Dealing with scale insects: a cheaper route
If you only read one paragraph, read this: dealing with scale insects depends on how the situation is set up, not on how you feel at the time.…
Placing plants in a living room: for a first attempt
Put placing plants in a living room back into a real week, with overtime, travel and days you cannot be bothered. Any plan that only survives good…
Grouping foliage for effect: breaking the problem apart
Most people want grouping foliage for effect to make things better. The workable version of that goal is steadier: a floor you can hit on a bad day.…
Keeping a monstera happy: a cheaper route
Most people do not fail at keeping a monstera happy from misunderstanding it. They fail because understanding is not doing. What follows is the doing…
Why fiddle-leaf figs drop leaves: breaking the problem apart
Most people want why fiddle-leaf figs drop leaves to make things better. The workable version of that goal is steadier: a floor you can hit on a bad…
Watering snake plants: standard, rhythm, floor
Anyone who has spent time on watering snake plants has a failure story: a strong start, a collapse in the middle, then silence. This is not another…
Causes of yellow pothos leaves: when to change approach
Most people want causes of yellow pothos leaves to make things better. The workable version of that goal is steadier: a floor you can hit on a bad…
Humidity for areca palms: out of the misconceptions
Anyone who has spent time on humidity for areca palms has a failure story: a strong start, a collapse in the middle, then silence. This is not…
Brown edges on calathea: standard, rhythm, floor
There is plenty written about brown edges on calathea and little you can act on. This piece stays concrete: every action can be done beside the…
Light for rubber plants: the few lines you need
Advice on light for rubber plants tends to split in two: impossibly complex, or sold as one click. Reality sits between. It needs some patience and…
Root rot in money trees: what you only learn by doing
Most people do not fail at root rot in money trees from misunderstanding it. They fail because understanding is not doing. What follows is the doing…
Getting a bird of paradise to bloom: what you only learn by doing
If you only read one paragraph, read this: getting a bird of paradise to bloom depends on how the situation is set up, not on how you feel at the…
Helping philodendrons climb: what you only learn by doing
Anyone who has spent time on helping philodendrons climb has a failure story: a strong start, a collapse in the middle, then silence. This is not…
When to add a moss pole: what you only learn by doing
Most people want when to add a moss pole to make things better. The workable version of that goal is steadier: a floor you can hit on a bad day.…
Cleaning leaves properly: key points and exceptions
Separate two things in cleaning leaves properly: the outcome you want and the action you can sustain. When the gap is too wide, shrink the action…
Soil for repotting: the few lines you need
Advice on soil for repotting tends to split in two: impossibly complex, or sold as one click. Reality sits between. It needs some patience and some…
Diluting fertiliser: the few lines you need
Separate two things in diluting fertiliser: the outcome you want and the action you can sustain. When the gap is too wide, shrink the action instead…
Which direction the light comes from: out of the misconceptions
Anyone who has spent time on which direction the light comes from has a failure story: a strong start, a collapse in the middle, then silence. This…
Air-conditioned rooms: it isn't actually complicated
There is plenty written about air-conditioned rooms and little you can act on. This piece stays concrete: every action can be done by the balcony…
Moving plants for winter: what you only learn by doing
There is plenty written about moving plants for winter and little you can act on. This piece stays concrete: every action can be done in the corner…