Plant Care

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Plant Care

Using Coffee Grounds as Fertilizer for Your Plants: Benefits, Tips and Tricks

Coffee contains essential nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium that plants need to thrive. Plus, it also helps to improve soil health by adding organic matter and beneficial microorganisms.

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Coffee Plants: Understanding the Science, Culture, and Feng Shui of this beloved plant

Arabica is the most widely grown and consumed variety of coffee due to its delicate flavor and high quality. Robusta and Liberica are less common, but they are still grown and consumed in some regions.

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Mastering the Art of Pruning: How to Keep Your Ficus Umbellata Looking its Best

The best time to prune your Ficus Umbellata is during the growing season, from April to September. This is when the temperature is ideal for the plant, around 20-30°C.

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Caring for Your Ficus Umbellata: From Lighting and Propagation to Pest Control

Ficus umbellata can tolerate low light conditions, but it prefers bright, indirect light. In low light, the plant may not grow as vigorously and the leaves may become smaller.

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7 Reasons Why Pothos Plants Are The Best Houseplants For Beginners

Epipremnum aureum is also known as the cascading pothos or the Devil’s Ivy and is arguably the easiest houseplant to grow. With limited care requirements that guarantee stellar growth, anyone, regardless of their experience or knowledge of gardening can successfully grow this plant.

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A Beginner's Guide to NPK 20-20-20 Fertilizer: What You Need to Know

NPK 20-20-20 is a type of fertilizer that contains equal amounts of the three primary nutrients that plants need to grow and thrive: nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and potassium (K).

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Everything you need to know about the Black Cardinal Philodendron

Despite the name, the black cardinal is not entirely black. The foliage has a darkish-green color. They start out in bronze or burgundy color, then turn darker over time. Each leaf is oval in shape and measures about 1 foot in length and 8 inches across.

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Aquarium Water for Plants: The Surprising Benefits

Did you know that fish produce nitrogenous waste in the form of ammonia, which is then converted into nitrate by bacteria in the aquarium?

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Everything you need to know about Elephant Ear Philodendron

As an epiphyte, the elephant ear philodendron obtains its nutrients from the air and rainwater, rather than from the soil. When grown as a houseplant, it is important to replicate these conditions as closely as possible.

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Top 5 Problems Plant Parents face with Red Emerald Philodendron

Welcome to our blog on the top 5 problems faced by plant owners of the Red Emerald Philodendron! This stunning plant, known for its vibrant wine-colored stems and deep green, heart-shaped foliage, may be easy to grow, but that doesn't mean it's free from challenges. From overwatering to excessive light

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8 creative ways to display your Baltic Blue Pothos (2023)

Whether you hang it in a macramé plant hanger, train it to climb a trellis, display it on a shelf or mantel, hang it in a window, or place it on a bookshelf or in a built-in shelving unit, there is an option for every style and space.

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6 Things you need to know about the Strawberry Shake Philodendron

The Strawberry philodendron is simply a variegated form of the well-known 'Red Emerald' Philodendron.

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How to Make Banana Peel Fertiliser

In the world of organic fertilizers for houseplants or your home garden, you will find many great options that offer the nutrients your plants need to grow and thrive. One of such options is to use banana peel as fertilizer for your plant. Instead of throwing away banana peels, you

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Why you need to get a Baltic Blue Pothos! (Rare Fenestrated Epipremnum)

Not only is this plant known to fenestrate sooner, it also grows well indoors when compared to other pothos varieties. In other words, it's the perfect plant for those who want the benefits of having a pothos without having to wait too long or worry about whether or not it will thrive indoors

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How To Propagate Polka Dot Plant (Hypoestes phyllostachya)

Named after its beautiful dotty leaves that look like Polka dots, the Polka dot plant is an impressive house plant that comes in a variety of colors. The Hypoestes phyllostachya can be pink, white, white, or even red. > I keep my polkadot plant on a bookshelf that doesn't get a

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How To Make Your Own Pothos Moss Pole

Pothos plants are one of the simplest houseplants to maintain. They may even grow in low-light environments and only require watering once a week. You can grow the plant with the stems dangling down from the pot or grow-basket. Some people also prefer to snip the stems to keep them

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Troubleshooting: Common Prayer Plant Problems (Maranta Leuconeura)

The Maranta Leuconeura plant earned the name "Prayer Plant." from its unique leaves that fold up at night like praying hands. This attractive plant is one of the most impressive houseplants to have in an indoor garden. The plant can reach heights of up to 2 feet and it features

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Propagating Pothos in Water & Grow Mediums

As any houseplant lover knows, pothos plants are one of the easiest plants to propagate. In fact, they are so easy to multiply that they are considered invasive in the wild. However, plant parents sometimes get frustrated when they are not always successful with their propagation. This is because mishaps

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How To Drill A Hole In A Ceramic Pot

Pots for growing houseplants should have drainage holes in them. This helps to keep the soil from getting waterlogged and drowning the root in excess water. Ceramic containers can be used to hold flowers, herbs, and vegetables in indoor and outdoor gardens. They look good on the eyes and can

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9 Reasons Why Your Haworthia is turning Brown

If the leaves of your Haworthia plant are turning brown, it could be due to sunburn or a fungal disease. Watering the plant inappropriately could make the leaves turn brown as well. Other likely causes include fertilizer burn or a lack of nutrition.

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How To Care For A Variegated Monstera Deliciosa

The Variegated Monstera Deliciosa has become one of the most popular houseplants in recent times and rightfully so. This species of flowering houseplant is native to South America. The Monstera plant is also known as the Swiss cheese plant, a name that refers to the plant’s development of holes

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Should I Untangle My String Of Hearts? (Ceropegia woodii)

Ceropegia woodii, more commonly known as String of Hearts, Chain of Hearts, Rosary Vine or Hearts Entangled, is a popular houseplant native to South Africa. The plant gets its common name from its heart-shaped leaves, which are arranged in a spiraling pattern along the stem. (Hence the numerous heart-based aliases!

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How Often Do Haworthia Bloom

In the right environment, the Haworthias plant blooms about once a year during the summer or autumn season. This plant grows a long stem from which the flowers develop. This long stem is often referred to as the flowering stem. The probability of your Haworthia flowering depends on the availability

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How Do You Care For Monstera Adansonii

Also known as the Swiss Cheese plant, the Monstera Adansonii is known for its pointy leaves with holes in them which gives them the resemblance to swiss cheese. The Adansonii is one of 45 species of plants in the Monsteras genus. While this plant is native to the tropical region,

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Do Strings Of Hearts Like Humidity? (Ceropegia woodii)

Like many other succulents, the Strings of Heart plant (Ceropegia woodii) does not need a lot of humidity to grow and thrive. In fact, in most cases, the average indoor humidity works just fine for this plant because it prefers low humidity. Excessive humidity can cause serious problems for this