Indoor Plants: 11 Ways to Help Houseplants this Month - Gardenista
This month your houseplants may not be getting as much attention as they did in winter. Here are 10 ways to show some love to your houseplants this month, to make them healthier and happier.
Save a Succulent
“Check out this amazing Compton Carousel by @fairyblooms,” writes @the_simple_succulent.
Maybe it’s getting too much water, or too much (or too little) sun, or not enough air circulation, or…diagnose the problem and fix it with 9 Secrets to Growing Succulent Plants Indoors, from Flora Grubb Gardens.
What your fiddle-leaf fig tree craves: bright, indirect sun, good air circulation, and well-draining soil.
Fix a Fiddle-Leaf Fig
The tillandsia does not ask for much. See how to help tillandsias thrive with Gardening 101: How to Water an Air Plant.
Enable an Air Plant
Photograph by Mimi Giboin.
Obsess Over an Orchid
Start an orchid collection with easy-to-grow indoor varieties. See How to Get an Orchid to Bloom Again.
See more at Rent-a-Houseplant: The Plant Library Delivers.
Photograph by Molly Decoudreaux.
Repot a Cactus
The secret to repotting a cactus without drawing blood during ” a run-in with all those spines?” Our contributor Jane Perrone reveals all in 10 Secrets to Successful Houseplants from the Experts.
Host a Plant Swap
Photograph courtesy of A Fresh Start.
Start the plant swap with a display table where everyone can ogle the goods. See tips to host your own in Plant Swaps: The New Sharing Economy.
Photograph by Mimi Giboin.
Tried and tested, here are nine of our favorite houseplants that can survive in low light. Find the best choice for your less-than-sunny spot at Best Houseplants: 9 Indoor Plants for Low Light.
Right Plant, Right Place
Revive African Violets
There’s a good reason the African violet used to be America’s favorite houseplant.
Photograph by Mimi Giboin.
Minuscule black fungus gnats look an awful lot like fruit flies and they’re just as harmless, but no less of a nuisance.
Get Rid of Gnats
Photograph by Erin Boyle.
If you start to notice the tiny flies buzzing around the top of your rabbit foot fern (or any other houseplant), get rid of them with our tips: Goodbye, Fungus Gnats: Pest-Free Potting Soil.
Photograph by Mimi Giboin.
Take Plants Outdoors
Plants prefer the humidity levels in outdoor air.
Photograph by @Jamie Song.
Train a Vine to Climb
See more of this spectacular pothos vine in Jamie’s Jungle: At Home with Houseplants in London.
“Unless you grow a self-clinging plant such as ivy, which generally doesn’t thrive indoors, you will need to provide some kind of anchor point for your plant,” writes our contributor Jane Perrone.