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Indoor Plants: Problems

Last Updated: March 26, 2008 | Related resource areas: Gardens, Lawns & Landscapes

Indoor Plants | Selection | Care and Management | Problems


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Detecting and Diagnosing Problems

Spider mite webbing (Photo credit: Deb Brown).
Spider mite webbing (Photo credit: Deb Brown).

The following resources are helpful as you work toward detecting and diagnosing indoor plant problems.


  • Plant Diagnostics (Maryland Cooperative Extension) helps you identify problems by plant part affected
- User hint: Choose the Houseplant link in the left navigation bar, then choose the plant part you would like to diagnose. When you find the symptom or sign that matches the problem, click on the "Go" button for information and management of the problem.


Insect and Diseases Problems and Control

  • Houseplant Diseases and Disorders (Home and Garden Information Center, Clemson University Extension) is an overview of the diseases and disorders that create problems for houseplants
  • Houseplant Insect Control (University of Minnesota Extension) discusses prevention, general identification characteristics, and nonchemical and chemical control measures

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houseplants, indoor plants, plant-insect relations, plant diseases and disorders

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michael on 03.22.08 at 12:09 AM
the edges of my plants are standing up, the leaves are not cupped upwards; it is just the very, very fringes of the leaves that bend almost to a 90 degree angle upwards. I have just recently transplanted from a 5 inch diameter by 6inches deep into a 3gallon pot. The plants are roughly 2 months old. I have a cool air humidifier and a space heater to keep the climate around 65% humidity and temperature around 21 Celsius. I watered the smaller pot with seedling strength fertilizer for the first few weeks then switched to the vegetative strength. I should also add that when the plants were in the small pots i watered them so that no, or very very little run off ran out the bottom because i didn't have any saucers. Thank you for the consideration.
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