Growing Tips
Describing the perfect conditions for healthy houseplants, including the best light, tips for watering, and how to maintain humidity. Light levels from very bright to shade are covered, as well as watering techniques for when you're on vacation.
Post Your Own Soil Mix
Readers post their own soil mixes, and provide feedback on mixes that work for them.
Readers post their own soil mixes, and provide feedback on mixes that work for them.
Potting Soil Test #1
A head-to-head comparison of a custom mix potting soil against a market-leading bagged mix and a garden soil.
A head-to-head comparison of a custom mix potting soil against a market-leading bagged mix and a garden soil.
Soil Test #1 — Three Month Results
Three-month results of a straight comparison of a custom-blend soil mix, Scott's Miracle-Gro potting soil, and garden soil.
Three-month results of a straight comparison of a custom-blend soil mix, Scott's Miracle-Gro potting soil, and garden soil.
Which Potting Soil Is Best?
Ever wondered which potting soil is best for your houseplants and container plantings? Here is a series of real-life tests pitting various potting soil mixes against each other to see how they perform in the long-term.
Ever wondered which potting soil is best for your houseplants and container plantings? Here is a series of real-life tests pitting various potting soil mixes against each other to see how they perform in the long-term.
Potting Soil for Indoor Plants and Container Plants
Popular potting soils are great for us, but are they so great for your indoor plants and container plants? Find out what's wrong with your soil and how to fix it.
Popular potting soils are great for us, but are they so great for your indoor plants and container plants? Find out what's wrong with your soil and how to fix it.
Blooming Your Holiday Poinsettias
How to keep your holiday poinsettias blooming year after year. Follow this schedule of resting, growth and forcing flowers to bring back your holiday color.
How to keep your holiday poinsettias blooming year after year. Follow this schedule of resting, growth and forcing flowers to bring back your holiday color.
Overwintering Ficus
How to keep your ficus plant healthy during the long, cold winters. These plants are designed to thrive in the tropics, not in cold, temperate winters. By following these simple tips, you can guarantee a healthy ficus tree for years to come, even in the coldest regions.
How to keep your ficus plant healthy during the long, cold winters. These plants are designed to thrive in the tropics, not in cold, temperate winters. By following these simple tips, you can guarantee a healthy ficus tree for years to come, even in the coldest regions.
Tips for Healthy Houseplants
About.com's tips for growing healthy houseplants.
About.com's tips for growing healthy houseplants.
Potting and Repotting
A guide to repotting and potting houseplants
A guide to repotting and potting houseplants
Automatic Watering Methods
Going on vacation is great for people, but can be deadly for your houseplants. Plant-care.com offers an interesting look at an automatic watering system, plus tips on how to build one yourself.
Going on vacation is great for people, but can be deadly for your houseplants. Plant-care.com offers an interesting look at an automatic watering system, plus tips on how to build one yourself.
An Introduction to Hydroponics
A hydroponics system uses no soil. Instead the plants are grown in a circulating bath of nutrient-rich water. This advanced method allows growers to control the nutrient levels precisely and produce very healthy plants. Horticulturists at the University of Illinois have assembled an introduction to hobby hydroponics.
A hydroponics system uses no soil. Instead the plants are grown in a circulating bath of nutrient-rich water. This advanced method allows growers to control the nutrient levels precisely and produce very healthy plants. Horticulturists at the University of Illinois have assembled an introduction to hobby hydroponics.