Save Your Plants

I love plants; my grandmother could grow anything she wanted when she lived with us. My grandmother would assign to me the task of removing dried leaves and watering the plants. Between my husband and me - he is the one with the green thumb, so to speak. He could take one plant and grow it into a forest; he literally filled our small apartment balcony with hanging and potted plants.

When our apartment building had its yearly maintenance of changing out rotted beams in the balconies, we had to transfer the plants to our landing, we’re it currently lines the wall of two apartments.


The sad thing is, one of my favorite plants suddenly contracted a disease. It developed white spots and then slowly died. This happened to my fortune plant which was nearby as well. But it didn’t affect the palm that was in between them.

I found this website that had a Plant Disease Library and learned that what my plants had was powdery mildew. Powdery mildew are numerous strains of fungi, which removes essential nutrients from the plant.

The website also has organic pest control info. I do not want to treat my plants with harsh chemicals, I prefer organic control options when they get diseases. A sulfur or copper fungicide would have killed the powdery mildew on my plants on contact and control future outbreaks. It changes the pH balance of the plant to make it unpleasant for powdery mildew or blight to survive.

For a very affordable price, I could have saved my favorite garden plant. I have learned from my mistake, hopefully this article helps plant lovers save their plants as well. Happy gardening, everyone!