The Complete Guide to Air-layering For Beginners

Air-layering is one of those propation methods that seemed a bit complicated, so I didn’t really bother learning much about it. That was until I discovered that it’s probably the easiest method of propagation out there (especially if you’re propagating vining plants) with the added benefit that if you forget about it, you won’t lose …

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Does My House plant Have A Bacterial Infection?

The most common type of bacterial infection is root rot. I’m not going to cover it here, because I’ve covered it extensively in other articles, such as this one, this one, and this one. The one thing that I really want to impress on you is that bacterial infections in house plants are best thought …

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How to Save A Monstera With Stem Rot

I did a post on corking, which is when the stem of your Monstera (a lot of plants do it actually) gets brown calluses on it to help strengthen the stem. There is, however, another reason your stem might go brown and it’s way more of a big deal. By the way, it’s highly unlikely …

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Why Is Aglaonema Pictum Tricolor So Rare?

Aglaonema pictum tricolor is one of those weird plants that goes through surges of availability, and seems to vary in price a LOT. It’s extremely popular, because the leaves look like camouflage. It’s amazing they managed to find any in the first place (lolololol). I don’t have one, so this article will be somewhat image-less …

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A Beginners Guide to Powdery Mildew

This was going to be a general house plant fungus post (yum), but I thought I’d concentrate on powdery mildew since it’s one of the more likely fungal infections to turn up on your indoor plants, and it’s probably the easiest to diagnose. A lot of the time, people incorrectly diagnose a plant as having …

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