Plant Diseases

Thrips are one of the worst indoor house plant pests you can encounter. These pests are stubborn and they can make your plant very sick. Sick to the point of serious concern. You should feel concerned about a thrip infestation, big or small. Some species of thrips even bite humans. They carry a few diseases …

Are you worried you have fruit flies? But they don’t look quite right? Well, you don’t have fruit flies. You have these creatures called fungus gnats (Sciaridae). Fungus gnats can’t harm humans. There are no diseases they can pass on to you. There’s nothing they can do to hurt you. Except fly in circles in …

Meet the smallest “fly” you’ll ever see (or not see) in your lifetime. It’s the whitefly. Sometimes the only way to even know these pests are living on a plant is when the infestation has gotten large. And that’s only because of the giant cloud of whiteflies you’ll see hovering over your plant after you’ve …

Soft scale bugs are so common on indoor and outdoor plants that you expect an infestation at least once. The brown scale (the Coccus hesperidum) is the most common type of soft scale you’ll find on an indoor plant. They’re also one of the ugliest pests. They resemble flat brown slugs embedding themselves into the …

Yellow leaves on plants are one of the most common plant problems faced by almost every gardener. Yellow leaves on plants indicate your plant is distressed and needs extra care. It could be due to pests, diseases, nutrition, or even the medium in which the plant is growing.     Plants show their unhappiness by …