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House plant care can be learned even if you think you have a black thumb.<\/p>\n

I spent time on Sunday fussing with my house plants<\/a>. Poor babies have been neglected other than the weekly watering. My plant room faces north east, with most of the light diffuse morning light. \u00a0Light requirements for house plants<\/a> varies. \u00a0Luckily I seem to be able to grow almost any house plant I want to in that room, and I even over winter my geraniums from the front porch window boxes in the plant room and in a spare bedroom facing the same light exposure.<\/p>\n

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House Plant Care<\/h1>\n

This phaelenopsis orchid<\/a> is still blooming. It’s the one I rescued from Lowe’s in late 2009.\u00a0 It was on sale for a few dollars and had a big hole in the leaf. Well, the hole is still there, and it’s still blooming. I’ve never grown an orchid before and this one is extraordinary. When the flowering branch is finished, the petals drop off like tiny moths, and a new flowering branch quickly forms. It’s just stunning and I want to add more orchids to my collection.<\/p>\n

House plant care also includes tidying up the African violets.\u00a0\u00a0Most are the solid purple colored ones.\u00a0 The one fancy variety I received from my sister is still growing and it looked severely pot-bound, so I decided to repot it. Much to my surprise, it wasn’t just pot-bound; there were four plants now instead of one!\u00a0 I planted each one in a separate pot and am growing them under lights in the basement for the May Master Gardener plant sale, along with several purple ones I want to re-home.<\/p>\n

I cleaned up some dead leaves, gave a few plants a good rinse to rinse out any salts that had accumulated in the pots, and general tidied them all up, ending by giving each one a shot of fertilizer.\u00a0 One of our next household projects will be to create custom-build, tile topped plant bookcases under the windows.\u00a0 My plant shelves consist of snack tables with a board over them.\u00a0 It’s ugly but efficient.\u00a0 My very handy husband has since sketched out a custom build shelving system that will go around two walls of the room. Tile will fit on the top and keep moisture off the wood.\u00a0 Underneath, room for more books.\u00a0 On top, room for more plants.<\/p>\n

Does he know me, or what?<\/p>\n

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House plant care can be learned even if you think you have a black thumb. I spent time on Sunday fussing with my house plants. Poor babies have been neglected other than the weekly watering. My plant room faces north east, with most of the light diffuse morning light. \u00a0Light requirements for house plants varies….<\/p>\n

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