Plant questions

Real questions from home gardeners, the kind people post with a worried photo, answered by GrowPls: what's likely going on, what to do about it, and when to worry.

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  What is this low, grey‑green wild plant spreading over the ground?

  From the photo it looks like a low, spreading wild herb with small grey‑green, slightly hairy leaves—likely a common weedy species, possibly in the mint family. A close, clear photo of a single stem, leaf arrangement, and flowers or seed pods is needed for a confident ID.

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  What is this cloud of tiny insects over my garden soil?

  That moving “mist” is most likely a swarm of tiny flies/gnats breeding in the damp leaf litter, not smoke or spores. Drying the area a bit and disturbing or cleaning the decaying material will usually make them disappear.

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