How Not to Kill Your Houseplant: Survival Tips for the Horticulturally Challenged

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Bear in mind that young seedlings are very vulnerable to extremes of temperature, cold draughts, low light levels (this makes them weak and leggy) and direct, bright sunshine (this can sear their fragile leaves). However, for a book that dubs itself "Survival tips for the horticulturally challenged," it didn't get into quite enough detail at parts.The second type of person is someone who is normally good with plants but something random has gone wrong.

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By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. She is currently Commissioning Content Editor at Gardens Illustrated, having previously worked as a content producer at www. From what sort of houseplant compost you should be using to the best houseplants for dark rooms and how to clean houseplant leaves, follow our advice on how not to kill your houseplants and they will be thriving in no time! For example, sometimes it says something like "water moderately during the spring and summer and water more sparingly in the winter.

It's fair to say your placement choices need work because you've just given a lethal bout of sunburn to your plant and no amount of aftersun lotion is fixing this boo boo. This is your guide to every stage of plant parenting for beginners, from identifying exactly what's in the pot, to keeping it in check when it grows too well! But if it’s an ultra-bright, sunny windowsill in direct sunlight, then go for cacti, agaves, crassulas, echeverias and other succulents such as the Panda plant (Kalanchoe tomentosa) and Aloe vera.