Should You Really Water Orchids With Ice Cubes?
In garden centers and box stores, you’ll often see orchids with a label suggesting to water them with ice cubes. JustContinue Reading
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Tree Stakes Should Always Be Temporary!
Many gardeners like to stake trees when planting them to ensure that the trunk remains upright. That’s fine, but … the stake has toContinue Reading
5 Plants With Weird Foliage
The whole point of a leaf is to collect sunlight and convert it via photosynthesis into sugars for the plant’sContinue Reading
Caffeine: A Powerful Organic Insecticide
Did you know that caffeine is an insecticide? Moreover, that the coffee plant (Coffea arabica and others) produces it inContinue Reading
Why Aren’t My Indoor Lemons Ripening?
Question: I bought a potted lemon tree this summer and it produced three lemons. However, they’re still green. TheContinue Reading
Don’t Count on Oxygen From Houseplants to Keep You Breathing
You shouldn’t count on oxygen from your houseplants to keep you breathing when there’s no other source of oxygen available.Continue Reading
Autumn: Not the Best Season for Plant Propagation
To everything there is a season … and fall—especially late fall—is not the best season for plant propagation. Whether it’sContinue Reading
Ant Plants… Without the Ants
Did you know that some houseplants, maybe some you already grow, are actually “ant plants?” Myrmecophytes, to use the scientificContinue Reading
Shower After You Spray
After applying a pesticide, even an organic one, it’s always best to wash thoroughly with hot soapy water. That’s enough in mostContinue Reading
Garden Myth: Native Plants are Less Prone to Pests
There are all sorts of great reasons to grow native plants. You know for sure that they are hardy and adapted to localContinue Reading