Houseplant Expert Busts Common Plant Myths
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- Darryl from @HousePlantJournal stopped by the Epic Gardening HQ and busts some common houseplant myths.
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Intro
00:37 - Are Houseplants Bad For The Environment
04:25 - Why Are My Plants Yellow
06:55 - Misting, Pebble Tray, Humidifier, Do they work
09:53 - Watering The Top Or Bottom
11:48 - Watering With Tap Water, Is It Good?
15:43 - True Or False: Houseplants Thrive In Low Light
15:53 - True Or False: Grow Lights Are As Just As Good As Sunlight
16:08 - True Or False: Houseplants Clean The Air
16:59 - True Or False: Playing Music Helps Plants Grow
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Now you guys need an aquarium/aquascaping plant expert to help answer all my aquatic plant based questions lol
YESSSSSSSS. I wanna do aquaponics over my 20gal fish tank tbh
@@ellenkuang8853 I have a 40 gallon that I've sort of muddled my way through! Would have been great not to learn the mistakes first hand!
Use your (freshwater) fish tank water for your plants whenever you clean the tanks
@@ellenkuang8853 I am starting next week, first time, also in 20gal
I would also love this! I water my plants with my tank water whenever I do a water change, but am I doing it right? Or could I be doing it better? I would love to know!
The tapwater discussion reminded me that if you're trying to raise bug-eating plants like Venus flytraps, you really do need to find a water source without any excess nitrogen in it. Most tapwater has too much nitrogen for them and they will die! So while many many plants will be happy on tapwater, it always helps to check the specs for the plant you're growing and the water you're using.
Does help to let tap water sit out at room temp?
@@jenniferhenderson4674 Most plants dont like Cold water. I think Venus Traps are Tropical Plants, so cold water could actually kill them. But it wont chage the nitrogen level.
@@jenniferhenderson4674it’s best just to use distilled water when your working with carnivorous plants. Also a lot of them prefer to be bottom watered since they come from bogs in nature
It's especially worse if you live near an area with alot of agriculture, the runoff pollutes the waters. You can check though just look up "city name" and then water quality report and it will give you a very in depth look at what's in it
I heard the NASA study about the air cleaning was in an airsealed environment with no ventilation. Everytime you open your door or window it "cleans" your air way more than any plant could
Unless you live in a heavily trafficked city… 😊
I was always the typical outdoor gardener who couldn’t keep anything inside of my house alive, however, when my now husband proposed & we signed a lease for an apartment (with no balcony), I knew something had to change. It really is two different worlds and different mindsets, but I’m learning that house plants need indirect light, and consistent conditions. Otherwise, I just leave them alone! I don’t need to baby them like I do my veggie garden back at my parents house. Thanks for the video Kevin!! There were definitely some helpful tips in here!
I switched to bottom watering because it dramatically decreased the number of fungus gnats I saw but also sometimes I overwater a little when I water from the top.
On Mosterras, my grandma has a 50 year old, at least 20ft monsterra and it is older than my dad, it is a absolute beast of a plant!
That is SO cool!
Omg do you have a pic of it? Would love to see it !
@@esthertchan yh i do
Oh Kevin, you know you'll be doing the houseplant thing once you get the outdoor areas situated. I know I went back and forth between my outdoor plants and my houseplants regularly, and once the outdoor areas finally hit a 'groove' I was able to get back into my houseplant obsession :)
What he said about the humidity. I bought an orchid after killing my last one from Santa Ana winds and immediately stuck it in my shower cuz I knew it's my one enclosed, humid space in my apartment. Haven't needed to actively care for it since. 😅 Definitely agree with the know & consider ur space to increase efficiency.
Great guest! More like him, and more varied subjects.
Great episode! Tganks so much for having Darryl on ur show.
I have a plant at work that the leaves kept yellowing and browning, used Kevin's blog site with the macro and micro nutrients and wrote down everything that could have been the cause. Ended up just grabbing some charcoal from my fire pit, crushed it up, and buried it just below the surface. Some of the leaves are still a bit yellow, but they aren't yellow and veiny like it was a few weeks ago.
I think he or others have a video about this. For some plants, a leaf is yellow and limp is bad, but for another a green leaf that falls off can be bad, too.
I have an indoor plant biz at various offices such as Palomar system offices. I’ve kept plants alive for 20 years. There are only 7-8 types I use. Every week someone says what is that you’re using to check the plants? I have plants at home that look like this and they describe it with their hands, no name. Or you’ll have to come to my house and take care of my plants. I keep them clean I don’t overwater and grow some at home for replacements.
I love the philosophy he has for plants: Survive or don't, this is what you get 🤣. I have that same philosophy about my laundry! If it doesn't survive the wash routine, too bad. I don't dry clean.
Thank you!!! I can always use houseplant advice. Great info!
Yeah, my plants are definitely not harming anybody or anything. I've got a handful of plants that have been with me for decades and 90% of the others I've acquired as cuttings from private people. I get plants to keep, not as decoration.
However, there are folk that buy plants as decor and get rid of them once they no longer fit their "aesthetic" or they get bored of them. My peace lily was one of the plants bought from IKEA as decor, then ended up in the bio trash, because the owner bought another plant instead (she told me so herself). I pulled it out of the trash and have had it ever since (11 or 12 years now). It's grown ginormous and is currently flowering :)
I love how Crowley grows houseplants in “Good Omens”
GROOOWWW BETTAH!!!
There was an actual music study done, and the plants DID grow better. With controls, etc. Different types of music worked to different levels, but the guess was that it's the vibration itself having an effect.
Great video Kevin! Thank you! This was a great video for me. I’ve stressed over my house plants too much.
Made me feel better about the leaves yellowing💯🤌 Things will regenerate 🙏 As for humidity, I'm trying to come to a consensus with the plants. Catering to them helps me sleep better. For house plants that could use humidity, a layer of clean stones or pebbles below the soil will help. Looks great sitting in the plants water dish as well.
My Grandmother used to say..."When rain comes from hell, THEN I'll water from the bottom".
haha that's awesome. You go Grandma!
It makes me think of plants that tap into ground water, or dirt that sucks up water from the groundwater, though. I'm curious what Grandma would say to that?
Thanks for the excellent video! One thing I will say about houseplants for those of us who live in subtropical south Florida, please keep your houseplants inside. They will potentially become invasive if planted outside but have no benefit to our native environment.
Great guest - great show - thank you
The tap water that we have in my city has caused problems for my plants even if it doesn't outright kill them. Aging the water helps.
The houseplants that I have all have to share the same space in the kitchen. While they do not set on a shelf right next to the kitchen window, the window faces east. At first they protested; but, they have adapted. When we lived where the kitchen window faced north, the plants did really well. We do not have a north facing window any longer.
I never really thought it was the music that the plants liked; but, mine seemed to thrive when Bill Haley and the Comets, Chuck Berry, and Little Richard were playing in the background. If you think about how a deaf person can still enjoy music through the beat and vibrations created when the music is played, I just figured that the vibrations caused by music was doing something for the plants.
Oohhhh, you got Darryl Cheng on!! That's so cool.
I put my humid loving plants next to my indoor tabletop fountain for constant moisture. I don’t lose hardly any leaves off my variegated ficus tree.
So love the why of it to understand the what we are doing.
Such a wonderful video
Thank you
great info - thanks!!
I would love more videos like this I love gardening but I love house plants as well
This was fantastic! I always appreciate the scientific mindset! I truly appreciate you sharing science based evidence instead of just repeating what others say as accepted fact. Bravo!
Thanks for the houseplants info
You know the coolest people. Loved this discussion
Our city water has some real hoohah in it, and I let it rest for at least 24 hours before using. There are manufacturers in this area, so that makes a real difference. I do have geraniums that were started over a decade ago--they are big babies now!
Thank you for a great video
And I do mist and clean bc my clients want clean and shiny. If it’s raining outside, consider that the indoor environment will also be humid.
I too top water with a liner, retrofit into ceramic or fiberglass, no drain holes. It takes checking each plant every week.
Thanks Kevin for the video! 🥰
This was fun and informative ❤
Great episode! 🌿🪴🌿
my grandad did an experiment on groups of tomatoes with control groups in the same conditions: singing classical music to them did not make them grow faster (though he enjoyed the singing as it was another hobby) but touching the leaves did make that group of tomatoes grow better apparently (circulation?)
Makes sense since plants can't hear but I'm wondering if they respond to vibrations from music?
You were so close to the question I had. Studies show that the smell of plants and soil is good for us. True or false? 🤷♂️
I think it stinks. Never really liked the smell but some plants, like herbs, smell so good but that woodsy soil smell turns me off.
Thanks for this video! I have an IKEA greenhouse because…cats! Lol I’ve finally been able to get some plants in my home and I’m obsessed with their little plant lives!
Dude me too I like to watch them 😂
Man, Kevin really did used to be THEE Houseplant Daddy, that's how I originally found this channel 😅 I appreciate this back to your roots type video, it was super informative and had realistic tips.
Great video guys. I bottom water because peat (in many potting mixes like Miracle Grow) dries out and to get it wet again takes a lot of water. Living in California with drought even with all the rain were getting. Don't purchase peat based anymore.
Great video. Very informative! Do you recommend watering plants with compost tea? Also, what is your recommended way/s to address fungus gnats?
I had an infestation of fungus gnats recently; I watered my houseplants with a solution of 1 part hydrogen peroxide, 4 parts water, and that seems to have done the trick. I also sprinkled cinnamon on the top of the soil to discourage fungus growth. If nothing else the cinnamon smelled nice! 😄
Good show...however, I might have missed it, but the burning question that I have is, what is the best fertilizer to use for house plants or should we even be using fertilizer at all?
I'm afraid of building up a concentration of something not helpful but at the same time our poor plants are just sitting in this potting soil that has no real life and renewable nutrient source and therefore feel like I do need to give the house plants some sort of extra boost.
When it comes to tap water it also depends on your particular situation. If you live off of well water, that's a completely different kind of "tap water" than what you'd get from a city water treatment plant. Cities usually put things like Fluoride in which I can't imagine would be great for growing plants. It may not hurt the plant itself, but if it's something that fruits and that you expect to consume, that's something to consider.
I can’t get into houseplants.
If I can’t eat it, or it doesn’t attract pollinators to things I can eat, I just can’t grow it. 😅
If I want to look at a beautiful thing inside my house, I just look at my wife. …Babe, can I please buy this raised bed, 47 seed packets, and two fruit trees?
Me neither but I do like the spider plant
😅 on the second paragraph.
Thanks Kevin
Hi Kevin...i noticed a yellow sprayer on one of your recent videos...i think its one of those constant spray ones...i don't see it in your shop. Where did u get it? Thanks & bye from Sequim WA
For your tip #3 I think you are partially wrong and partially correct. If you live where dew often collects in the morning you'll notice some plants are adapted to collect the dew and some aren't, there's a reason the one's who collect it do it. It's because they can absorb small amounts of the water from their leaves and feed off the minerals boosting their growth. The dew collecting plants will like it if you mist them in the morning as it's something they've adapted their dna to take advantage of, the other plants won't care as they have adapted differently.
Cool chill video
8th pothos!!!??? I have no idea how to kill one. Mine is 20+ yrs old, I have forgotten repeatedly to water it.. it doesn't die
I don’t know about the music thing. I used to play a lot of Iron Maiden and I could swear my plants were moving closer to the doors and windows looking for a way to escape. 😂
Tapwater has massive amounts of chemicals/Heavy-Metals in it, that is the issue that many have with tap water. FLouride, Chlorine/Chomamimes, Lead, etc.
definitely bottom water if you have fungus gnats. this is a game changer. the larvae lives in the top layer of soil need a wet environment to survive. if you moderately bottom water and do not soak the top layer of soil, the larvae will eventually die
I live in Florida, what's a humidifier? (lol j/k) Our resting humidity indoors is 40%-50%.
Bottom vs top watering. Top watering gets rid of old nutrients due to the fresh water consisting of both positive and negative charges from the hydrogen and oxygen and is easily able to attract the ions in the soil and rid them through runoff, increasing cation exchange and increased root efficiency. Bottom watering doesn't get rid of much and not having runoff lowers cec.
Watering indoor plants entirely depends on whether the plant is terrestrial or epiphetic. Orchids, for example, shouldn't get water on their leaves--it can cause leaf rot, crown rot, and stem rot. There isn't enough air circulation in a home to dry the leaves, and we grow them upright, but in nature, they grow off the side of trees. For terrestrial plants, though, I don't worry so much about water on the leaves, especially with an RO system.
Get a fan
I used to kill alot of plants from overwatering alot, so I stopped keeping them for a while
Now I have atleast 75+ that are all reasonably healthy (fighting thrips atm) alot of them were gifted props or rescued dying plants, I've learnt alot over the years with plants to the point I haven't killed a plant in ages now (other than to the recent thrips decimation 😂)
Watering wise I douse my plants in the bathtub with the shower hose, and then leave them with the plug in for 15 minutes, cleans them and makes sure they get a thorough watering, then I put the fan on to help the leaves dry off and they end up clean of dust from the shower hose
Also misting, alot of people I know who do this end up with fungal issues on their plants if there is not enough air movement, I use a humidifier with my rare plants that are really tropical humidity loving plants
Great video! Answered a lot of my long time questions. I started my gardening obsession at 14. No body inspired me I just liked it. So, I have a question about breathing over my seedlings and house plants to give them carbon dioxide. Does it actually help! It does feel good hanging with them. Maybe more for my benefit than theirs. 😆
I have never heard this. Sounds a little kooky 😂
If you like talking to them, go for it. But there is more than enough carbon dioxide in the air that breathing on your plant does nothing whatsoever. However, a fan on your seedlings helps make them stronger.
@@sbffsbrarbrr I still like talking them! It might hurt their feelings if I just stop talking to them. 🤣🤣🤣
Back in the 70’s some experts said to talk to your plants, but that became a popular sitcom joke.
What about when the water is chalky like in the uk ? How does chalk effect the water quality
Have you looked at PittMoss instead of Peat? It's mostly recycled newspaper.
This is the second post discussing going away from peat moss.. I'm curious if there is a negative to using it? I initially didn't use it in my containers, but after having too dense of soil the peat moss really saved my potting soil mix, so I'm curious about why others are looking for alternatives?
Thank you.
I struggle with bugs and diseases.
Do ferns really steam
ROFL… the thumbnail add me think that was Steveioe from the Tips From the ER channel!!!!
When I top water plants I get major gnats issue but not when bottom watering. And then the rapid fire sunlight question did he say yes or no? At first it was false but then he said if you have tje right amount you can grow tomatoes in the basement did I miss something there?
Calatheas do not like tap water so people need to use rainwater.It's funny because I've excelled with the difficult houseplants but the so called easy ones, like peace lilly, dracena janet craig I have killed via cold damage, or over fertilizing. The game changer for me was the soil, soil drainage and aeration is key to the over watering issue.
I've used tap water on my calathea for over a year 😊
My plants love Ozzy. 😊👍🏻
😍
Awesome video lol
i love my hoyas!
Weird how no one talks about how humidity just determines your plants transpiration rate
yup, humidity/temp determines VPD
re: tap water
If the water is clean and isn't contaminated, then go for it. I've got lead in the water in my city
Off topic comment but I’m getting ready to set up my garden and I’m using a soaker hose and plan to get a hose timer. Does anyone have recommendations on a good timer thats not too expensive?
Look for the cheapest one at Amazon but than you get what you pay for.
@@markoliver-ww9ld This must be the least helpful comment I’ve ever seen 😂
I don't have great light in my apartment, so that narrows what I can grow. The other issue is I'm trying to avoid plants that are toxic to cats. I had tons of pathos, but let them all go in my last move because I was always worried that I wasn't keeping them away from my cats. I would love to try a monstrous, but they are toxic. In the apartment I am now, I have very little options for good light that are not also accessible to my cats.
I purchased an LED Light Fixture so I could grow food in my closet(Tomatoes, PEppers, Cucumbers, Cilantro, etc). I knew of LED Technology a number of years ago(2016ish) when I was into Aquariums, and knew that one of the companies was getting into Horticulture, but seeing all the choices now, from various companies, is insane! My LED Fixture is about 360W Max power and they say it should cover a 5x3 space at 16". There are also "Grow Tents" you can buy where you can put everything into a tent and just put the tent into a corner of your house. The reason tents are good, is because the LED Lights are EXTREMELY bright.
Best of luck to you!
@@AlvinKazu There are a lot of options now. For me, it is about time, money, and space. I'm in a one bedroom apt in Manhattan. I work three jobs and that barely gets me by. I live vicariously through channels like Kevin's
@@margakat I assume there's no terrace either for some plants where you are? I know that with some small investment I'll be able to have some return with food, even though it might take awhile, so it all depends if you are able to invest in something. It could be as little as a few hundred dollars to get started. I even saw a setup of some guy who used LED lights from Walmart, but you need to know the correct spectrum.
Best of luck with your situation
@@AlvinKazu I just realized I was not clear about my situation. I do have plants, around 30 or so. I even have managed to grow some herb and I have lavender and wild flowers growing in pots hanging off a window guard. I have a fire escape, but it is against the rules to put anything out there. I am sorry that I was not clear about my situation. I thank you for taking the time to reply to me and give me some tips. Today I've been grading papers, but all I really want to do is play with plants and get my hands dirty.
Can you help with my 🌿 Basil. In Flower. Tiny red dots and a web all over it. Like spider mites
I get lots of black flies in my indoor plant. Any advice ❤
Kira, I add diatomaceous earth at top or mosquito bits into top layer of soil at my plant accounts. I’ve even stuck fly tape on the pot. Black flies or small gnats?
seconding what Stefani said! Food grade diatomaceous earth on the top layer of soil, sticky traps, and bottom watering until the gnats are gone works best. Gnat larvae love moisture, so making sure you don't top water ensures they don't have a great environment to develop. The diatomaceous earth will kill any gnats crawling out of the soil or landing to lay eggs.
I have a small home. I am disabled and my husband is lazy. I have a small home and small front and backyard. They are both a completely void of plants, lawn and a blank canvas. My goal has been to have some planter boxes for my disabilities (raised) but I don't even know where to start? I wish I could find a program that help us older broke, broken and help to get me started. I tried to find any programs but here in the Reno, Nv area there is nothing.
What can I do??
Get most of your supplies from 2nd hand stores and dollar stores. Build your own raised gardens out of plastic chairs and plastic totes or use 5 gal buckets.
Hi Jennifer! I’m disabled too, but thankfully my husband isn’t lazy 🤭 What I would suggest is to have a look at Facebook marketplace for 2nd-hand plastic flower pots/planters, and (if you can’t use the car) ask your husband to at least pick them up for you. Then you will need to order some appropriate compost for your pots/planters. An all-purpose compost is what you want - you don’t want to be growing anything that is going to need special treatment! 😅 Then I would recommend buying some herbs in plant form to plant into your pots/planters - they are really inexpensive plants, and you can buy them as small plants from lots of grocery stores. I would go for the ones that will want to grow like wildfire, like mint, so they aren’t labour intensive for you. Rosemary is another good one. They are also useful when cooking meals, and of course, they smell delicious 😍 And if you’re going to be putting the plants at a bit of a height so you can more easily manage them, you’ll really get the benefit of the scent!
If you’d like to then think about what type of plants you’re looking to grow that’d be a great next step. For example, are you looking to grow flowers do you think? Or edibles? If it were me, I’d buy a pack of wildfire seeds to plant if I wanted some very easy care flowers; or I’d look for a packet of a bush-form tomato plant if I wanted to grow edibles.
Next, you’ll want to get something you can lay the pots/planters on so that you can easily get at them, so again I’d suggest looking on Facebook marketplace or similar to see if you can find any tables, a sort that will suit your garden and your climate. If it’s very dry, maybe a 2nd-hand ikea table would be ok; if it’s not, a 2nd-hand garden table that’s made out of plastic perhaps. Put your potted plants on the tables then so you can access them more easily.
Oh one last plant recommendation - lavender is a very pretty plant that’s very inexpensive and very easily grown. It’s also widely available and has lovely flowers as well as a lovely scent for you to enjoy.
Hope that helps! 💐
Why do you call your Husband "Lazy?" Because he doesn't share the same passion as you for gardening and doesn't want to help you?
IF you just want to start... Just start, what else is there? Go online and start researching how to grow what you want to grow. Watch YT Vids, visit blogs, etc. You are already on this video, so you already are 1 step in the right direction, great! I am brand new to this, I just researched certain things such as potting soil mix, what sort of container I should use, etc, and now I have a few beautiful plants including a nice little Tomato Plant that is flowering already. So happy!
I personally got Fabric Grow Bags from "Smart Pots" but there are many choices in pots. I put together my own soil from amendments, which is a more advanced topic so I wouldn't recommend that to new growers. There are many soil mixes out there, and it depends if you want to be organic or not. Many people just use straight miracle gro and cal it a day, others look for Organic mixes such as "Fox Farm(which has a number of soil mix choices)" or other brands to use because they are better quality and have better items in the mix.
Depending if you are growing indoors(like me) or outdoors you will have different needs, but you will need to make sure the plants are moist, and that seedlings aren't watered to much, just watch videos on the different stages of plant growth and try to learn about plnts and understand plants. Then there are leaf coloration issues that signify a deficiency in the plant.
Good luck.
@@AlvinKazu Well is it a joke for one. He is lazy and we laugh about it. He is allowed to be lazy. He loves and has the passion we have just gotten older and we are both tired and broken. People should really lighten up and not get all judgy. Life has beaten the shit out of both of us so we have to pick and choose our activities but thanks for the huge write up.
Here’s a challenge: Build a small garden section using only dollar store containers! I’ve built a large amount of stackable plants and bag gardens from dollar store stuff. I can’t recommend the soil they sell (cheap soil BAD!), but the containers are the same as Home Despot or Lowers, and a LOT cheaper. The Army broke my body, but gardening is peaceful and worth the labor of love. Want your husband involved? Give him something he likes to eat as a plant- but DONT “gift” it as a “live fern”, aka “if this dies you don’t care about me.” Get him a small pepper plant that grows upside down, and tell him he’s free to eat ‘em! Or a hard-to-kill berry bush in a pot. My wife doesn’t like gardening, but she knows it makes me happy and out salads are to die for, so I garden while she does something else! Good on you for laughing and loving together! Despite the pain of broken bodies worthy of 80-yr-old stunt performers (and being half that!), we recognize the delight of each other. Good for you both!
Does anyone else put the dead/dying leaves from the houseplant into the pot like mulch?
I put mine in the shower. And shower with tap water.
I missed the houseplant content 🤍
And... at night plants do respiration instead of photosynthesis
I have currently 8 Plants. I didnt buy a single one.
If you are a plant killer. I would recommend a mint plant (spearmint or peppermint). You have to burn to get rid of it. LOL.
My wife is a plant killer, if I went on a 1 month business trip, I coming back to a dead vegetable garden.😂
@@markoliver-ww9ld damn that's rough... What is the mistake she does? Not enough watering outside?
@@AlvinKazu Doesn't water
@@markoliver-ww9ld Yeah... That can do it.
Maybe you should build an auto-drip/spray set up that will automatically give water every x minutes or have a continuous drip that gives a little bit of water all the time.
I just started growing myself(about 4 months into it), and my inside plants are much easier to tend to than outside. Outside they dry up waaaay too fast and I'm starting to run into issues where I need to be on top of it. I Just got the outdoor plants about a week ago, so I'm still trying to get into the groove....
Meh, I think that mint as an easy plant can be misleading for indoors because of their high light requirements and preference for crawling. I’ve killed multiple mint plants and yet only 1 out of about 50 houseplants. Outdoors though you’re totally in point.
" Do you like house music, plant?"
Just watering from the top is not the same as having a plant have time to soak from the bottom. This specially if the soil is very dried out. If the soil is very dried out, lets say you bought it from the store and it has been neglected, just let it sit in the water.. for few hours or overnight. Think of it, taking a shower when you are very dirty, 5 minutes.. no you will not get to all the crevices... or having time to soak up in a tub.. lets say a skunk sprayed you, you will want to soak up to get rid of the smell. Same thing for very dry plant soil. pouring water on very dry plant.. will not give that soil time to soak up water, it will just go through it.
Just a reminder about top watering, some plants do not want water on their leaves or crowns, like African violets. Those are the only plants that I bottom water
For me it's watering cactus in the winter. I usually have so much time between waterings due to them being largely dormant, that the soil can become hydrophobic and bottom watering will restore the soil and prevent it from running through. The rest of the plants/year ever I only top water.
Also, orchids
My indoor plants like house music
Studies yay or nay about air cleaning. But what about oxygen? Will 20 plants of equal size and type put more oxygen into a room than 2?
So excited for my LTH to be shipped. I purchased it after Charmaine’s @unplantparenthood episode
👍👍😍😍
I wish someone would of told me, less is more.. I'm over ran with plants. They don't die just multiply. I can't toss them when alive. Now I live in an indoor terrarium instead of an apartment 🤪
I have this problem but I have realized that my friends have less plants than me. And I can give them my babies
I went thru a small plant phase and now I'm just bored with it. If you really want to get rid of plants, sell or post for free on Facebook Marketplace if you are able to do so. The plants will be gone in no time 😊
Do houseplants like House music?
So plants like aloe and such that are deemed helping the air is false?
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Your plant is emiting something that needs to be outside!!🤨😌🥀💞💯♉
Hm, I expected something about the amount of energy (lights, machines) and gas (for heating and CO2 production) that greenhouses use to nurse the houseplants before they end up in the store. Because that also is why houseplants are bad for the environment, besides the use of peat based soils.
But could you griw Dragon Fruit in a basement?
try it; I am overwintering a[n ice cream] banana in zone 5 in my basement with a grow light. Just be sure to research any plants toxicity if you have pets before trying it.
Houseplants bought from retailers are bad for the environment that's just fact. Anything massed produced has its toll on the environment and buying a houseplant doesn't give anything back to the environment. Buying soil, buying pots, buying fertilizer all has its toll. I'd find it pretty tough to grow houseplants without using any outsourced materials and I'm sure pretty much no one is going full scratch on growing. So houseplants in general should be considered bad for the environment, but it's marginal. Pretty much the same level as buying groceries and no one is up in arms over the effect groceries have on the environment.
Well, when I was in primary school we did the whole social experiment with plants. We cared for two bean sprouts in exactly the same way, but to one we were nice and spoke positively and played music etc and to the other one we were negative, called it names etc. the ones we played music too and were nice to did well, the ones we were negative to did badly.
Yeah. I disagree with the last answer. I’ve seen evidence.