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How to prevent avocado from drying out indoors?
I have an avocado plant that has grown indoors since it was a pit. It grew first in a badly insulated, north-facing, wet and cool house, where it grew splendidly. After i moved to a well insulated ...
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What are some herbs and spices that are easy to grow indoors?
I currently grow Rosemary on my windowsill. What are some other herbs and spices that are easy to grow (and useful)? I live in South Carolina, USA. Plants are indoors = 65-75F all year.
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Can I save my damaged Aloe-Vera plant
I had an aloe plant that had grown to about 10" tall, in the shape of a miniature Christmas tree. It was potted in a small 8" pot with two other succulents. Last night our cats broke the plant from ...
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How do I grow moss indoors?
I have started to grow moss indoors and am looking for more advice.
I saw some information online, but I am hoping to clarify some points here.
If I keep the moss in a closed jar then how do I ...
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How do I grow a usable vegetable garden indoors?
I'm from a very rural area and love to garden, however, for work I just moved into an apartment in the city. I miss being able to grow vegetables and so I attempted to start some leaf lettuce indoors, ...
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What can I grow in a sealed office environment with no natural light or airflow?
Can ANY plant with green foliage survive in a sealed office environment with fluoroscent lighting from 8am to 5:30pm and air conditioning set at 20 C? For the remaining time, there is basically zero ...
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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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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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Can aloe grow be grown indoors with artificial light?
I came across a very beautiful aloe in a shop a few days ago, which I would like to plant in my office next to my computer. However, there is no natural light (sunlight) and only fluorescent light, ...
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Is there a fruiting plant that can grow in an office environment?
In the office there is an abundance of fluorescent light and that's about it. The temperature stays around 70 ºF (21 ºC) I think.
Could I grow a fruiting plant in these conditions? I may be able to ...
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What type of potting soil is most suitable for indoor herbs?
I've tried a few times to grow potted herbs in my apartment with varying success, and I suspect it is related to the potting soil. I have basil and rosemary that are thriving in pots filled with ...
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What is happening to my chilli plant? How can I help it?
Some white spots appeared recently on my Twilight chilli plant (indoors), on some leaves brown spots start appearing in the middle. First I thought - aphids, but it doesn't quite look like insects. Or ...
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How can I grow moss on our fireplace?
We have a large fireplace made of rocks from the Craters of the Moon park in Southern Idaho. The rocks are very rough and already have some dry moss on them, but really, the whole thing's a kind of ...
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Why is an indoor pepper plant flowering but not producing fruit?
One of my pepper plants has started to flower, and the petals are falling off to reveal a pepper growing from that stem - well, at least the first two have, and the other flowers seem to be bulging ...
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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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Is it too late to pinch back my avocado plant?
I'm growing an avocado plant from the pit (started with the toothpicks and glass method). Unfortunately I was out of town when it hit its growth spurt and therefore was not there to pinch back the ...
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What flowering bulbs grow well in an air conditioned office environment?
I want to grow some bulbs in my office. I have windows facing east, west, and north-east. The office is air conditioned, but not humid. What flowering bulbs can I plant, that will grow well under ...
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How to replant bamboo/water based plants
I have had a bamboo for several years in this tiny glass pot. It has grown very much, but its time to move her to a bigger home. But how? the pot she was brought home in was large at the bottom and ...
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Can plants have too much light, or do they need night/rest?
Because we live in southern Canada, in the late fall, my mother likes to take as much of her garden indoors as she can fit, for the winter.
She usually brings in her potted palms, a few flowers, at ...
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How can I grow barley grass indoors?
I watched this video where
a man grows barley grass, then makes a juice from it.
I'd like to grow my own barley grass indoors in pots, so temperature is probably an important factor.
What else ...
