room that’s got a South East facing window. I water it when the first 2 inches of soil are dry

Really need your guys advice please 🙏🏻


r/plantclinic • • 2h ago

Houseplant Is this variegated or is there something wrong?

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My coworker brought this plant to me to repot for her. She said it used to be all green but the leaves have been turning this yellow/white color as it grows. They don’t feel mushy, they seem firm.
I don’t see any signs of pests or disease that I am familiar with. There is a lot of dust on the branches which you can see in the photos.
I’m not sure how much light it was getting, but I do not believe it was direct light. She said she would water it when it seemed dry.
Is it a variegated thanksgiving cactus, or is there something sinister going on?


r/plantclinic • • 17m left

Houseplant Seasonal Fan Use

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I am new to using fans with my house plants this year because I now have a lot of them and I noticed that it’s been helpful. Now that the temperature is getting colder and they get more cold air from the windows, should I still run the fans or will it make it too cold for them? I know that circulation is important but I also don’t want them to get too cold. The plants I am particularly worried about are the ones in my east facing window. There is an overhang outside so they don’t get direct light but they’re doing well. They are bottom watered when they become dry enough per each plant. I check them daily. I rent and these are the only windows that don’t have any curtains/blinds, etc. My debate is should I stop running the fans and leave the windows like they are or should I try tension rods with blackout curtains and continue to use the fans while adding grow lights? (These are not all of my plants or even all in this window, but I just needed a picture so I could write the post.)Thanks in advance.


r/plantclinic • • 8h ago

Houseplant Just bought this poor fellow at a grocery store today. Why does the second big leaf look so...sad?

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I bought this sad, unidentified plant for like $5 today because it looked so pitiful.

(I don't know what it is (possibly dieffenbachia?), but I currently have it in a mix of succulent soil (because it's much too organic for succulents, ironically) and a little fertilizer-infused perlite. It's the only soil I had on me, but I can buy another kind if necessary.

I have a northeast-facing window only, which gets a lot of indirect light. The soil it came in was bone-dry when I checked it, but I didn't want to water it before I knew what was causing the plant's appearance, so I added a handful of damp soil when I repotted it.)

Anyway, I don't know how the grocery store was caring for this poor plant. I searched all over the internet for the meaning of the specific color of this pale leaf and if it's salvageable, but couldn't find anything.

What can I do for this poor plant?


r/plantclinic • • 1h ago

Pest Related What is wrong with my spider plant?

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Hi, I have received this plant from my mother in law. I was wondering what are these little marks? They look like they can be pulled off as well.

Currently they are in a bathroom, with bright light.


r/plantclinic • • 1h ago

Houseplant Should I worry about Coffea Arabica?

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I moisturize my Coffea Arabica everyday with soft water. One plant is on the northern windowsill and the second one is located on the southern side, so they get different levels of light. I am using special coffea soil. Can someone tell me what are these brown leaves? I read that they change color due to lack of moisture, but I think that it is not the reason in my case. I bought the plants something about 2 months ago. They are growing because number of leaves increased from the beginning.

The photos were taken after moisturizing.


r/plantclinic • • 1h ago

Houseplant Rubber tree dying? And problems with gnats !!!!

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I water all my plants once a week, sometimes every two weeks if the top of the soil is still damp. I moved my rubber tree from a window that gets indirect sunlight (not a lot at all) to a window that gets quite a lot of sunshine! I repotted it and have moisture control soil mixed with a bit of orchid soil. It was doing okay for a little bit and now my bottom leaves are drooping AND dropping ! The top new leaf blossom is browning and I don’t know what to do!! Help !!!

I also have about 5 other indoor plants with similar needs, most of them require less light and the same pot mixture and I’m getting gnats and idk how to get rid of them? Help please !!!
Thank you in advance(: I’m really trying to have a green thumb !!!!!


r/plantclinic • • 6h ago

Houseplant Wondering what to do about the yellow stalk.

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This is Fitz, he's a lucky bamboo plant and I've had him for about a year or so, and over the last couple weeks the yellow stalk in the back has almost completely yellowed. I was hoping to get some advice on what to do going forward regarding how to safely remove the yellow stalk and take better care of the smaller green ones going forward. I have him on the other side of a curtain for sunlight, and I water him using only water bottles once a week, and about 2 fluid ounces of water. There's no drainage in the pot, and there's loose gravel inside.


r/plantclinic • • 10h ago

Houseplant Orchid aerial roots going mad

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since moving to a new place, all 4 of my orchids have gone crazy and are suddenly growing many aerial roots - 2 are growing tons of straight aerial roots right out, and the other is growing more snaky aerial roots. Is this normal or am I missing something?

plants get plenty of light - face windows, get sunlight throughout the day during daytime. water once a week with one cup each.


r/plantclinic • • 11h ago

Pest Related What is on my lavender plant?

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What are these little white things on my lavender plant? For context it has not been doing well and while cutting off dead branches I noticed these things everywhere. They don’t move or react to anything. This is an indoor plant and I haven’t introduced any new plants recently.


r/plantclinic • • 5h ago

Houseplant Parlour Palm needs help!

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I've had this plant since last year, but my mom took care of it for a while when I was living in a smaller place. I bought it from someone else who was moving away from the city.

Currently it is next to a window but I'm thinking of placing it in a spot with indirect sunlight. I haven't watered it in the last 3 weeks because the soil still seemed humid. The pot has no drainage holes (probably should get one with?).

The leaves look odd with the brown tips. Not sure what to do about it. It's been like this for some months I'd say. I want it to be healthy again, what to do?

Any help is appreciated! Thanks :)


r/plantclinic • • 16h ago

Houseplant Help );

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Hi, i got my friend this plant about a few months ago and recently it’s started to get droopy 😭 It stays in the bathroom windowsill since that’s where her apartment gets the most sunlight but since it’s gotten colder the sun hasn’t been out as much. She might’ve been overwatering it but we’re not sure if that’s what’s been causing this. I told her to not water it for a while and see if it helps but any suggestions? She also tries to put it outside when the sun is out as well


r/plantclinic • • 11h ago

Outdoor Is this transplant shock?

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I just transplanted the plant 2 days ago and have not watered since because the soil feels moist and the plant is outdoors (on my balcony) and it receives 12 hours of direct sunlight


r/plantclinic • • 11h ago

Outdoor Basil Plant after pot change

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The basil plant was healthy until I changed pot and the leaves at the top started curling 1 week ago. Am I over watering or under watering? The plant have only direct sunlight like 4 hours in the morning but it is in my balcony. I only water when I feel the soil and it is dry, once every 2 days but depends on the weather. I had this plant for 1 month.


r/plantclinic • • 14h ago

Cactus/Succulent Help with cactus

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This cactus is 3 years old. Its one of those two cactus in one that I wont get again. However this one the top is still alive and I was wondering the best way to preserve the top or something. It sits in the window. It only gets water when all the way dry. Thanks for any help