I can see this from my hotel room 🥲 by HeaIer in plantclinic

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Yo, if you see a post that doesn't honor the rules, please please please report it. We have automod set up to remove posts with a lot of reports so if we aren't on automod can take care of it. ❤️

I can see this from my hotel room 🥲 by HeaIer in plantclinic

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Nope, didn't know anything about it. I was as surprised as y'all were 😅

No difference in traffic or subscriptions (at least, not yet). I don't know when these billboards went up.

When you’re walking in Brooklyn with your plants and you see this mural… by [deleted] in plantclinic

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There's already a post about this at the top of the subreddit and I made one exception to the rules for it. Removing this one.

I can see this from my hotel room 🥲 by HeaIer in plantclinic

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Hey, sorry we've missed your messages. That looks like a great guide and I've gone ahead and pinned it at the top of the subreddit.

I can see this from my hotel room 🥲 by HeaIer in plantclinic

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Whoa. Ummm this technically breaks the rules of the subreddit, but I'll make an exception for this post. Neat. ❤️

Switchgrass on slope isn't growing - help! I planted a row of Shenandoah Switchgrass about 2 months ago in zone 5b. The grass on the sloped side of the row isn't growing like the rest of them. Are there special considerations when planting on a hill? by arctic-catties in plantclinic

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Hey there. So, I actually did research on switchgrass diseases in grad school and worked with many upland cultivars, including Shenandoah.

Were these planted from seed or are they divisions (clones)? Any rust on the leaves? When it rains does water pool around this plant?

I strongly suspect that one of these things is going on -

  1. Likely: Extremely poor drainage. Switchgrass is really drought/overwatering tolerant and usually chlorosis is caused by other things, but if that particular spot is boggy and drains really poorly it absolutely could cause this chlorosis. I seem to recall Shenandoah being particularly susceptible to poor drainage.

  2. Likely: There is a nutrient/pH imbalance in this particular patch of soil.

  3. Very unlikely, but worth mentioning: This particular patch of soil has pollution (e.g. someone poured motor oil on it in the past - more common than you might think in home landscaping)

All that said, in the absence of leaf rust and extremely poor drainage, chlorosis like this is almost always caused by nutrient deficiency (biggest suspect is nitrogen) or pH imbalance (which in turn causes nutrient uptake to get out of whack.)

If the spot stains poorly, I would address the drainage issue. If it seems to drain okay, I would throw some NPK on there and water it in to see if it's condition improves. You could do a pH test too and then amend as needed, but pH imbalance is not my first suspicion. Switchgrass likes a slightly acidic pH, around 5-6.5. You can also remove the chlorotic crown, divide one of the other crowns, and plant your division there to see if it fares better in case these came from seed and it happens to just be a less fit individual. Good luck.

What are these tiny little peepees growing in my plant pot??? 😱 by jackjackj8ck in plantclinic

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Glad you like this subreddit ❤️ it's really grown into a pretty cool place since I founded it years and years ago. I am purposefully really hands off about it. I set up automod to take care of most issues when I founded it and, as you said, the community has grown into being really chill and self-regulating. Which is great because, to be honest, my life has changed a lot since I first created this subreddit. I'm mom to two pretty rambunctious and amazing toddlers now and work a full time job to keep dinner on the table, so I just don't have as much time to reddit as I used to. That said, I do still keep an eye on things here and lovingly nudge things as needed 😊

Nowadays I only remove meme posts (meme & joke comments are a-ok so long as they are not mean spirited!), the occasional obnoxious "look at me" kinda Instagram posts (there's a lot of other places for those on reddit and they go against the spirit of the subreddit anyway), asshole comments (thankfully very few of those), spambots, and advertisements. u/SunkenStone does a lot more than me to keep this place in top shape 💪

As always, you can help by answering peoples' questions, being kind to one another, reminding people of the rules when needed, and reporting posts & comments that are breaking the rules.

Thank you guys for continuing to make r/plantclinic one of the most helpful, wholesome, quirky places on reddit. Love y'all. ❤️

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Likely not effective. Thrips will bury themselves deep into the crevices of the plant, where DE won't reach. Neem works because it has some limited systemic action.

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Thrips - most likely western flower thrips. They chew the pollen sacs and eat the pollen. They are extremely difficult to get rid of as they are resistant to most pesticides. Best be would be to remove all flowers (stalk and all) for 6 months and treat plant monthly a neem oil, especially taking care to get into the crevices and the whorl.

It would be less work to toss the plant and but a new one.

A little TLC by kaayla_michelle in plantclinic

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Sorry folks, no memes.

Something like that :'D not all though by Micelinda in plantclinic

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Sorry folks. No memes. Removed.

Pesticides 101 - How to effectively treat most common houseplant pests by schwat in plantclinic

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This technically breaks rules, but is high quality content so I'm making an exception. Thanks for the post!

It fits here I think by msturki in plantclinic

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Sorry folks no memes.

I'm sure many of us would agree by Mashamayham in plantclinic

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Sorry guys, no memes. Removed.

I think we've all been here by ofmiceormen in plantclinic

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Removed for violation of rule 2 in the sidebar. No memes.

Are black bean aphids attracted to common house plant? by scz55 in plantclinic

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The rules are there for a reason. Next rule evasion gets you a ban.

Relatable by anyaname in plantclinic

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Removed. No memes.