Plant Rescue

Figure out what's wrong—and what to do next

Something wrong with your plant? Upload a photo or describe what you're seeing and Plant Rescue helps you narrow down what may be happening, decide what to check next, and make a practical rescue plan.

Overview

A plant symptom rarely has one cause — yellow leaves, brown tips, and drooping can each mean several different things. Plant Rescue lays out the plausible explanations for what you're seeing, tells you the one thing most worth checking before you change anything, and gives you a next step that depends on what you find, instead of a confident-sounding guess.

How to use it

1. Upload a clear photo OR describe what you're seeing OR select the symptoms that apply
2. Add how long it's been happening and anything that changed recently
3. Add light, how you water, drainage, and location if you have them
4. Get plausible explanations, the check that would distinguish them, and what to do first
5. Save the plant to compare a later check against what you reported this time

Example

Scenario: A pothos in a 6-inch pot has lower leaves yellowing over the past two weeks, a few brown tips, and new growth that's smaller than before. Watered on a fixed weekly schedule.

What you do: Describe what you're seeing, select 'Yellowing leaves' and 'Brown tips', set duration to 'A week or two', and note the watering schedule and light level.

Result: Bottom line: watch and check — new growth continuing is a good sign, but it's worth a closer look. Possible explanations: the mix may still be wet when watered on a fixed schedule, this could be normal lower-leaf turnover, or light may be on the low end. Check first: whether the soil is still damp an inch or two down at watering time. What to do now: switch from a schedule to checking the soil, and remove leaves that are already fully yellow.

Tips

• A photo of the affected leaf and one of the soil surface help more than a single whole-plant shot
• How you decide to water (checking the soil vs. a fixed schedule) matters more than how often
• The single suggested check usually matters more than jumping straight to a fix
• Selecting more symptoms doesn't make the read more certain — describing what changed recently often does
• Save a plant to build a short observation history instead of starting over each time

Common pitfalls

• A blurry or dark photo makes the plausible explanations less useful, not more certain
• This tool won't give you a confident 'saveable' or 'not saveable' verdict — recovery depends on what you find, not a prediction
• It won't hand you an exact watering interval or soil recipe out of thin air — it favors conditions to check over invented numbers
• For toxicity around pets or children, an uncertain identification means the safety guidance is uncertain too
• For a rare or unusual species, or a plant that keeps declining after the suggested checks, a local nursery can look at the actual plant