Karina Aldredge
Plant Parent Personality, Take the Quiz!
What type of plant parent are you? Are you a nurturer that loves to shower your green babies with constant attention or rather someone who adores the idea of houseplants but actually caring for them causes a bit of anxiety? Here’s a little peek into our Plant Parent Personality Quiz to help identify your parenting style. We divided it up into three categories: Nurturer: a helicopter plant parent who showers each plant daily and often over does it with the watering bit!! Consistent: you prefer a weekly schedule to care for your green friends Laid Back: you water & feed your...
Karina Aldredge
Keep your Air Plant Happy, Tillandsia Care Tips
The question we hear most often is: to mist or to soak?
The answer: it really depends on your environment and where you keep air plants.
Just as the frequency and amount of water and nutrients you give your houseplants depends on your indoor environment, where your plants grow how much light, humidity and the temperature are all factors in deciding what is the right method for you and your air plants.
We have guidelines to help you along that journey!
Sacred Elements
Mushrooms in your houseplants?
Mushrooms popping up in your houseplant soil? No need for concern friends. It’s actually a sign of good luck in some cultures! These saprophytic fungi don’t harm your plants and in fact, can even help them!
This is a perfect opportunity to explore the relationship between soil microbes and how they interact with our houseplants!
Sacred Elements
Powder Coated Plants?
Ever wonder why some plants have a powdery coating?
Epicuticular waxes are three dimensional crystals covering the outermost layer of most land plants. Some plants have adapted to have more protective waxes for survival.
Epicuticular waxes serve important functions for the plant life they blanket in three key ways: moisture balance/hydration retention, sunburn protection, and as a built in pest care system.
Transforming plant and pest care from chore to ritual.
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