Symptom Library
Start with what you can see.
You do not need to know the disease name first. Choose the visible symptom, learn which clues matter, then move into the plant-specific answer that owns your pattern.
Symptoms route you; plant-specific answers diagnose.
These pages group existing GardenSolved diagnoses by what a gardener notices first. They do not replace plant identity, context, confirmation checks, or the evidence inside each answer.
Yellow Leaves
Why Are My Plant Leaves Turning Yellow?
Start with the yellowing pattern, then choose the plant-specific diagnosis that matches where the change began and what else is happening.
14 connected answersBrown Spots
What Do Brown Spots on Plant Leaves Mean?
Compare the shape, edge, location, and spread of brown leaf spots before deciding whether the cause is disease, stress, or damaged tissue.
9 connected answersBrown Leaves
Why Are My Plant Leaves Turning Brown?
Compare where browning starts, which leaves are affected, and the plant's recent conditions before choosing a plant-specific diagnosis.
5 connected answersBrown Flowers or Buds
Why Are My Flowers or Buds Turning Brown?
Compare aging blooms, weather injury, decay, lesions, and pest signs before deciding why flowers or buds are browning.
2 connected answersCurling Leaves
Why Are My Plant Leaves Curling?
Use curl direction, leaf age, moisture, heat, pests, and new-growth distortion to narrow down why leaves are curling.
8 connected answersDrooping
Why Is My Plant Drooping?
Separate temporary heat droop from persistent water, root, or stem problems by checking timing, soil moisture, and which plant parts are affected.
2 connected answersLeaf Drop
Why Is My Plant Losing Leaves?
Use which leaves are falling, when the change began, and the root-zone and plant context to narrow down leaf loss.
3 connected answersSticky Leaves
Why Are My Plant Leaves Sticky?
Trace sticky residue to its source and inspect leaves and stems closely before choosing a pest treatment.
2 connected answersHoles in Leaves
Why Do My Plant Leaves Have Holes?
Distinguish fresh chewing from old damage and dead tissue by checking hole edges, nearby pests, droppings, slime, and lesion patterns.
4 connected answersWhite Powder
What Is the White Powder on My Plant Leaves?
Compare true surface powder with pale tissue, residue, and other lookalikes before following a powdery-mildew diagnosis.
3 connected answersWilting
Why Is My Plant Wilting?
Check whether the root zone is wet or dry, whether wilt follows heat, and whether the collapse is temporary or persistent before watering again.
7 connected answersStunted Growth
Why Is My Plant Growing Slowly or Staying Stunted?
Compare new growth, roots, light, temperature, water, and fruit load before treating slow growth as a fertilizer deficiency.
8 connected answersLeggy Growth
Why Is My Plant Growing Tall, Thin, or Leggy?
Compare internode length, light direction, plant stage, growth habit, and feeding before deciding why a plant is stretching.
2 connected answersFruit Not Growing
Why Is My Plant Not Producing or Growing Fruit?
Separate flowers that never set fruit from fruit that forms but stays small, then choose the plant-specific diagnosis for that stage.
5 connected answersFruit Not Ripening
Why Is My Fruit Not Ripening?
Compare fruit maturity, cultivar color, temperature, season timing, and uneven color patterns before trying to speed ripening.
3 connected answersFruit Not Sweet
Why Isn't My Fruit Sweet?
Compare cultivar flavor, full ripeness, light, moisture, harvest timing, and storage before trying to make healthy fruit taste sweeter.
2 connected answersFruit Rot
Why Is My Fruit Rotting?
Compare softening, water-soaked tissue, sunken lesions, surface growth, moisture, and companion plant symptoms before treating fruit rot.
2 connected answersMisshapen Fruit
Why Is My Fruit Misshapen or Deformed?
Compare uneven fruit development, pollination and flower history, pest or weather injury, cultivar type, and whole-plant symptoms before changing care.
2 connected answersFlowers Falling Off
Why Are My Plant Flowers Falling Off?
Use flower condition, heat or cold, water stress, pollination stage, and plant vigor to narrow down why blossoms are dropping.
3 connected answersNot Flowering
Why Is My Plant Not Flowering?
Check the plant's normal flowering cycle, light, pruning, temperature, and growth before changing fertilizer or care.
9 connected answers