All About Fertilizing Houseplants
Note: I republished this blog with permission from Folia Design, a Quebec City houseplant boutique. The author is Réal Dumoulin. IContinue Reading
Category: Fertilizers
Bone Meal: Much Ado about Nothing
Bone meal used to be a quite decent fertilizer. That’s when it was made from cattle bones full of marrow thatContinue Reading
When Fertilizer Turns to Rock
You open a bag or container of fertilizer in the spring and you’re in for a shock: it’s as hardContinue Reading
Time to Start Fertilizing Your Houseplants
Normally, in temperate regions where winter nights are very long and days very short, it’s best to stop fertilizing houseplantsContinue Reading
No Need to Let Chlorine Evaporate
One popular myth about houseplants is that you have let tap water rest for 24 hours before use to prevent damagesContinue Reading
Houseplant Appreciation Day
They say you learn something new every day and I’ve just learned that the 10th of January is Houseplant AppreciationContinue Reading
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Garden Myth: Remove Center Leaves from African Violets to Stimulate Bloom
Garden myths are everywhere and help make what should be an easy hobby so much more complicated. Here’s a newContinue Reading
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Garden Myth: Tums for Tomatoes
There is no limit to the human imagination … nor to far-fetched ways to treat our plants. Here’s one exampleContinue Reading
Container Plants Are Greedy
Container plants are especially greedy and need more fertilizer than other plants. That’s because they live under unique conditions that don’t quite haveContinue Reading
Feed Your Soil’s Microflora and Microfauna and Your Plants Will Thank You!
I often get very interesting messages from the readers of my blog. For example, after I wrote about the differenceContinue Reading