r/plantclinic

Hi everyone! Me and my dad came home today to start doing some yard work and we immediately noticed a very strong burning smell. We then noticed the bottom area of our tree appears to be burnt?!?!
We truly have no idea how this could have happened. Could someone explain? We're a little worried something like this could happen again!

The plant species is a Chinese Pistache tree, and we planed it around July 2025. It's been steadily growing ever since, and this is the first major issue we've had with this plant.

We used to water it daily, but stopped watering the plant during the winter. But, since it's now Spring season, about 2 weeks ago we started watering it daily again,

It's an outdoor tree, placed in the backyard of my home so it occasionally gets blocked out by the sun but gets usually about 10-12 hours of sunlight a day.

I don't exactly know what soil mix we are using...I think we bought some cheap soil from Lowe's.

And this may be relevant. My parents put these glass balls next to the tree. They're glass balls that are meant to be in decorative bowls indoors. But my parents put them outside.
I don't know what the balls are made of, but they were NOT this black! The clear white one is what the balls normally should look like.

Hope someone out there can help me out here! Thanks guys!

I’ve had this monstera from Trader Joe’s since 2020 during the pandemic… it’s now leaning on my towel S.p.A. heat warmer and needs support constantly…

Can I cut some and repot it? Help 🙏 please! I love my plant and already gave a broken limb to my brother that now has grown 4 new leaves 🍃!!

I also drank wine and sad about my plants.. sorry if I annoy you.

Indoors with 5 hours of sunlight through window and I water every 7-10 days. Normal

soil.

This little guy lives on my window sill with a few other plants. I pulled them down the other night to clean, and I noticed these two little things on the leaves.

I’ve asked plant people and google, no one has any idea. Is it some kind of fungus maybe? I don’t see it on the other plants, but I know that doesn’t mean much.

Watering habits: I let her soak up as much as needed, from a bowl I place below. No standing water nearby, and plant does not sit waterlogged.

TIA!!

Today everything’s closed, natural remedies only until shops open tomorrow 😭

(Indoor zebrina with natural indirect light and lamps, draining pot and I water when soil gets dry)

Hello! I have this snake plant for a few years now and feel like it’s not doing too well. The growth has been very slow and its leaves are turning yellow.

It sits near a large window and I water it every two to four weeks. Any advice helps!

Before this, I was watering daily. not on the weekends since it’s in my work place. It gets plenty of light.

I’m in central NC area. Several of my bushes look a bit sick this year. I’ve never seen these bushes look this bad in past years, so I’m not exactly sure what’s going on. They usually stay pretty green all year round. I’ve been trying to do some research online/chatgpt, and I keep getting to a diagnosis of “winter burn”. Does that seem accurate?

First pic is the most recent after I trimmed it back at the end of March and put fresh mulch down. Pics 2, 3, 4 are from early March with more leaves. Pic 5 is from 2 years ago in June.

I believe they’re a type of Gardenia, but I’m not 100% sure. I’m thinking about applying an all purpose fertilizer to see if it helps. I’ve never watered the bushes and they get about 6 to 8 hours of light per day.

Had this pothos for about five years. It started as two leaves propagating in a water bottle, I potted it when it grew a few more leaves and roots. Repotted maybe two years ago and then again last week when I noticed roots popping out of the top. Since then a whole string of leaves have started turning yellow and falling off 😩 leaving me with just empty green vines. Not sure if it just doesn’t like the new pot or if I damaged it in some way while repotting? It’s right by the window, gets plenty of indirect sunlight and some direct light towards the end of the day (but not too much). It still has big green new leaves growing towards the ends, I’m wondering if the old leaves on top are just yellowing because they’re old but I’m terrified now to trim the bottom and kill the whole thing. It’s been very happy being watered once a week. Repotted using Uni-Gro premium potting soil. Also bought some Vitamin B-1 liquid fertilizer but haven’t used it yet, open to trying it on the plant as well.

any advice on why my little blue stem isn't doing too hot now? it started off well but then started turning brown/gray. I thought I over watered it so I've left the soil essentially dry out.

it's under a aerogarden grow light and was doing well for a while. it is not root bound as I can see through the large Dunkin cup. the cup has holes so it drains

We think this is a zanzibar gem plant. We received him after one of our owners passed away. We already repotted him once. He will be moving to my house next month while we find new office space. I have a few questions.

Does he need to be re-potted and if so what kind of pot?

Will he be ok on my screened in patio that has indirect sunlight most of the day.

We water the plant when the dirt feels dry.

I am not plant person but I need to keep him alive.

I got this plant a couple weeks ago. From the start I noticed that a couple of the branches, and the tips of the lo g ones were completely dried out, and in a couple of days all the small leaves dried put and fell. I pruned the dry branches and tried watering much more regularly and it seemed to improve. The rest of the leaves became perkier and greener, but in several weeks I haven’t seen any new growth, even though it has several small branches still alive. The past week leaves started Turing yellow at random, but much more in one of the long branches. Watering makes no difference. Does this look like it’s still underwatering stress? Or do you think it’s something else? The first yellowing leaves turn yellow with no much change in texture, but the drying out, and these ones in the pictures are crispy at the edges. I’m worried I may have caused root rot by increasing watering, and I only have somewhat dense soil mix available if repotting is urgent, if I need a different soil mix I will have to wait to the weekend.

For light, I have it hanging in a window that looks to the neighbor’s house, so best sunlight in my house but not direct

As the title questions. I just bought this plant about two weeks ago now, and she was doing great. The place I bought him from repotted him themselves. As the days went on, he’s slowly started to wilt. I have golden ivy I bought from them too and I’m not having any problems with her. Is it a watering issue?

He gets bright, indirect light for maybe twelve hours a day now? With daylight savings time jumping forward messed me up a bit. West facing window. I watered him just once because the soil was dry and kinda soaked him. Maybe I overwatered him? They didn’t water him before I left with the plant.

TIA if you can help.

Both plants are getting partial sun - there is morning sun until noon. We are in Southern California, so the weather is generally good. Both plants are watered 1-2 times a week. I am pretty sure the first plant is sick or dying.

The first plant has purple flowers, but I’m not sure what it is. I cut the dead flowers off this morning. There seems to be some new growth, but the leaves are very droopy and getting discolored. There is also a brain like growth at the roots.

The second plant has white and purple flowers when in bloom. I’m not sure what it is either. It has nice new leaves at the bottom.

I’m just curious how best to care for them. Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Theres a weird shriveled up part of my plant that looks like its apart of the main stem. I don’t remember the plant name but I added a picture of it. Asked my friend and they said the red part looks like a scale bug, but I want another opinion. I would’ve hacked it off already but I’m a bit hesitant since its a thick stem, I don’t want to cause irreparable damage to my plant.

Keep in mind I barely know what I’m doing when it comes to plant care. I am shocked that its even still alive, so I’d greatly appreciate the help.

It gets 8 hours of uninterrupted UV light from a grow light attached to the houseplant housing, and is watered once a week with no extra moisture outside of that, and uses basic miracle grow potting mix.

I have never had them before and am unsure if it is just dust or thrips. Plant gets medium light and is watered once every two weeks

For context, I live in SE Michigan, and I've had this burgundy rubber tree for a few years now, though it's my only plant and I think the only reason it did okay is because it's so low-maintenance. Usually I keep it indoors in a south-facing window, but last summer I had it outside on my apartment balcony and it practically exploded with growth, so I've been eager to get it back outside again as the weather warms up.

To make a long story short, last week when it was mid-70s, I put it outside to catch the afternoon sun, forgot about it, and then the temperature dropped down into the 30s overnight before I brought it back inside the next morning, much droopier.

In the time since, some of the leaves have turned yellow and spotty, others have completely desiccated, and now the tops of the stems (trunks?) don't look like they're faring well, either. Some of the leaves close to the soil have managed to stay green and waxy, at least.

I have some specific questions, but I welcome any advice.

• The damaged leaves are holding fast and don't seem like they're about to drop, despite everything. Should I cut some/any of them off? Is there a proper technique for doing so?
• How can I gauge damage to the stems/trunks? The buds seem to be in trouble, just visually, but what about the rest?
• Should I prune the stems/trunks themselves? How far up or down? What's the best way of doing so that won't cause additional damage?
• Should I change anything about how much sun/water it gets? In the context of recovery, I mean -- it seemed to be doing fine before freezing.

Thanks for the help 🙏

This little lady’s leaves are all turning brown at the ends and one of the leaves is dripping water? Any ideas on what could be ailing her?

She is about ten feet from a south-facing window where she gets about 8-12 hours of indirect sun daily. She gets watered weekly - no fertilizer. No idea what kind of soil we have her in.

Hi all!! I got this scindapsus from a Mitre 10 (New Zealand Home Depot pretty much) about 3 months ago and everything's been good! Constantly getting new leaves :)

However, I moved recently and now some of the plant is drooping and turning yellow. This window is a northfacing window that usually gets a lot of sun, but I don't think it has much to do with the light as this room used to be home to a bunch of my sister's houseplants, which were thriving in here. I usually water every 1-2 weeks depending on how dry it's been; I water until it seeps from the bottom. I just used a normal indoor plant mix soil; could the issue be from bad drainage? Should I change the soil to add more stuff like perlite?

It could be because my partner accidentally overwatered once when I was away for a few days, but I'm mostly wondering why it's only affecting this one side. The other side of the plant is still stiff and not drooping.

Thank you so much and please help! Her name is Patina :)

Wondering what might be wrong here. New growth leaves are small, dark and not unfurling (compared to previous leaves). It is indoors on a windowsill facing west, the weather lately has been very grey so it hasn't been getting much sun. It is watered once a week and this pot has room at the bottom for water to evaporate between waters.

Hello everyone!! I’m plant sitting for a coworker of mine for about a week now and am new to this plant.

It seems to be in a pretty rough condition and I’m just looking for help on what’s wrong with it to be able to bring it back to life 😢. Hopefully it’s not too far gone. The person I’m sitting for was out of their house for a while before I ended up picking up the plant so the flower was already wilted. I thought at first it just needed some TLC but now I’m worrying it’s something else…

It’s watered once a week and kept in indirect sunlight next to a window (I live in an apartment so I don’t get an extreme amount of sun anyways). I don’t know the type of soil that’s being used unfortunately.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!! Thx