Plants grown indoors.
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How can I help a sunburned jade tree recover?
I put my jade tree out to get some sun yesterday, and apparently the sun was a little too blazingly direct. Instead of the healthy red edges I was expecting to see, several of the leaves are now ...
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Suggestion for houseplants that can clean the air?
I know of the research done by NASA on indoor plants which can clean/reduce certain pollutants in the air. I am very interested in planting such houseplants in my house, as it is sometimes filled with ...
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What conditions are necessary to make a potted aloe vera bloom?
I have a potted aloe vera that I keep indoors during the winter and outside the rest of the year. It has leaves one foot long and two inches wide at the base. I fertilize it with tea from my ...
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Can you identify this small, formerly flowering houseplant?
I received this plant as a gift. It had flowers, but they have long since vanished. The plant seems to be doing fine- it's been putting out new leaves, and it's been six months. I recently moved it ...
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What do the numbers in the names of indoor liquid fertilizers mean?
I went to pick up some liquid fertilizer for the plant I keep at work and I saw several varieties :
Liquid Growth Indoor Plant 4-12-9 Food;
All Purpose Liquid Concentrate Plant Food 12-4-8 with ...
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Why has our lucky bamboo turned yellow?
Our lucky bamboo has turned yellow in a very short time, after we've had it for almost 2 years. We've trimmed all yellow leaves, and changed the pebble to clean the green algae - what else can be ...
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Help identifying this plant?
I honestly have no idea what this plant is. It seems to be some type of vine. I took a few pictures i will put below. As you can see there is some other plant growing in the same pot with the long ...
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Low maintenance plant choices for apartment (indoor) living?
I'm not an expert on plants, but would like to add some plantlife to my apartment. I'm looking for good choices that:
don't require direct sunlight,
require minimal watering,
survive for at least a ...
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Does controlling night-time light for house plants improve their health?
I keep a few dozen assorted plants under fluorescent lighting in my basement, because the light isn't very good at the windows. I have always left the light on day and night, but now that I think ...
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Advanced care of an indoor avocado plant
I have a 6-month-old indoor avocado plant that is growing nicely. I have cut it back a few times and it is now about 1 meter (3 feet) high:
How often and how much should I prune my avocado plant? ...
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How do I grow bamboo plants indoors?
Doesn't this plant have root rotting property? I tried to grow this in my home which had the tubelight burning only for 6 hours at night. And at the rest of the time it is a shady place.
We used to ...
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My orchid has one yellowing leaf. What's gone wrong?
I have an orchid that I bought about a month ago. I'm following the watering directions that came with it (which means it's only been watered once so far) and I believe that it has the appropriate ...
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How can I encourage a jade tree to grow a strong trunk?
I have spindly jade plants. They don't much look like the tightly packed, overgrown one in this related question, but they are delicate, spreading out almost like vines. This is a problem any time I ...
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Why are there kinks in my aloe vera leaves?
On several of my aloe vera plants, the leaves suddenly became kinked. The leaf would get very thin in a spot and bend over. It starts near the tip and is most noticeable on older leaves. What is ...
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Can this peace lily be saved?
We have bought this peace lily plant one or 2 months ago, but suddenly all life seems to have gone out of it. Can we still save it?
We watered it once a week, so I don't think that is the issue.
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What's the name of this plant that has large, broad leaves with white spots?
I have this plant at home and I need to know its name so I can better take care of it. Here is a picture of the plant.
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What is this tropical-style houseplant?
I am not at all trained in identifying plants. I've tried the tips from the question: How do you identify a plant?, but I have no idea what kind of group or family this plant belongs to, so starting a ...
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How can I renew a Dieffenbachia that has lost all its lower leaves?
I have two Dieffenbachia (dumb cane) plants in pots in my kitchen. One looks great, the other is struggling because I have not done a good job of keeping it watered. It has lost a lot of leaves, and ...
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Why the leaf tips of my spathiphyllum look burned?
I have a spathiphyllum and I water it 3 times a week. But the leaf tips look like burned.
Is that natural or should I do something for it? BTW, how can I make it blossom?
