Treating Root Rot with Hydrogen Peroxide: Does It Work?
The Lab | Root Rot Treating root rot with hydrogen peroxide is popular advice, but the evidence behind it is thin. Extension plant pathologists recommend … Read more
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Tissue Culture Acclimation: Deflasking Plants Step by Step
The Lab | Micropropagation Tissue culture acclimation is the slow move of a plantlet from its sealed, humid, sugar-fed container to normal room air. The … Read more
Carnivorous Plants for Fungus Gnats: Do They Really Work?
The Lab | Carnivorous Plants vs Fungus Gnats Carnivorous plants for fungus gnats work like living sticky traps: butterworts (Pinguicula) and sundews (Drosera) catch adult … Read more
Fiddle Leaf Fig Notching: How to Do It and Does It Work?
The Lab | Fiddle Leaf Fig Notching Fiddle leaf fig notching means making a small cut through the bark just above a dormant bud on … Read more
Jade Plant Wrinkled Leaves: Thirsty or Root Rot? How to Tell
The Infirmary | Crassula ovata Jade plant wrinkled leaves usually mean the plant is short of water. South Dakota State University Extension puts it plainly: … Read more
Philodendron Birkin Reverting: Why It Happens and the Fix
The Infirmary | Birkin Reversion Philodendron Birkin reverting means new leaves come out solid green or dark maroon, without the white pinstripes. It happens because … Read more
Money Tree Care: Light, Watering, Braids and Yellow Leaves
The Infirmary | Pachira aquatica Money tree care is mostly about water and light. NC State Extension says Pachira aquatica prefers indirect sunlight or a … Read more
Snake Plant Care: Light, Watering, Soil and Propagation
The Lab | Snake Plant Care The snake plant (Dracaena trifasciata, formerly Sansevieria trifasciata) has a reputation as the houseplant you can’t kill. It does … Read more
Variegated Monstera Deliciosa Care: Stop Brown Leaves
The Lab | Variegated Monstera deliciosa Variegated Monstera deliciosa care is regular monstera care with more light and more caution. NC State Extension says Monstera … Read more