Everything you ever needed to know about caring for your house plants, how to water house plants, how to fertilise house plants, how much humidity different house plants need
One of the big problems when it comes to doling out house plant advice is that what works for one person may not work for another. Plus stuff that I can get won’t be available to you and vice versa. I love neem oil, but loads of people say it doesn’t work. But then I …
In my many, many propagation experiments, I haven’t found any evidence that top cuttings root any faster than mid-cuttings. There are some properties of top cuttings that can help them root faster, but if you have a mid-cutting that has those same properties, it’ll root just as quickly. What’s the difference between a top-cutting and …
Yeah, a bit is the answer you’re looking for. Too rootbound and you’ll struggle to get enough water or nutrients into them, but if they’re in too big of a pot then you’re running the risk of it getting root rot. Do Philodendrons need big pots? I tend to plant all my plants in a …
Yes, most (if not all) Philodendrons love higher humidity, though a lot of the ones that are commonly found in garden centres are pretty happy in ambient room humidity which ON AVERAGE (homes may vary) about 40%. That being said there are a few that like it a smidge higher, and you typically get faster …
There isn’t a lot of information available regarding the differences between crawling and climbing Philodendrons, simply because the vast majority of Philodendron species commonly available to houseplant enthusiasts are climbers. Once upon a time, like…last year, you wouldn’t find crawling Philodendrons in a shop, so it didn’t really matter. But now you can! And I’m …