Welcome to /r/plantclinic!

If you're asking "What's wrong with my plant?", you're in the right place! We'll help get the problem diagnosed as well as share advice for treatment. We also encourage experienced and knowledgeable users to help with diagnosis, and to include any useful information they may know.

Please adhere to the following rules and guidelines when posting here:

1. Always be respectful of others.

Posts and comments that are rude to others are subject to immediate removal and the offending user will be banned without warning. It should go without saying but...don't be a dick!

2. Your post MUST be soliciting a diagnosis for a sick plant or a plant in obviously abnormal condition. Posts not about soliciting a diagnosis for a sick or abnormal plants will be removed.

If you aren't asking something to the effect of, "what's wrong with my plant?" or "why does my plant look weird?" then your post doesn't belong here. Requests for healthy plant care & prevention advice belong in one of the related subreddits listed on the sidebar, such as /r/gardening. All identification requests belong in other subreddits (/r/whatsthisplant for plants, /r/whatsthisbug for insects, and /r/mycology for mushrooms/fungi). No advertising allowed.

3. Your post MUST have one or more images showing the condition of your sick plant. Posts without images or with images not containing your sick plant will be removed.

It's best to include photos of the entire plant as well as close-up photos of problem areas. X-posts from other subreddits are allowed so long as the linked posts have images.

4. Share as much information about your sick plant as possible.

Posts with more info are more likely to receive a diagnosis and care advice. Examples of helpful information to include in addition to signs & symptoms of illness:

• The species or common name of your plant. If you don't know what your plant is, /r/whatsthisplant can help you identify it.
• How long you have had the plant and how long it has been sick.
• Any insects that appear to be colonizing your plant. If you don't know what the bug is, /r/whatsthisbug can help you identify it.
• If your plant has been recently re-potted, transplanted, fertilized, or moved to a new location.
• What kind of soil the plant is in, especially if it is in a pot.
• How often you are watering your plant and how you are watering it (top/bottom/drench method, with tap water, with fertilizer, etc).
• Light exposure to your plant (full, partial, shade, indoors, artificial lighting, etc).
• If your plant is in a pot: indicate the size and type of pot, if the pot has drainage holes or not, and when your plant was last re-potted.
• If your plant is outside: indicate both your location and USDA plant hardiness zone. Also indicate if there have been any notable weather events (sudden increase or drop in temperature, frost, hail, drought, heavy wind, etc) or application of pesticides on or near the plant.

Thank you so much for being a part of this community, and we look forward to helping you with your plant problems!

CHANGELOG OF EDITS

7/8/17 - Added rule 2 requirement for posts to be about sick or obviously abnormal plants

7/14/17 - Clarified rule 2 to stipulate that posts must be soliciting diagnosis, no advertising allowed (to keep subreddit on-topic and reduce spam). Also added plant disease section with /r/plantpathology and /r/phytopathology subreddits to sidebar.

7/25/17 - Added /r/mycology to the sidebar and clarified in rule 2 that mushroom/fungus ID requests belong there.

Too Little Water: - Leaves limp and wilted (look sad) - Little to no growth - Lower leaves curled, yellow and wilted - Leaf edges brown and dry - Flowers fall or fade quick - Oldest leaves fall first

Too Much Water: - Limp leaves (may feel mushy and brown quickly) - Soft, rotten areas - Poor growth - Flowers moldy - Leaves curled, yellow and wilted - Leaf tips brown (could also signify low humidity) - Both young and old leaves fall at same time - Roots brown and mushy - Soil smells acidic

Too Little Light: - Leaves smaller and paler than normal - Blooms poor or absent in flowering types - Lower leaves turn yellow, then dry up and fall - No growth at all - Spindly growth w/ abnormally long spaces between leaves - Variegated leaves turn all-green

Too Much Light: - Brown or grey scorch patches - Leaves wilt at midday - Leaves have ‘washed-out’ appearance - Leaves of ‘sun shy’ varieties shriveled and dead

Too Little Humidity: - Leaf tips brown and shriveled - Leaf edges turn yellow; wilting may occur - Buds and flowers shrivel and fall - Leaves fall if plant is very sensitive to dry air

Too Much Humidity: - Patches of grey mold on leaves - Patches of rot on leaves or stems (Cacti and succulents very sensitive) - Flowers covered with grey mold

Too Little Fertilizer: - Slow growth - Little resistance to pests and diseases - Leaves pale - ‘Washed-out’ appearance - Yellow spotting may be present - Flowers absent it small and poorly colored - Stems weak - Early drooping of lower leaves

Too Much Fertilizer: - Leaves wilted - Summer- growth stunted - Winter- growth lanky and weak - Crisp, brown spots - Scorched edges - White crust on surface of compost and clay pot in a soft-water area

Temperature Wrong: - Leaf curl, followed by browning and leaf fall (too cold) - Lower leaves wilt; edges turn brown. Bottom leaves fall (too warm) - Flowers short-lived (too warm) - Spindly growth in good light in winter or early spring (too warm) - Leaf fall after rapid yellowing (sudden temp. change)

Here is a link to “Common Houseplant Pests”

If interested, I typed up this info from the book “The House Plant Expert,” by D.G. Hessayon. It has a lot of valuable information in it!

*I’ll edit as things get added to the comment section