Plant Care
Acclimating a New Houseplant: The First Few Weeks
What to do when you bring a new houseplant home, why it drops leaves at first, and how to quarantine it so pests do not spread to your other plants.
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How to water, feed, repot, prune, and light your houseplants. Practical care techniques that keep indoor plants healthy.
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Air Layering Houseplants: Propagating Big Plants Without the Risk
How to air layer a houseplant to root a stem before you cut it, the method step by step, and why it suits leggy monsteras, rubber plants, and fiddle leaf figs.
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Choosing the Right Pot: Size, Material, and Drainage
How to choose the right pot for a houseplant, covering pot size, terracotta versus plastic versus ceramic, and why the drainage hole matters most.
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Do You Need Rooting Hormone to Propagate Houseplants?
What rooting hormone does, which cuttings actually benefit from it, and an honest take on whether most houseplant propagation needs it at all.
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How to Divide Houseplants: Propagation by Splitting the Root Ball
How to propagate clumping houseplants by division, which plants suit it, and how to split the root ball at repotting time without setting the plant back.
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How to Propagate a Fiddle Leaf Fig From a Cutting
How to propagate a fiddle leaf fig from a stem cutting, why a single leaf will not work, and the slow rooting that makes air layering the safer option.
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How to Propagate Houseplants From Leaf Cuttings
Which houseplants grow from a single leaf, how to take and root leaf cuttings in water or soil, and why some leaves grow roots but never a new plant.
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How to Propagate a Monstera From a Cutting
How to propagate a monstera deliciosa from a stem cutting, why the node and aerial root matter more than the leaf, and rooting it in water or straight in soil.
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How to Propagate a Snake Plant: Division vs Leaf Cuttings
The two ways to propagate a snake plant, why division is faster and keeps variegation, and how to root leaf cuttings if you do not mind the wait.
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How to Propagate a Spider Plant From Its Babies
How to propagate a spider plant from the plantlets, or spiderettes, it sends out, rooting them in water or soil while still attached or after cutting.
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How to Propagate String of Hearts: Three Easy Methods
Three ways to propagate string of hearts, from the tubers on the vine to water and soil cuttings, and which gives the fullest plant fastest.
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How to Propagate a ZZ Plant (and Why It Takes So Long)
How to propagate a ZZ plant by division or leaf cuttings, why leaf cuttings take many months to form a rhizome, and how to keep your patience.
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LECA and Semi-Hydroponics: Is It Worth Switching?
A plain guide to growing houseplants in LECA and semi-hydroponics, how the reservoir and nutrients work, and an honest take on whether it is worth it.
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Propagating in Water vs Soil: Which Is Better for Cuttings?
The honest trade-offs between rooting houseplant cuttings in water and in soil, why water roots struggle in soil, and how to choose for each plant.
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Should You Mist Houseplants? What Misting Actually Does
Does misting houseplants raise humidity or prevent brown tips? An honest look at what misting does, what it does not, and better ways to add humidity.
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Watering Houseplants While You Are Away on Holiday
How to keep houseplants watered while away, from grouping and self-watering wicks to the cheap tricks that work for a week or two without a plant sitter.
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Where to Place Houseplants in Your Home, Room by Room
A room-by-room guide to placing houseplants, matching each plant to the light, humidity, and temperature of where it will actually live.
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Winter Houseplant Care: Watering, Light, and Heating
How to look after houseplants in winter, from cutting back on water and skipping fertiliser to coping with short days and dry air from heating.
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How to Prune Houseplants for Bushier, Healthier Growth
Learn when and where to cut houseplants, how pruning above a node encourages branching, and which plants you should leave alone.
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How to Water Houseplants: How Much, How Often, and How
A practical guide to watering houseplants without a fixed schedule, covering how to check soil moisture, drainage, and top versus bottom watering.
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Moss Poles and Trellises: Supporting Climbing Houseplants
How to choose and attach moss poles or trellises so climbing plants like monstera and pothos grow bigger leaves and stay upright.
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Is Tap Water Safe for Houseplants? Chlorine, Fluoride, and Fixes
Most houseplants tolerate tap water fine, but a few sensitive plants react to chlorine and fluoride; here is how to tell and what to do.
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How Often Should You Water Succulents?
How to water succulents by season, soil, and pot rather than a fixed schedule, plus how to read the leaves for signs of thirst.
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How to Propagate Hoya from Cuttings in Water or Soil
A step-by-step guide to propagating hoya from stem cuttings in water or soil, including where to cut and how long roots take.