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September 4th, 2010 | 
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Jade Plants
Jade plants are nice plants to grow indoors. They are very easy to grow and they don’t require that much care. They grow best in warm environments, usually 65-75 degrees. Around 50 degrees at night. You should put them in direct sunlight for 4 hours or more a day. Even though they like the sun they can get too much sun, so if the leaves start to turn brown you should move it. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Fertilizer, Flower, Garden, Garden centre, Houseplant, Plant, Soil, Water | 
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Indoor Plants: The Essential Guide to Choosing and Caring for Houseplants (Hardcover)
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Tags: Agriculture and Forestry, Caring, Choosing, Common name, Essential, Garden, Guide, Hardcover, Home, Horticulture, Houseplant, Houseplants, Indoor, Plant, Plants, Shopping |
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Book of Houseplants: The Green Thumb Guide to Easy Indoor Gardening (Paperback)
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Tags: Book, EASY, Gardening, Green, Guide, Houseplants, Indoor, Paperback, Thumb |
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Lucky Bamboo
If you have ever been in a store that sells plants than you have seen lucky bamboo, it is a popular plant. I think every plant collector has had one of these at one time or another. 
These plants are water garden plants. It is a tradition in Asia that these plants are lucky and that they bring fortune to your home.people that practice feng shui love these plants because they put off positive energy, some call this chi.
These plants are pretty easy to take care of but you need to know the do’s and don’ts.First off, all these plants require you to do to them is water them. I think one of the most important things with this plant is that you should use bottled water, because of the chemicals in tap water. I found this out the hard way, because I’ve had a few die on me. Finally I went to a friends house and she had really great looking bamboo and she told me that distilled water was all she did different. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Asia, Bottled water, Distilled water, Fish, House, Plant, Tap water, Water |
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Jobe’s 5001T Houseplant Indoor Fertilizer Food Spikes, 50 Pack
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Tags: 5001T, Fertilizer, Food, Houseplant, Indoor, Jobe's, Pack, Spikes |
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Artificial Light
The one thing that all gardeners know is that a plant needs light to thrive. Houseplants are no different. Artificial light makes it possible to put our plants almost anywhere you can use lights. African Violets, begonias, orchids, miniature geranium and bromeliads are some of the plants that grow well under fluorescent light. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Business, Fern, Fluorescent lamp, Home and Garden, Houseplant, Light, Plant, Shopping |
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Indoor Ferns
Fern are beautiful plants that can adapt well. They make great indoor plants. They are fairly easy to care for.
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Tags: Agriculture, Fertilizer, Garden, Houseplant, Plant, Root, Soil, Water |
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Jobe’s 5001T Houseplant Indoor Fertilizer Food Spikes, 50 Pack
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Tags: 5001T, Fertilizer, Food, Houseplant, Indoor, Jobe's, Pack, Spikes |
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Olive Tree 25 Seeds – Olea europaea – Great Houseplant
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Tags: europaea, Great, Houseplant, Olea, Olive, Seeds, Tree |
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Rare Phantom Miracle Tree 10 Seeds-Moringa-Houseplant
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Cristmas Cacti
A great thing to get a plant lover at Christmastime is a Christmas cacti. These plants are easy to take care of and they are a great addition to poinsettias at Christmas.
These are much different than your run of the mill cactus. These plants come from the rain forest verses the desert. With them being from different places they are use to different environments and should be treated different.
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Tags: Agriculture, Cactus, Euphorbia pulcherrima, Plant, Rainforest, Soil, Temperature, Water |
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Shopping For A New Plant-What To Look For
Have you ever went shopping for a new plant and wonder if your getting the right one or if the plant that you picked is healthy? There are several ways to tell if your getting a good plant. First, look at the leaves. They should be the right size and color. They should not have brown edges, which is a symptom of too much heat or fertilizer. The lower leaves should not be pale or yellow, which would mean that they were not watered properly. Read the rest of this entry »
Palm Trees
Palm trees are very beautiful and they can add great decor to your home. Allot of people will look at a palm tree and think tropics but these plants can tolerate mild to cold climates as well. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Dry season, Fertilizer, Garden, Houseplant, Plant, Soil, Water, Wet season |
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Propagating Houseplants-Part 9-Air Layering
Air Layering
Some houseplants become taller than we want them to, and they lose there lower leaves. Some examples of these would be rubber plants and false aralias. A good way to deal with an overgrown plant like this is to air-layer it, to produce a new shorter plant. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Biology, Garden, Houseplant, Moss, Plant, Plant stem, Recreation, Sphagnum |
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Houseplant Diseases
House plant are living organisms that can get diseases or become damaged when they are attacked by other living organisms. Here are a few tips on identifying them and solving the problem: Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Agriculture, Houseplant, Mildew, Organism, Plant, Soil, Species, Water |
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