Welcome to the Fall For Plants Prize Pack Giveaway
Giveaway Sponsored by New Leaves Co
Hosted by Houseplant Addicts, Beauty Brite, Mamahearted, and Things That Make People GoAww
…Fall For Plants Prize Pack Giveaway
Picking the Perfect Water
So, you’ve purchased your first plant (perhaps a bromeliad, pothos or calathea), potted it potted it and found the perfect spot in your house, but how are you going to water it? There are pros and cons to all your watering options, let’s dive into a few!
Tap Water
Generally the easiest, most available, and lowest cost option to plant owners is to use tap water. While what comes out of your faucet can vary greatly area to area. Tap water can have a favorable PH with only minor contamination. In areas where contamination is higher, running the water through a filter may help, although it won’t capture fluorine, chlorine and some heavy metals and minerals. Salt or mineral build up can also occur from water that is too hard or soft. Build up in your soil can be mitigated by flushing occasionally with distilled water.
…Overcoming Problem-Plant Guilt
Sometimes our “new” plants aren’t in the best condition. Whether it be shipping issues, gifts from people who don’t know better, or sometimes we decide to rescue and try to resuscitate plants that have definitely seen better days, at some point or another every houseplant addict is faced with a plant in rough condition. A problem-plant, if you will.
…Oil Diffusers Benefit The Houseplants And Family
We all love to treat our plants and offer the best possible growing conditions. Many of us use humidifiers in our homes. Others use oil diffusers. How do you give your plants extra care? Do you mist your plants? Clean or shine the leaves? Feed them fish emulsion? Let us show you how oil diffusers benefit the houseplants and family!
With the Coronavirus keeping us stuck at home, many of us feel lost. There are so many restrictions in place that affect how and where we travel, how we enjoy family entertainment, going to restaurants, and more!
…Cleanliness is Next to Godliness
It has been expressed that cleanliness is next to godliness, and that premise applies to your houseplants as well. I believe a clean houseplant is a healthy, disease-free addition to your home. I have an acquaintance who collects assorted houseplants, which is all well, and good, however. When you enter her home, you are readily greeted by the accumulation of dust which has formed on her impoverished plants. Some had even developed dreaded cobwebs attached to them, a clear indication of spider mites. As an avid plant lover, I find this totally unacceptable. My words to my friend was clean your plants up. Immediately, she turned towards me, shook her head sideways, and announced, “Why, since plants grow normally in soil should I clean them.”
…Holiday Cactus: Differences and Care
So, you posted a picture of your Christmas Cactus in our Facebook group, Houseplant Addicts, and were told that it is, in fact, not a Christmas Cactus but a Thanksgiving Cactus, and now you’re confused. I’m here to help! Holiday cacti are Schlumbergera hybrids, and are often confused for each other; except the Easter Cactus, but we will get to that later. They are epiphytic tropical cacti. The differences are all in the shape of the leaves, and the care is pretty much the same across the board. Let’s break it down.
Schlumbergera truncata-Thanksgiving Cactus
