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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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We can't think of a question about house plants that arises more often than, "How frequently should I water my plants?"
And unfortunately, there is no set answer to it. We would like to be able to say, "Every day," or "Once a week," but we wouldn't be giving you good advice if we did.
Plants should be watered whenever they need it — and that depends on a number of factors — humidity, heat, drainage, the size of the pot, and the type of plant you are dealing with.
Obviously, in a hot, dry room your plants are going to need more frequent and more thorough watering than in a cooler climate in which there is plenty of moisture.
Also, those plants whose natural habitat is one in which they get only occasional moisture, like that of the desert cacti, will need less watering than those, such as most ferns or Wax Begonia which are used to a plentiful rainfall.
The best rule to follow is that if the surface of the soil in the pot feels dry to the touch, the plant needs water.
Remember, over watering can be as dangerous as under watering. A plant whose roots are constantly soaked with water will rot and cease growing. Too many people, in their zeal to make sure that their plants are kept moist, get into the habit of giving them a little water every time they think of it, and as a result end up with waterlogged soil in which the plants quickly die.
It is better to water less frequently but more completely. Give the plant a good soaking, making sure that all the soil gets the benefit of the watering and not just the top inch or so. As we said earlier, there is no set rule as to how often you should water. But it shouldn't take long for you to find out by observation just how often each of your plants are ...
From a Modern Guide to House Plants
by Ann Warren
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