by Alex Lafreniere | Dec 11, 2019 | Houseplants
Plants require a substrate or medium to grow in. In nature this is often soil or organic matter, but it can also be water (in the case of aquatic plants), or air (for many epiphytes). The plants root for support, but also for absorbing nutrients. When designing a...
by Alex Lafreniere | Dec 11, 2019 | Houseplants
This article will go over 5 levels of plant cleaning and quarantining, and then get into some good ideas for the following situations: Terrariums and Vivariums Potted plants, Living walls and Vertical Gardens Aquariums Terrariums and Vivariums are particularly...
by Alex Lafreniere | Dec 10, 2019 | Houseplants
A good ballpark estimate is around 100 watts of lighting per square meter (around 110watts of lighting per square yard of the right spectrum). Some plants can survive on as low as 75 ft/candles. With lighting there are two considerations: aesthetics, and...
by Alex Lafreniere | Dec 10, 2019 | Houseplants
Living wall pest control: How to control pests in a plant wall or vertical garden. Are you worried that your vertical garden or living wall could become infested with insects and pests? It could happen, but you’ve got a lot of options to deal with it. At all stages of...
by Alex Lafreniere | Dec 10, 2019 | Houseplants
A lot of plants want humidity levels that aren’t comfortable for humans, so we need some way of getting them what they need. Maybe you have crispy leaves, they’re turning brown or yellow, or maybe the plant’s starting to wilt. All of these can be...
by Alex Lafreniere | Dec 9, 2019 | Houseplants
What is orchid flasking? Orchid flasking in the process of germinating and propagating orchids sexually from seed. Orchids seeds are placed in a sterile flask containing a growing medium (like agar in a petri dish). Orchid seeds are very tiny (1 gram of orchid seeds...
