KILLING THEM WITH KINDNESS - There’s no question about it, most people kill their plants by over watering them; this even includes the professional plant technicians you see watering the plants in hotels & malls. A plant can cling to life a lot longer if it is under watered than if it is over watered. If the soil of a plant stays wet all the time and is never allowed to dry out, oxygen can’t get to the roots and harmful bacteria start to grow. Without oxygen the roots develop root rot and die; the bacteria cause an overall decline in the condition of the plant. Once you destroy the roots by constantly drowning them, the plant, as they say, is history.

I love the people who contact us & say, “I water all of my plants religiously, every Saturday morning. I don’t understand why they keep dying.” Or even better, how about, “I water my plants every day and they keep dying. I guess I’m just not giving them enough water.”

All I can say is, when in doubt DO NOT WATER!!!

The first question everyone always asks is, “how often should I water my plants?” The very fact that they group all of their plants into one category for watering shows that there is a basic misconception from the very beginning. The individual watering needs of a plant depends upon many things: the particular plant variety, the light and humidity of the room, whether the container is porous or non porous, the type of soil, the size of the container in relation to the size of the plant, how fast or slow the plant is growing, and even the time of year.

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Dracaena 'Janet Craig'	Zamioculcas Zamiifolia	Aglaonema "Jubilee"
Philodendron	Peace Lily
Golden Pothos	Dracaena Massangeana	Sansevieria