| The signal from your plant |
What your plant is saying |
How to show you care |
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Brown edges on leaves
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Too hot and dry
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Water, put in sheltered area
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Too much salt
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Water to wash excess salts from soil
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Brown spots on stems & leaves
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Don't put strong fertilizers on leaves
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Wash leaves, avoid getting fertilizer on leaves
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Infected with something
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Cut off effected areas, diagnose pathogen
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Fuzzy globs on leaves or stems
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Aphids or mealybugs are eating me
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Remove insects, swab with rubbing alcohol & wash with soapy water
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Dying seedlings
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Too much fertilizer
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Reduce fertilizer, or keep away from tender roots
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Too much fertilizer
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Water to wash excess fertilizer out of soil
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Too wet
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Don't plant seeds in wet soil, give more drainage
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Fruit/veggies rot
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Infected with something
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Pull infected plants to prevent spread
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Infected with something
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Stake plants to prevent contact of fruit with soil
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Half chewed leaves
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Slugs are eating me
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Place dish of beer by base of plant to trap slugs
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Healthy leaves, no flowers
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Needs more light
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Move to area with more light
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Too cold
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Put in sheltered area
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Too much nitrogen
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Reduce fertilizer
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Wrong season
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Be patient
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Holes in leaves
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Insects are eating me
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Remove insects, wash with soapy water
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No fruit/veggie production
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Iinsects are eating me
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Remove insects, wash with soapy water
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Need pollination
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Pollinate by hand if no insects are around
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Too cold
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Put in sheltered area
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Too hot
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Wait until weather cools
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Pale tunnels or patches on leaves
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Leaf miners are eating me
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Cut off affected areas
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Pale, stunted plants
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Insects are eating me
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Remove insects, wash with soapy water
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Need more drainage
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Give better drainage
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Need more fertilizer
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Add fertilizer
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Powdery growth on leaves
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Infected with powdery mildew
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Cut off affected areas, move away from other plants
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Purplish, stunted plants
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Need more phosphorus
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Add P fertilizer
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Reddish spores on leaves
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Infected with rust
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Cut off affected areas, move away from other plants
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Warped leaves
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Infected with something
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Cut off affected areas, diagnose pathogen
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Weak, leggy plants
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Need more light
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Move to area with more light
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Too crowded
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Separate from other plants
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Too much nitrogen
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Reduce fertilizer
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Too wet
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Give better drainage, reduce watering
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White spots on leaves or stems
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Spider mites are eating me
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Remove insects, wash with soapy water
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Wilting plant
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Infected with something
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Cut off affected area, diagnose pathogens
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Too cold
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Put in sheltered area
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Too dry
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Water
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Too wet
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Check roots for rot, give more drainage
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Yellow & green speckled pattern on leaves
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Infected with virus
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Pull infected plants to prevent spread
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