Common Houseplant Diseases

The most common diseases that your houseplants might suffer from are:

• Black leg.
• Botrytis.
• Leaf spot.
• Powdery mildew.
• Root rot.
• Rust.
• Sooty mold.
• Various viruses.

1. What is the most common plant disease?
2. What does a diseased plant look like?
3. What is wrong with my indoor plant?
4. What is killing my indoor plants?
5. How is leaf spot disease treated?
6. Is there an app to identify plant diseases?
7. Is my plant diseased?
8. How do you kill bacteria on plants?
9. How do I know if my plant has mold?
10. How do I know if my indoor plant is dying?
11. How can you tell if your plant is dying?
12. How are indoor plant problems diagnosed?
13. Why do I have little bugs in my house plants?
14. How do you get rid of little bugs in houseplant soil?
15. How do you treat houseplant bugs?
16. Is leaf spot contagious?
17. What kills leaf spots?
18. Will leaf spot go away on its own?
19. Is there a free app to identify plants?
20. How can you tell if a plant is healthy?
21. What's the best plant identification app?

What is the most common plant disease?

Most Common Plant Diseases and Solutions

1. Powdery Mildew. Most powdery mildew are very host specific, mildew on cucumbers will not infect roses. ...
2. Black Spot. This is a common fungal disease of roses. ...
3. Bacterial Canker or Blight. ...
4. Shot Hole. ...
5. Black Knot. ...
6. Rust. ...
7. Late Blight / Early Blight. ...
8. Apple Scab.

What does a diseased plant look like?

When disease attacks a plant, it's easily visible. Growth slows, stunts or becomes spindly; leaves may yellow, show white powdery blotches or develop spots. Affected leaves eventually drop. Stems may become soft and mushy, with black tissue visible near the soil.

What is wrong with my indoor plant?

Weak growth: Too much or too little light, root system is damaged from poor soil drainage or over-watering. Wilting: Over-watering, under-watering, root rot, salt build up, too much fertilizer, needs a larger pot. ... Yellowing plant: Poor lighting conditions, not enough fertilizer, insects or mites, over-watering.

What is killing my indoor plants?

By far, the biggest culprit is giving your plants too much water. Many indoor plants only need to be watered once every week or two — and in winter even less frequently — but because we're trying too hard to keep our plants alive, we can often drown them. The soil should be dry to touch before watering again.

How is leaf spot disease treated?

1. Live with the disease. Most trees tolerate leaf spots with little or no apparent damage. ...
2. Remove infected leaves and dead twigs. ...
3. Keep foliage dry. ...
4. Keep plants healthy. ...
5. Use fungicides if needed. ...
6. Replace the plant.

Is there an app to identify plant diseases?

Plantix. A hybrid between a social media platform and a forum for gardeners and farmers, Plantix is one of the newer free plant identification apps for Android. One of its best features is that it helps users not only identify plants but also plant diseases and various plant problems.

Is my plant diseased?

Your plants will let you know if they have a disease problem; growth slows, stunts or becomes spindly; leaves turn yellow, show white powdery blotches or develop spots. Infected leaves eventually drop. Plant stems may become soft and mushy, with black discoloration near the soil.

How do you kill bacteria on plants?

To control fungal outbreaks, as with bacteria, remove all infected plant parts, or plants. You may also choose to apply a fungicide. There are many products available for treatment, organically (copper, sulfur, and baking soda are common) or synthetically.

How do I know if my plant has mold?

One of the first steps to follow when you see any kind of mold on the soil of your indoor houseplants is to identify what types it is, so you can properly remediate the problem. White Mold: appears as downy, fuzzy growth on the surface of the soil. May look cottony in nature.

How do I know if my indoor plant is dying?

Symptoms: If leaves look droopy and are falling off, it's a good sign that the plant's not getting enough water. Solution: “The goal is to saturate the soil so it's evenly moist, and then let it dry out before watering again,” says Chris. “Most indoor plants are tropical, and they like warm water, not hot or cold.”

How can you tell if your plant is dying?

Here are few common symptoms and what they may mean:

1. Wilting leaves.
2. Plant/soil not holding water.
3. Yellowing leaves.
4. Roots at the surface or coming through drainage holes.
5. Tips/edges of leaves turning brown.
6. Flower buds form then drop off before opening, or shrivel soon after opening.

How are indoor plant problems diagnosed?

8 common indoor plant problems

1. YELLOWING LEAVES. Older plant leaves may yellow and drop off as part of the natural ageing process and this is completely normal. ...
2. LEAVES DROPPING. ...
3. LEAVES CURLING. ...
4. BROWN LEAF-EDGES. ...
5. WILTING OR BURNT LEAVES. ...
6. ROOT ROT. ...
7. LEGGY OR SPARSE GROWTH. ...
8. LOPSIDED GROWTH.

Why do I have little bugs in my house plants?

Fungus gnats (also called soil gnats) are probably the most common (and annoying) houseplant pests. ... You will notice these indoor plant bugs crawling out of the potting soil, or flying around your plant when you water or otherwise disturb the soil.

How do you get rid of little bugs in houseplant soil?

If those pests just won't quit, you can use a solution of water and soap in a spray bottle to spray into the top layer of soil (or pour it directly on top). You can also do this with an organic insecticidal soap or Neem oil mixture; these natural pesticides should be effective after a few treatments.

How do you treat houseplant bugs?

Insects Bugging Your Plants? Try These 10 Natural Insecticides

1. Soapy water. Mix 5 tablespoons of dish soap with 4 cups of water in a bottle and spray plants with the solution. ...
2. Neem oil spray. ...
3. Pyrethrum spray. ...
4. Beer. ...
5. Garlic. ...
6. Pepper spray. ...
7. Herbal water spray. ...
8. Alcohol spray.

Is leaf spot contagious?

Bacterial leaf spot is highly contagious. Warm, moist conditions can cause clusters of vulnerable plants to be readily infected within a few hours. Bacterial leaf spot occurs globally, wherever susceptible plants are present.

What kills leaf spots?

Our top recommendation to control leaf spot is Patch Pro. This product contains the active ingredient propiconazole which works effectively to eliminate Leaf Spot and keeps it from spreading. It's also cost-effective and one of our more affordable fungicides.

Will leaf spot go away on its own?

Gray leaf spot looks like someone burned or dripped acid on the leaves of the plant. There are little oblong spots on the leaf. Eventually, these spots grow together and the leaf blade dies. Whole areas of your grass can disappear at once when these leaf blades die.

Is there a free app to identify plants?

PlantNet is our number one pick for a totally free plant identification app. PlantNet describes itself as a “citizen science project on biodiversity”. It counts on its users to create a botanical database and the user is the last word on whether or not the plant listed is a match.

How can you tell if a plant is healthy?

Don't buy a plant if the leaves are pale. Avoid plants with yellowing or brown leaves, or if the leaves look brown and dry along the edges. Signs of a healthy plant include a full, bushy growth habit. Avoid long, leggy plants and, instead, choose compact, sturdy plants.

What's the best plant identification app?

The 9 best plant identification app choices of the year:

• Top free plant identification app picks. PlantNet. iNaturalist. PlantSnap.
• Paid plant identification app picks. PictureThis. FlowerChecker. Garden Compass.
• Other plant identification app picks. Agrobase. Plantix. What's That Flower.