How to water house plants, bottom watering, top watering, root rot, drainage
Self-watering wick cord is a great way to cheat self-watering pots. You can put a reservoir in the bottom of the cache pot, and allow the cord to wick water into the soil gradually. The soil stays pretty consistently moist, but without being so wet that you end up suffocating your plant’s roots. I have …
This an article about how to stop getting water everywhere when you’re watering your house plants, NOT about guttation/ your plant crying/sweating/leaking. I have a separate article on that here. This is about stopping your plants from leaving watermarks on your surfaces. Now, a quick note about hanging plants. I don’t have a way to …
I LOVE the term hydrophobic soil so much. I love words and language and the implication that soil is scared of water. This isn’t the literal case here (I ASSUME??), but when you’re watering your plant and yet the soil doesn’t seem to be absorbing the water, you could have hydrophobic soil. One of the …
Water globes tend to divide house plant people into the camp of ‘yes, they will be a LIFE SAVER’ or ‘they will KILL your plant’. Neither is true. They can be a helpful tool in certain situations, but they’re not a viable alternative to self-watering pots. But on the other hand, they don’t hold enough …
Choosing the best water for your house plants can be a bit of a daunting task – especially if you’re new to the hobby and had no idea that they were picky. I water my plants with tap water, rainwater, and aquarium water, but all my plants can deal with tap water. It’s a deal …