When you start to get interested in something, you often find out that there are millions of little parts and things that you have to figure out about the topic. For example, if you want to learn how to make the best rolls, you realize that there is a certain temperature for each kind of Continue Reading …
How to Care for Propagating Houseplants
There are lots of ways to increase the number of your house plants. You can spend hours and hours and lots of money or you can use a method called propagating. This is when you use the plants that you already have to create more. It can be done with many plants and is one Continue Reading …
Different Cutting Methods for Propagating Houseplants
Gardening is one of the most involved hobbies a person can have. There are tons of different plants, vegetables, and things that you have to know. You can do it for fun and still have a load to learn before you become pretty good. One thing you will learn about is propagating houseplants. There are Continue Reading …
Where to Find Information on Poisonous Houseplants
Houseplants are everywhere. Most people have plants in their homes, mostly for looks, but they also help bring a nice feeling to the home, and help to clean the air. There are lots of different plants out there so how do you know if the house plants you have or your friend has are actually Continue Reading …
Where Are Poisonous Plants Found?
It may seem like there is an obvious answer to the question, where are poisonous house plants found, but let’s look a little deeper into the question. There are tons of retailers who sell plants and tons of places to grow plants. There are many places that they could come from and it is important Continue Reading …
Tips for Keeping Children Away From Poisonous Plants
Poisonous houseplants are all over. They are in doctor’s offices, friend’s homes, and the mall. They seem to be everywhere and sometimes it can be hard trying to keep your children away from plants. Let’s look at some ways for keeping children away from poisonous house plants. First, be aware of the poisonous plants. It Continue Reading …
Great Books To Help You Identify Houseplants
If you are looking for a book or books to help you identify common houseplants, here are a few of the newer ones that you might consider. Ortho’s All About Houseplants by Marilyn Rogers (Editor). This book was reviewed by three Amazon.com customers and received an average of four out of five stars. Besides describing Continue Reading …
Houseplant Identification Resources For You
Identifying houseplants can be tricky business. There are so many varieties of each plant that a comprehensive guide would be thicker than a set of encyclopedias. Fortunately, there are resources that have the plants narrowed down and well organized so you should be able to identify all but the trickiest plants without too much problem. Continue Reading …
Getting A Good Start From Your Common Houseplant
Introduction Getting starts from one of your houseplants is also called propagation. Propagation is very much like helping your plants to have babies because you take a piece from the plant, replant it, and it grows up to a new adult plant. Instructions Difficulty: Moderate Steps Step 1: Determine what type of plant you are Continue Reading …
Green Thumb Challenged? You Can Keep Your Plants Alive
Introduction If you identify with “not having a green thumb”, chances are pretty good that you have killed a plant or two in your life. That’s the bad news; the good news is that you don’t have to kill plants, even if you have a brown thumb. You can keep your houseplants alive by just Continue Reading …