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    If you have houseplants or grow them in the garden, you have probably encountered problems such as illnesses and even the death of your plants. Plant diseases occur due to various causes, such as pathogens and adverse environmental conditions. They manifest in a violation of the functions and structure of the organism. More importantly, they may cause premature death of the plant or damage to its organs. Diagnosing different plant problems is key to the plant’s successful growth.

    What Are the Common Problems in Plants?

    Protecting plants from diseases requires a thorough approach. First, you should define the problem:

    • Plant diseases. This is of the main plant problems, which includes diseases, damages, and disorders which occur during the plant’s growth.
    • Environmental problems. Experienced gardeners know to consider the habitat in which plants grow for proper and timely protection. Each plant species has its own set of optimal values of factors under which the plants will be in a normal state, and their immune responses to pathogens and pests will be optimal.
    • Plant pests and invasive plants. Plant pests include insects, bugs, and various weeds that may impact the plants.

    To save the crop, you need to notice changes in the plant's appearance in time and take the necessary measures. It's easy to define all these problems at PlantIn and get professional help.

    How to Diagnose Plant Problems

    Here is a short list of the steps you should take for easy detection of the plant problems:

    • Pay attention to your plants. Always notice when something changes with your plant to detect the problems timely. Frequent observations will help you solve the problem instantly, so check the signs and symptoms first.
    • Learn the name of the plant. Some gardeners have so many plants that they even forget which one is in front of them. You need to know the plant’s name to figure out its disease.
    • Look at the leaves. The holes in the leaves often point at the insect pests.
    • Look for the culprit. Look for the insects or their signs.
    • Use Plantin. With the Myplantin web version or the PlantIn app for Android and iOS, you can use the identifier of the plant disease that you can rely on in your further search. Moreover, you can get expert help from professionals via the platform.

    Don’t hesitate to identify your plant issues to solve them as quickly as possible!

    Are you thinking about how to diagnose my plant? No worries! 

    You can use our list of possible diseases, read helpful articles, or promptly diagnose the plant and get a treatment guide from our best botanist.

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    Thrips

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    Shot Hole Disease

    Shot Hole Disease

    The disease’s name couldn’t be more evident because it is about the holes. ...

    Shield Bugs

    Shield Bugs

    This bug is also known as a stink bug, and such a nickname is not coinciden...

    Scale insects

    Scale insects

    Scale insects suck sap from plants, thus depriving them of vital nutrients....

    Peach Leaf Curl

    Peach Leaf Curl

    The fungus Taphrina Deformans causes this plant’s disease. As you can guess...

    Nutrient excess

    Nutrient excess

    The most common issues for plants are nutrient-related. And they can be cau...

    Mechanical damage

    Mechanical damage

    Mechanical damage is a physical violation of the integrity of the plant. Th...

    Mealybugs

    Mealybugs

    Mealybugs are wingless insects that look like white cottony masses. You can...

    Chilling and Frost Injury

    Chilling and Frost Injury

    Frost damage occurs if the plant stays in unacceptably low-temperature cond...

    Light or Heat Source Damage

    Light or Heat Source Damage

    The increased temperature of the environment in which your plant grows can ...

    Light excess

    Light excess

    When the light exposure level is too intense for a particular plant, the ch...

    Lace bugs

    Lace bugs

    Lace bugs are tiny insects about 1/3 inch long. Adult bugs have light-color...

    Chromista

    Chromista

    Chromista, also known as water molds, are fungus-like eukaryotic organisms....

    Finished flowering period

    Finished flowering period

    Like all living things, plants have their own life cycle. The flowering sta...

    Air-Related Issues

    Air-Related Issues

    Humidity and drafts can become major troubles for your plant friends. Both ...

    Black Knot

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    Black knot is a fungal infection that affects fruit and ornamental trees. T...

    Plant Parasitic Nematodes

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    Animalia is one of the diseases that is caused by Nematode worms. Nematodes...

    Acari

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    Acari are small eight-legged members of the Arachnida class. They infest or...

    Rhizoctonia Blight, Rot and Damping-off

    Rhizoctonia Blight, Rot and Damping-off

    Rhizoctonia solani is a complex of related species of fungi. This plant pat...

    Fusarium wilts, blights, rots and damping-off

    Fusarium wilts, blights, rots and damping-off

    Fusarium is a soil-borne fungal pathogen causing a variety of plant disease...

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