Is the plant weak or pale with a spindly growth?
Has the plant has already finished flowering?
Does the plant's leaves have blotches, wiggly lines, holes or nibbled edges?
Do you see any insects crawling anywhere on the plant?
Check if the plant has any curled or twisted new shoots?
Do you see any oval brown lumps on the stems or leaves?
Do you see any gray mold anywhere on the plant?
Are there any soggy, rotting patches on the stems?
Is the plant's root shrunken or withered?
Is the soil smelly?
Is the soil hard and dry?
Do you see any pests amid the roots?
Does the plant have any wilting leaves and limp stems?
Avoid buying this plant. Weak, pale plants with spindly growths often indicate poor growing conditions such as insufficient light.
Avoid buying this plant. If you want to have nice looking flowers in your home you should select a plant just before it blooms, not after.
Avoid buying this plant. This plant has most likely suffered an insect or caterpillar attack.
Avoid buying this plant. Visible insects on the plant usually indicate an infestation.
Avoid buying this plant. Curled or twisted shoots may be caused insects, nutrient deficiencies or plant diseases.
Avoid buying this plant. Oval lumps on leaves usually mean scale insect damage.
Avoid buying this plant. Gray mold indicate fungal diseases.
Avoid buying this plant. The plant most likely suffers from fungal disease stem rot.
Avoid buying this plant. The shrunken and withered root may indicate root rot, phosphorus deficiency or improper care.
Avoid buying this plant. Smelly soil indicates an overwatered plant with damaged roots.
Avoid buying this plant. Hard and dry soil indicate underwatered plants.
Avoid buying this plant. Pests amid the roots will cause problems to the entire plant if left unchecked.
Avoid buying this plant. Wilting leaves and limp stems could mean insects, diseases, drought stress, etc.
You can buy this plant, as it looks healthy and ready to give full blooms.
J. Raworth, V. Bradley; The Complete Guide to Indoor Gardening, Abbeville Press; First Edition edition (April 1, 1998)
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Hi! I’m Sreten Filipović. I graduated from the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Belgrade, with a master's degree in Environmental Protection in Agricultural Systems. I’ve worked as a researcher at Finland's Natural Resources Institute (LUKE) on a project aimed at adapting south-western Finland to drought episodes. I founded a consulting agency in the field of environment and agriculture to help farmers who want to implement the principles of sustainability on their farms. I’m also a founding member of the nonprofit organization Ecogenesis from Belgrade whose main goal is non-formal education on the environment and ecology. In my spare time, I like to write blog posts about sustainability, the environment, animal farming, horticulture, and plant protection. I’ve also published several science-fiction short stories.
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