Houseplants

Natural Indoor Plant Fertilizer Plants benefit from natural fertilizers. There are many different household items that you can use as a natural plant fertilizer. It’s best not to try these recipes for homemade plant food all at one time, try one the first month and another the next month, and compare your results to see…

I love using homemade plant food to fertilize my houseplants and indoor plants. There are a number of ways to make natural plant food, but this tip recently caught my attention. You can actually use banana peels to fertilize your houseplants!   Banana peels contain potassium as well as nitrogen, phosphorus and magnesium, which are all…

How to Kill Gnats in Plants   Does any one know how to get rid of gnats in house plants? They are mostly in my small ones like ivy and herbs and there are lots of them.   Tip #1: Put out small containers of cider vinegar. The gnats are attracted to the vinegar &…

I’m sad to say that I had to kill two beautiful African Violet plants before I was able to admit to myself that even though I am normally capable of keeping houseplants alive, I know nothing about how to care for African Violets.   Recently I had the opportunity to bring home a couple of…

Lucky Bamboo is surprisingly easy to take care of. Keep it where it is warm (preferably indoors away from direct sunlight), give it lots of water (distilled, boiled and cooled water, spring water…etc).   9GreenBox – 3 Tier 4   I don’t have a GREEN THUMB so it’s like a fish…I just popped a curly…