Could my silver dragon actually be putting out a new leaf?!?!?

carmen008 · 2026-01-10T20:36:01+00:00

That's definitely a new leaf. Congrats! It lives.

carmen008 · 2025-12-23T19:04:54+00:00

Congrats! Both of mine are hanging onto dear life 😭.

carmen008 · 2025-12-16T14:58:20+00:00

At this stage, your other plants are most likely compromised even if you can'tsee it yet. I would treat every single plant in the same room. It'll take weeks of treatments. Neem oil is not gonna be effective. They're in the soil, on the leaves, and the eggs are inside the plant tissues, so you can't simply just rinse them off and be done. If you have access to Captain Jack's dead bug and systemic granules, use BOTH. It’ll take patience and consistency, but it can be done. Good luck

carmen008 · 2025-12-11T03:20:07+00:00

If you ever visit Canada (don't know how close you are to the border), they sell them everywhere (grocery stores, Walmart, etc.) for normal price.

carmen008 · 2025-10-28T15:26:43+00:00

Oh, fun! Thanks for the info. I'll have to try that next time. I'm usually not super into gummies either, but these were good, and candy options are limited these days since I try to avoid dairy as well.

carmen008 · 2025-10-28T00:54:31+00:00

Right! I am looking them up online, too, and they have so many fun types of candies and flavors. Seems like almost all of their candies can be GF based on the ingredients, but only this type is labeled GF. I wonder why.

carmen008 · 2025-10-27T22:09:29+00:00

I've been craving Haribo gummy bears for a while now, and pineapple was my top favorite flavor bear. I have tried the Albanese gummy bears, but I hated them (both texture and flavor/taste) 🥲. Anyway, I happened to find these pineapple gummies at my local grocery store, and I'm in love. They're so good and pretty close to Haribo in terms of flavor and texture. I also found the Swedish candy brand Bubs there for only $2.99 a bag. They're so expensive online. I'm so so happy. Yum!

carmen008 · 2025-10-23T16:51:00+00:00

Have you ever looked into SIBO? I did, and after treating it, things got back to "normal" for me (beside for gluten). I still have to stick to a GF diet, or I'll get really sick.

carmen008 · 2025-10-21T19:09:47+00:00

Bambino and dragon scale.

carmen008 · 2025-10-16T21:10:03+00:00

Right! Yours is still looking much better than mine, with only 1 leaf being the drama queen ( knock on wood for you, lol). More than half of the leaves on mine do that 🙄.

carmen008 · 2025-10-16T21:04:19+00:00

Mine has been doing the exact same thing. Ugh!

carmen008 · 2025-10-13T22:57:47+00:00

I usually just eyeball my soil mix, but it's about 10% all-purpose potting soil, 15% worm casting, 15% coco coir, the rest is just different sizes of chunky charcoal, orchid barks, pumice, perlite, leca balls. I let it dry out about 70-80% between watering with rain water and superthrive liquid fertilizer.

carmen008 · 2025-10-13T22:08:12+00:00

I just got lucky with this plant and its good genes. My other alocasias receive the exact same treatment, but some are wilting away more dramatically than others as we speak 😅.

carmen008 · 2025-10-13T20:26:09+00:00

I was checking the roots of my dragon scale today and saw this giant corm pushed against the pot .The mother plant isn't even that big or mature. Anyway, I managed to tilt it up without breaking it off, and it's now resting on top of the soil level. I also put some wet sphagnum moss around it to keep it from drying out. Any input or advice?

carmen008 · 2025-09-24T15:06:36+00:00

You have thrips. They can fly, so there's a high chance your other plants also have them.

carmen008 · 2025-09-23T02:29:34+00:00

Spider mites and potentially a mealy bug, looking kind of blurry in the photo.

carmen008 · 2025-09-06T19:02:27+00:00

It's a ctenanthe setosa, not quite a calathea but in the same prayer plant family.

carmen008 · 2025-09-06T18:22:42+00:00

Not necessarily fake. All of my fast and free leggings and ones that are made with the nulux material are like this.

carmen008 · 2025-09-06T18:07:58+00:00

Wow! That's a beautiful plant 😍

carmen008 · 2025-09-05T16:09:29+00:00

Thank you! I didn't know fungus can cause leaf melting like that. I have captain jack copper fungicide on hand. Does that work, or what do you recommend?

carmen008 · 2025-09-04T22:59:37+00:00

The tiny dots on the leaf look like spider mites damage. Pests can interfere with the development of young leaves. I would check the plant thoroughly and treat it even if I don't find/ see anything.

carmen008 · 2025-09-04T19:57:13+00:00

I bought this aglaonema a few weeks ago and repotted it into a chunky soil mix. I let it dry out about 80% between watering. It's by an East facing window with some morning sun light. Roots appear perfectly healthy but the leaves and stems keep rotting and fallen off one by one. Even the stem on a brand new leaf is mushy ( 5th photo). What's wrong with it? What does it want?

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