✕ Hard to answer
HELP my lavender is dying!!
What do I do??
No photo
- No cultivar, zone or planting date
- “Dying” could mean a dozen things
- No photo to look at
- Nothing about soil, sun or watering
Grower community guidelines
Grow together, kindly.
Our Grower Community is where gardeners, farmers and first-timers ask questions, share diagnoses and swap what works. These guidelines keep it helpful and warm for everyone.
The guidelines
What we ask of every grower
The Great Lakes Lavender Grower Community is a place for practical learning, thoughtful questions and respectful collaboration.
Be helpful and respectful
Share information in good faith, welcome growers at every experience level and discuss disagreements without personal attacks or harassment.
Provide useful growing context
When asking for help, include relevant details such as your approximate location or growing zone, plant type, sunlight, drainage, watering practices and recent weather. Photographs should be clear and should not reveal private information.
Keep advice responsible
Community responses represent individual experience and are not a substitute for professional laboratory testing, licensed pesticide guidance, veterinary care, medical advice or legal advice. Always follow product labels and applicable regulations.
No spam or deceptive promotion
Unrelated advertising, repetitive promotions, fraudulent claims, impersonation, malicious links and undisclosed commercial solicitation are not permitted.
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Only share photographs and content you have permission to publish. Do not post private customer information, addresses, order details or personal conversations without consent.
Moderation
Great Lakes Lavender Farm may edit, hide or remove content that violates these guidelines or creates safety, privacy or community concerns. Repeated or serious violations may result in restricted access.
Questions about these guidelines can be sent through our contact page.
Be kind and patient
Everyone starts somewhere. Answer the question that was asked, assume good intent, and disagree about plants, never about people.
Stay on topic
Keep posts about lavender, growing, and the plants and pollinators around it. Put each new question in its own post.
Share context and photos
Your zone, cultivar, soil, sun and watering routine, plus a clear photo, turn a guess into a real answer.
Protect privacy
Do not post addresses, phone numbers, order numbers or anyone else’s personal details. Order problems belong in Returns & Claims.
No spam or selling
Share what you know, not sales pitches. Links should help the conversation.
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Same problem, two ways to ask. One gets a quick, useful answer.
✓ Easy to help
English lavender, zone 5b: lower leaves yellowing after two rainy weeks
Planted a 4-inch pot in late May. Clay soil, amended with grit. About 7 hours of sun. I watered twice a week until the rain started. Lower leaves went yellow over the last 10 days; the tips still look green. I stopped watering 5 days ago.
📷 Whole plant📷 Close-up of leaves
- Cultivar group, zone and timeline
- Soil, sun and watering in one place
- Two clear photos
- What they already tried
How moderation works
Keeping the community a good place to grow
See a post that breaks these guidelines? Please don’t argue in the replies. Email community@greatlakeslavenderfarm.com with a link to the post. Questions about a moderation decision can go to the same address.
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