🌿 PlantySolve Diagnostic Tool

Diagnose Your Plant Problem

Answer four quick questions about your plant’s symptoms and growing conditions. PlantySolve will compare your answers with common plant problems and show you the most relevant causes to investigate first.

✓ Takes about 1 minute • No sign-up required

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Step 1 of 4

What is the main problem?

Choose the symptom that best describes what you notice first.

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Yellow Leaves Leaves are losing their green color or turning yellow.

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Brown Tips or Spots Leaf tips, edges or patches are turning brown.

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Wilting or Drooping Leaves or stems look limp, weak or unusually droopy.

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Curling Leaves Leaves are curling inward, downward or becoming distorted.

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Leaves Falling The plant is dropping leaves more than expected.

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Weak or Slow Growth New growth is small, stretched, pale or unusually slow.

Please choose your plant’s main symptom before continuing.

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What does the soil feel like?

Check the potting mix before choosing. Soil condition is one of the most useful clues when diagnosing plant problems.

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Wet or Soggy The soil feels very wet or stays moist for a long time.

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Very Dry The soil feels extremely dry and may pull away from the pot.

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Normal / Slightly Moist The soil does not appear excessively wet or severely dry.

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Not Sure You cannot confidently tell whether the soil is too wet or dry.

Please choose the option that best describes the soil.

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What kind of light does the plant receive?

Think about its normal location rather than only today’s weather.

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Low / Dark Far from useful natural light or in a consistently dim location.

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Bright Indirect Light Bright area without prolonged harsh direct sunlight on the leaves.

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Strong Direct Sun The leaves receive strong direct sunlight for part of the day.

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Not Sure You are unsure whether the current light level is appropriate.

Please select the plant’s light condition.

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Which extra clue fits best?

Choose the additional condition that seems most relevant. This helps narrow the results.

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Root or Drainage Concern Slow drainage, compact soil, unhealthy roots or a pot without good drainage.

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Heat / Cold / Draft The plant is near heating, cooling, cold drafts or temperature extremes.

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Pale or Weak New Growth New leaves are unusually pale, small or weak despite otherwise reasonable care.

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Recent Change The plant was recently moved, repotted or its environment changed.

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None of These No obvious extra clue applies, or the plant otherwise looks normal.

Please choose one additional clue before viewing your results.

🌿 Your Plant Diagnosis

Start With These Possible Causes

Based on your answers, these conditions are the most relevant ones to investigate first. This is a troubleshooting guide, not a laboratory diagnosis.

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Important: Plant symptoms overlap. More than one problem can occur at the same time, and the same symptom can have different causes. Confirm the result by checking the plant’s actual soil, roots, light and recent care before making major changes.

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How It Works

A Better Way to Troubleshoot Plant Problems

One symptom rarely proves one cause. PlantySolve combines several basic clues to help you decide what to inspect first.

Identify the Symptom

Start with the most visible problem, such as yellowing, browning, drooping or weak growth.

Check Growing Conditions

Soil moisture and light help distinguish between several problems that can otherwise look similar.

Investigate the Likely Causes

Use the suggested guides to confirm the cause before changing watering, light, feeding or other care.

Frequently Asked Questions

Plant Diagnosis FAQ

Can I diagnose a plant from one symptom?

Usually not reliably. Yellow leaves, drooping, brown spots and slow growth can each have several possible causes. Soil, roots, light and recent care provide important context.

Why does the tool show more than one possible cause?

Plant problems often overlap. Showing several relevant causes helps you compare them with the plant’s actual conditions rather than assuming one symptom always has one explanation.

Should I water my plant immediately if it is drooping?

Check the soil first. Both excessive dryness and prolonged wetness can contribute to drooping, so adding water without checking the root zone can make some problems worse.

What if my plant has several symptoms?

Choose the symptom that appears most significant, then use the soil, light and extra-clue questions to narrow the possibilities. You can also run the tool again using another major symptom.

Does a diagnosis mean I should immediately repot the plant?

No. Repotting is not automatically necessary. First confirm whether drainage, potting mix or root condition actually appears to be contributing to the problem.

PlantySolve • Diagnose. Understand. Solve.

Use symptoms as clues, check the growing conditions and correct the underlying cause instead of treating the appearance alone.