Many gardeners like using a potting mix that carries mycorrhizal fungi. Some may even like to use a soil inoculant with their succulents and cacti. Do mycorrhizal fungi also work with succulents and cacti? Succulents and cacti benefit from mycorrhizal fungi with better uptake of nutrients, water, and carbon dioxide for photosynthesis. It improves the …
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If you like mottled and striped patterns of green and white on plant leaves, you may be interested in plants with variegation that is stable and will never revert. Plants with stable variegation have the same variegated pattern on all the leaves of the entire plant. They can be naturally variegated with variegation encoded in …
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Plants with variegated colored patterns are rare, beautiful gems for any plant collection. How to induce variegation in your plants? The best way to induce variegation in plants is to propagate a genetically variegated plant or the variegated parts of a plant with mutated plant cells that lack the green pigment. Inducing changes artificially by …
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If you have ever propagated plant cuttings in water, you must have noticed that they easily die soon after they are transferred to the soil or vice versa. How to convert cuttings from water to soil without killing them? The best way to help a plant or cuttings replace their water roots with soil roots …
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If you have ever overwatered your houseplants, you must have noticed that their leaves would turn yellow and their roots would rot with too much water in the soil. However, if you propagate the cuttings in water, they would grow new roots. How come plants die in waterlogged soil, but can grow in water? …
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This is not a joke—the houseplants and the plants in the garden could be a danger you were not aware of. These plants release a milky sap that can be toxic to touch when you prune them or break a stem by accident. Are all plants with milky sap poisonous? Should you be worried? …
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Oh yes, the struggle of over or underwatering your plants, I get it. If you find it difficult to determine when and how much to water your plants, then scoop up a quality soil moisture meter– your plants will thank you. In this review, I’ve rounded up 10 soil moisture meters to share which are …
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It is frustrating when the leaves start turning yellow and the plant just stops growing for weeks. Sometimes stunted plants recover and are off to the races after stalling for some time, and sometimes they don’t. How can you tell when stunted plants will recover, but when they won’t? Stunted growth caused by pests …
From giant banyan trees to mangroves, orchids and tiny succulents, a diversity of plants have aerial roots sprouting into the air above ground rather than into the soil. While some live above ground, others live on the ground and even in water. What exactly are the functions of aerial roots? Which plants have aerial roots? …
Top 18 Plants with Aerial Roots: What are Aerial Roots? Read More »
No wonder why many people want to grow aerial roots on their houseplants, orchids, bonsai, and even succulents. Not only do they add a special look to the plant, but they also help absorb moisture and nutrients in the air, and stabilize the plant. So how do you stimulate aerial roots? The natural approach is …
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