Houseplant Care — practices
Karina Aldredge
Best Practices for Repotting Houseplants
Time to repot your houseplants? Here is a quick checklist to determine if you should hold off or transplant your green friends. Most plants prefer smaller spaces to expansive ones. A common misconception is that houseplants require frequent repotting to thrive, but repotting them often or planting them in too large of a pot so they are swimming in soil can actually do more harm than good. When the soil surrounding your houseplant is overly abundant the root system cannot adequately hydrate or efficiently absorb nutrients. This often leads to root rot or stunted growth. Houseplants prefer living in apartments,...
Karina Aldredge
5 Benefits to Cleaning Your Houseplants
Here are five reasons that regular leaf cleaning benefits your plants, especially those big tropical types like alocasia, philodendron, bird of paradise, monstera, and anthurium.
We recommend mixing up a batch of Sacred Leaf Tonic and enjoying the experience of giving your plants a gentle misting, or a Sacred Leaf Shower once a week for maintenance. For pest care we recommend 3x a week for the first week, 2x a week for the second and weekly maintenance. For leaf cleaning, we recommend once a season for a thorough reset!
Sacred Elements
Planting Without Drainage Holes
If you are anything like me, you have an heirloom or vintage vessel in your world just begging to be put on display. And, if you’re anything like me you look at said vessel and think, "Wouldn’t it be more amazing with a plant nestled inside?”
Transforming plant and pest care from chore to ritual.
Continue Reading