How to water house plants, bottom watering, top watering, root rot, drainage
The main problem with diagnosing plant problems is all the problems typically show up the same symptoms – so how are you meant to know how to treat it? There’s no quick solution, but I’ve listed the main symptoms of under and overwatering below, and I’ll try to explain the differences between, e.g yellow leaves …
This won’t be a very long article, because the upshot is basically… …try to avoid watering house plant leaves The key here is ‘try to avoid’. If you accidentally hit them it’s no big deal. In fact sometimes they like it. Why you shouldn’t water plant leaves In an ideal world, plants would have clear …
A perched water table is one of those things that made me go ‘oooooohhhh’ when I first got into house plant care. If you have drainage holes in your plant pot, and use a decent, chunky soil mix, you don’t need to read this. But if you’re new to plant care and aren’t sure why …
Chlorine isn’t always that big of a deal. Where I live, the tap water is pretty good. Scottish water is even better. Though I try to use aquarium water for my Calathea, the occasional bit of tap water doesn’t negatively affect them. If you’re not sure how good your tap water is, you can get …
Learn from my mistakes here: don’t go spending a tonne of money on plants BEFORE you’ve figured out what kind of plant caregiver you are. Plastic plant pots are cheap and retain moisture Ceramic (glazed) plant pots are expensive and retain moisture Bare terracotta pots dry out pretty quickly Therefore, plastic and ceramic pots are …