lucky bamboo plant

QuestionMy bamboo plant, which is about 12 tall is starting to turn brown/yellow. I cut off the first sprout that was damaged...now the 2nd one looks bad... ??? Thanks! AnswerHi Lois, I assume yo

Yellow Leaves After Watering

QuestionI need help Darlene. Why do my house plants have yellow leaves a few days after watering? Thank you Ed South Bend, Indiana. AnswerEd, It is most likely that you are leaving them sit with a drain tray full

plant questions

Questioni have an aloe... when i got it it was about 3 inches tall... now it upwards of about 35 inches tall... what i need to know is if it is posible to cut the stalk in half and repot it... i want to make more of

Frost bite ficus

QuestionI planted 30 ficus trees that are approx 5ft tall and this last cold snap in Feb-07 turned all the leaves brown and brittle, the limbs are brittle as well, however on a couple of them I notice at the base of

Repotting a large Ivy

QuestionWhat is the best way to repotting this plant? I have a large one in my office.It has grown so long alone the top of my desk I would love to your veiws on putting this into a larger pot. HELP PLEASE AnswerHi

I desperately need your help!

QuestionHi Will, I have a madagascar dragon tree inside my house. Ive purchased it about a month ago from Home Depot. I replanted the plant using soil that Ive bought at the same time. I live in an apartment that

Rubber tree brown spots

QuestionHi. Ive had my rubber tree for about 2 years. Ive recently noticed that the little, brown, snail looking bugs are all over my newly forming and old leaves have gotten a lot worse. Ive noticed some of the pou

Care of a Spathiphyllum

QuestionQUESTION: I thought the man at the garden center sold me a bird of paradise, but now Im not so sure. It said Spath on the tag but he said it was labeled wrong and the plant was really a Bird of Paradise. I

Flying gnats in my pothos soil

QuestionHow can I get rid of flying gnats that are in my store bought soil along with my pothos plant? AnswerKim, They are fungus gnats. They are there because the plants are being overwatered. Even when the surfa

Pothos Cuttings

QuestionA friend of mine is willing to give me a vine from a pathos and I am wondering the best way to propagate it and start my own pathos. Do I take the vine, roots and all, and replant it or do I use cuttin

AMARYLLIS PLANT

QuestionMY AMARYLLIS HAS FINISHED BLOOMING AND HAS MANY GREEN SHOOTS OR LEAVES,PLEASE TELL ME WHAT TO DO TO HAVE IT BLOOM AGAIN. THANK YOU AnswerMatt, When the temperature outdoors is above 50 degrees at ni

Aloe Vera plants / Upright elephant ear plant

QuestionHi, i have a some of questions for you. First, How do you root an aloe Vera plant/pup? Almost all of my aloe Vera pups are growing without roots, is this normal?, will they eventually grow roots?

Money Tree (Pachira aquatica)

Question Will, Ive a couple of money trees that arent doing well. Their leaves tend to brown and become almost transparent, despite my attempts to water up/down according to soil moisture (I wait until the first 1-

Adenium obesum rot

QuestionI have a rather large dessert rose in an 8 pot. It was given to me as a gift and I didnt realize how little water it needs until it was too late. It is rotting quite a bit but I believe it can still be saved

Peperomia plant

QuestionI have a peromia plant that I recently re-potted. Before I re-potted it, the stalks were leaning and no leaves have appeared in about 2 months. Is it dying and is the leaning of the stalks natura

Lylac

QuestionQUESTION: Dear Darlene, I have a Lylac (Purple Jasmin)in my outdoor in back yard, in California, which I love it very much. But it is about 3 years the flowers do not grow , I cut all the tree and treat it i

Peace Lily spadix

QuestionHi, I have several peace lilies in my home. They range in size from 1 foot to over 3 feet tall. Each of my plants blooms periodically throughout the year. While visiting a garden shop recen

brunfelsia

QuestionI am currently in Florida and want to take a brunfelsia home to Maine to grow as an indoor plant. Will it bloom in April thru Oct in Maine? AnswerWes, I have 2 that I am growing as bonsai trees in no

Water for house plants

QuestionHi, Im doing a project on what type of water is best for a plants growth, and what is your opinion? Tap water, spring water or bottled water? Thank-you! AnswerHi Susie, I cannot answer your question direct

yellow balls in soil

QuestionQUESTION: I am noticing that most of my house plants have clumps of little yellow balls in the soil. They are not on the leaves only in the soil and seem to look kind of fuzzy. These balls are ve