Dr. Phyto

Chinese money plant

Pilea peperomioides

Diseases & pests on this plant

• overwatering / waterloggingabiotic_overwatering

  Yellow lower leaves, soft stem base, root rot signs.

• Pythium damping-off + root rot (multi-host)Pythium ultimum

  Seedlings rot at soil line + collapse (damping-off), brown mushy roots when plants pulled up, plants stunted + yellow despite watering, sudden plant collapse during stress periods, foul earthy smell from rotted tissue.

• edema (water blister)Edema (oedema)

  Raised water-soaked blisters on leaf undersides (the diagnostic location), blisters rupture and form corky brown scars over time, looks like spider mite damage but no webbing, affected leaves do not recover but new growth is healthy if conditions improve.

• two-spotted spider miteTetranychus urticae

  Yellow stippling on upper leaf surface, fine webbing.