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Guide to Growing Houseplants
it's easy to say (and so it's said again and again) that growing house plants is simple, and that indoor gardening is a hobby anyone can be successful at. Well, both these statements are true -- but both have to be modified a little if we are going to be completely honest about it. Let's look at them, then, a little closer.
First: Is it easy to grow house plants? The answer to that is yes - it's easy to grow house plants just as it's easy to build bird houses, or breed tropical fishes, or make your own clothes. It's easy if you are interested in what you're doing; and if you take the trouble to learn a few of the basic rules before you plunge in. If you enjoy watching the fruits of your handiwork turning out well, then growing house plants is going to be easy for you.
Second: Can anyone grow house plants successfully? The answer here is an even more unqualified yes. If you have the interest, and don't live in a basement with no light - or in Greenland - you can grow many, many plants successfully.
That's one of the charms of indoor gardening - the results you get are your own. Every room, every home, every plant presents its own problems, and when the home gardener grows a successful plant or a successful garden it is a credit to his own skill and ingenuity rather than his ability to follow someone else's plans.
The Guide to House Plants is rather a guide book, a book that is written to save the beginner (and the experienced home gardener) from mistakes they otherwise might make. It has been written to pass on to the amateur secrets that it took professionals years of experience to learn. It has been written to provide its reader wherever possible with the background information that will best enable him to get the most out of his chosen hobby.
From a Modern Guide to House Plants
by Ann Warren
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Although some gardeners recommend that you take the plants out of their pots and plant the ball of earth directly in the garden soil, we feel that the best procedure is to sink the pots into the soil, plunging the pot so that the rim protrudes just above the surface, leaving the plant pot-bound.
It is advisable to drop a few clinkers into the trough or hole into which you are going to set your pots, making sure that a concave piece covers the drainage hole; otherwise you may find the hole clogged by a family of hungry earthworms. The clinkers (and/or gravel) also act as a drainage bed.
We favor keeping the plants in their pots during the summer in the garden for two reasons: 1) the change of environment is not so sudden as it would be if the plant were transferred to a completely new soil, and 2) the roots are contained.
If the plants are allowed to grow free, the roots often spread to the point where, at the end of the summer when it is time for them to return indoors, there is no way to repot them without cutting their roots to a fatal degree.
It is at the start of the summer, incidentally, when your plants should be inspected to determine whether they should be repotted. This subject will be covered thoroughly in Chapter 6, which covers potting and repotting.
From a Modern Guide to House Plants
by Ann Warren
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