Best Indoor Plants

Pull out of the soil by the base of the mushroom stems.Repot your houseplant. Repeat whenever new mushrooms pop up.Pick the mushrooms and discard them. Remove your housplant from its pot and shake as much soil off the roots as possible without causing...

Water thoroughly, then allow soil to dry out before watering again.Even if you do not overwater your plant, plants that are growing in poorly-drained soil, or pots with out sufficient drainage can still become too wet.

Position the rooted cutting or division into the plant pot and spread the roots out over the soil. Philodendrons (Philodendron spp.) includes more than 200 species of tropical plants.

Spray the tray contents with a water to keep it moist.Remove the plastic bag or lid when the sprouts, or "ratoons," begin to sprout. Place the planter pots in bright sunlight. Provide bottom heat to warm the soil set for at least 68 degrees Fahrenheit.

The trees should be planted closely together in the center of the pot. Continue the braid in a few months, when the ficus trunk has grown an additional 6 to 8 inches. Water the plants so that the soil is lightly moist.Place a wooden or bamboo stake on...

Many people enjoy gardening without the use of soil and just use water, called hydroponic gardening. Levels can change very easily so check often.It might be worth it to your plants if you want to experiment a little with nutrients.

In nature, it grows straight up. Lucky bamboo, or Dracaena Sanderiana, is a cleverly marketed houseplant that is supposed to bring good luck to the home in which it resides. The harvester applies the wax.Removing the wax will not make a difference, as...

The toothpicks should rest on the rim of the glass, so just the bottom of the avocado seed is submerged in water.Place the avocado seed on a windowsill in direct light indoors. After you eat an avocado, you can plant the seed indoors and watch it grow...

Deciding which type of water to use on plants is a bigger issue with indoor plants than with outdoor ones.The easiest way to discover the effect distilled water has on plants is to read the results of a science experiment.

The color of the leaves tells you if you need to increase or decrease the amount of water you are giving your plant. Although money trees tolerate a wide range of conditions, they are tropical plants and receive regular rainfall in their natural environment.

Potted plants are a way to bring nature indoors or to organize an outdoor garden. If you regularly recycle plastic bottles, leave some whole or cut them into thirds to line the bottom of your planters without adding much weight to the containers.If you...

If you do not have the capability of an automated system, you can try some simple techniques to raise the humidity.Place large buckets of water in your greenhouse. Clean the reservoir of water on a regular basis, as it can encourage the growth of algae...

Mark the drainage-hole spots with a marker. Any pot that's bigger than six inches will need a center hole and three evenly spaced holes around the bottom edge.Choose the appropriate drill bit based on the pot's size.

Since those blooms appear at some point between November and March on 3 to 6-inch spikes, the plant can be grown in the garden only in the warmest zones, but makes a charming houseplant elsewhere.

Continue this method until you are about 2 inches from the top of your pot, tapping the soil firmly in place to get rid of any air pockets.Water your new plant until the surface soil is moderately wet to the touch.

Keep the room temperature between 75 and 80 degrees Fahrenheit.Place a thin layer of mulch around your patchouli plant to help retain moisture. Check the pH level of the soil with a pH test kit to ensure the pH level of the soil stays between 5.3 and...

Diatomaceous earth is finely ground fossilized algae and, on a microscopic level, has the ability to lacerate the outer shells of bugs. You realize you have bugs in the soil of your houseplants when you water the plants and it causes the bugs to come...

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Mealybugs are easy to spot by cottony masses on the undersides of leaves or at the joints of stems and leaves. If you can, spray the plants outside.Neem oil is a natural pesticide made from seeds.

Show your child how to make a tiny greenhouse out of a cup with cotton inside it to sprout some seeds. Secure the cups together loosely with a few small pieces of masking tape.Set the terrarium in a brightly lit, warm spot out of direct sun.

Excess water should drain freely. Disinfect all pruning tools by soaking them for five minutes in a solution of 1 part household pine-oil cleaner to 3 parts water, and rinse thoroughly with water before making any cuts.Philodendron is not generally bothered...

The seeds can then germinate and mature in a controlled environment before the young plants are then transplanted to their final resting place.This method of seeding gives you greater control over growing conditions, such as protecting the soil from pests...

This is a common problem for many houseplants, including ferns.Ferns are susceptible to white mold, also known as powdery mildew.When you notice white or gray mold or powder on the leaves of your fern plant, the culprit is a fungal disease known as powdery...

For this reason it is mixed into soil or applied as a drench so the solution seeps in before it become toxic. Potted soils often have urea with ammonium sulfate incorporated into them, which slows the release of the urea.

Discard the bottom of the bottle.Place the cap on the bottle. Making an inexpensive watering system for your plants from plastic pop bottles allows you to take care of your plants without the security risks that come from having others enter your home...

By making your own homemade leaf shine, you save money and can ensure that nothing harmful will be sprayed onto your plant's foliage.Fill a spray bottle with warm water. This will remove the mineral deposits or dirt causing the plant to look dull.Turn...

Administer water at the base of the cane, covering the roots.Use rain or distilled water to water your bamboo plant.Lucky bamboo's leaves turn yellow-brown when the plant receives water containing too much salt or fluoride.