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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
Are your Houseplants Hungry? Take a quick test!
Wondering why your plants are looking sad, not growing, or turning pale? They might be hungry! Here's a quick checklist to understand what your houseplants are trying to tell you.
Karina Aldredge
Everything you need to know about growing Alocasia
From corm to leaf, our best tips for growing alocasia indoors.
Did you know Alocasia (just like oxalis) can happily go dormant during the winter months in your home? When temps drop and sunlight is less intense, alocasia may actually enjoy a long winter's nap unless kept in bright sun or under grow lights.
Tips for growing Alocasia from corms and year round in your home!
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!
Transforming plant and pest care from chore to ritual.
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