Black Gold for Your Indoor Garden

Black Gold for Your Indoor Garden: You Can Grow That! Any idea what creature makes a nutrient-rich fertilizer that creates disease and pest resistance in plants? Hint: this little fella can boast that his “you know what”...

Houseplants Happily Clean Your Indoor Air

How Houseplants Clean Your Indoor AirIn the late 1990s, when I interviewed B.C. Wolverton about his new book, How to Grow Fresh Air: 50 House Plants that Purify Your Home or Office, indoor gardeners everywhere cheered. Finally, houseplants were...

Secret to Watering Houseplants: Squeeze the Plant Pot

If you water your houseplants and the water goes right back out the bottom of the pot and the plant isn’t getting enough water, this video will help. The secret to making sure that houseplants get enough water is...

Secrets to Keeping Maidenhair Fern Alive

If you’ve tried to grow maidenhair fern, but failed, this video will tell you how to keep maidenhair fern alive. Learn the secrets to keeping maidenhair thriving in your indoor garden. Learn about proper...

How to Use a Moisture Meter

Learn how to use a moisture meter. Moisture meters are a great tool for determining when a plant needs watering. Moisture meters allow you to easily and quickly determine how wet or dry houseplant soil is. This...

How to Get African Violets to Flower

If you know the secrets, you can get African violets to flower. This video shows you how to get African violets to bloom continuously in your home. The tips are to grow African violets in the right exposure with...

How to Get Dendrobium Orchid to Re-bloom

Learn how to get dendrobium orchid to re-bloom indoors. When you grow orchids as houseplants, it can sometimes be tricky to get them to re-bloom. This video shows you how to get dendrobiums (and other orchids) to...

How to Increase Humidity for Houseplants

Most houseplants come from the jungle floor, so they require high humidity to thrive. Many homes tend to be low humidity, though. This leads to unhappy plants that have burned leaf tips and are less likely to...

How to Tell Houseplants Need Water

Learn about flagging, which is the first sign that houseplants require watering. This is a stage that many people miss, but it is the best time to water houseplants. When flagging, plants look slightly wilted,...

Easy Way to Grow Green Onions Indoors

Learn how to quickly and easily grow green onions indoors. Simply get green onion sets and plant them in soil. Provide sufficient light and keep the soil moist but not soggy. You will have green onions to eat in...