Understanding Houseplants

Article by: Lisa Hallman

Since I've been a rather horrible plant , Want to Stamp Your Patio? mommy, I've done some research into finding out what some common things mean. Like when leaves turn yellow, or drop off. From my digging I have learned how to , Say Your Feelings with Flowers - Flower Meaning be a moderately good plant , All About Tulip Gardens doctor.

Plants lose leaves or turn yellow This means that your plants , Fabric Hammocks are likely suffering from low humidity. Meaning the air , Common Landscaping Tools For Every Landscaper itself is too dry. Grouping plants , Growing in My Garden together helps keep the plants , Wedding Flowers feeding off eachother moisture. , Starting a Shade Garden... Otherwise if you can get a humidifier to up the humidity in your home, , Rose Tending in June you and your plants , Easy Working With Cordless Lawn Mowers should benefit. Also if you happen to have any open containers of water , How To Build A Patio Cover around will help. Most plants , Wild Flower Garden - Recreate the Splendor of Nature in Your Own Backyard need between 50 and 70 percent humidity to thrive.

Plants have cycles Plants , A Few of My Favorite Backyard Birding Tips usually have active cycles and dormant cycles. When they are dormant, they pretty much need less of everything, this is good for you. But it is at these times you could potentially over-water your plants. , Constructing a Rock Garden While they are dormant, they use less and therefore can drown. Their active cycles are in the late spring , Want to Stamp Your Patio? through to the early fall, , How To Choose The Right Lawnmower For Your Garden Lawn and their dormant phase is in the late fall , Choosing a Pond Liner – EPDM liners are the optimal choice to early spring. , How to Plant Shrubs However with other plants, , Vegetable Growing for Beginners their dormant phase can be the opposite of others. This is why you should get to know your plant. , Oregano: Joy of the Mountain

Over-watering is the biggest killer Most plants , All About Tulip Gardens actually die of being over watered. I suppose this is mostly because of our lack of understanding of the plant , Shed Kits we usually have. When your plants , Organic Solutions For Pest Control are dormant, check 1 inch below the surface and if it's dry only give a minimum amount of water, , Dog Days of Summer if it's in it's active phase then thoroughly water. , How to Buy a Porch Swing It is always more important to keep your plant , Say Your Feelings with Flowers - Flower Meaning on the slightly dry side then being over-watered.

Lackluster looking foliage Often times the plant , All About Tulip Gardens we want may just not be suited to living in your home. , Dog Damage to Lawns Insufficient light , Location, Location, Location: Where to Put Your Water Garden can make your plant , Easy Working With Cordless Lawn Mowers look unhealthy, and unhappy. If you have your plant , A Teak Bench: The Perfect Complement To Any Outdoor Space in a window , Shed Kits that get's lots of direct sunlight but, your plant , Ellepots/Paper Pots looks unhealthy, move it to a more moderate lighted part of your room , Oregano: Joy of the Mountain and see how that works. If at all possible, take a look at your plant , A Teak Bench: The Perfect Complement To Any Outdoor Space label and read it, if there are no instructions, do a search for it's name. If you can't get any info look for houseplant , Care and Repair of Garden Tools images on the web, , Growing Tomatoes – A Hobby for Everyone and see if anything looks like yours.

Plants are dusty Your plant , All About Tulip Gardens needs to get it's nutrients from the sun, , Starting a Shade Garden... this is because in order to grow , ing Tomatoes – A Hobby for Everyone and be a big plant , How to Buy a Porch Swing it needs it's food, , Add Value to Your Home - Landscaping and the sun , The Flower Garden in August is part of it's food. , Tulips It is possible that your plants , Organic Solutions For Pest Control can get too dusty, and just like any other thing in your house, , Ellepots/Paper Pots it's needs to be dusted. To clean large leaved plants , Fabric Hammocks it's simple -- dampen a good quality paper towel, or rag and gently wipe down the leaves. For finer leaved plants, , Wedding Flowers take a little more precaution and be as gentle as possible while wiping.

These are the biggest reasons most of my plants , A Teak Bench: The Perfect Complement To Any Outdoor Space were unhealthy, apparently nothing to do with disease, , Wedding Flowers just neglect.

Below are a bunch of common reasons for certain symptoms your plant , Gardening and Flowers my be experiencing.

Entire Plant , Tulips Droops - You plant , Tulips has most likely rotted, and suffered from over-watering.

Plant has Sticky Spot - Aphids usually cause this.

Fuzzy Grey Mould Covering Plant - Neglect of plant , Fabric Hammocks being left with too much dead matter on it, be if flowers , Relaxation in the Garden Starts With a Swing Bed or leaves.

Fuzzy or Cotton Like Mounds - This is something caused by mealy bugs.

Flower Buds , Care and Repair of Garden Tools Drop before Blooming - Temperature , Growing in My Garden has fluctuated, it's experiencing a draft or is having a lack of humidity.

Edges of Leaves Brown or Dried - Your plant , Care and Repair of Garden Tools is too hot, , Solar Lights for Walkways - Cut Costs or too dry and needs humidity.

Tiny White , Spring Flowering Bulbs Spots on Leaves - Spider mites, this is what happened to my ivy plant, , A Few of My Favorite Backyard Birding Tips I bought the plant , A Few of My Favorite Backyard Birding Tips and bugs directly from the store. So check your plants , A Teak Bench: The Perfect Complement To Any Outdoor Space before purchasing.

Lisa Hallman, owner of Thrifty Canadian and publisher of many articles on Savings advice , History of the Adirondack Chair for Canadians.

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