Watering & Feeding
When and how to water without drowning your plants, plus the basics of feeding: what fertiliser does, how often, and why less is usually more.
Bottom Watering: When It Helps and When It's Just Extra Work
Bottom watering means setting a pot in a few inches of water and letting the soil draw it up through the drainage hole.
How Often Should You Really Water Your Plants?
Watering on a schedule is why so many houseplants die. Learn to water by what the plant and soil are telling you, using the finger test and drainage.
Humidity for Houseplants: What Helps and What's a Myth
Most common houseplants thrive in average home humidity of 40 to 60 percent, so humidity is only critical for a tropical minority like calatheas, ferns,.
Overwatered or Underwatered? Telling Two Identical-Looking Problems Apart
Both look nearly identical — wilting, yellowing, browning — so check the soil, not the leaves.
Keeping Plants Alive While You're on Vacation
Water every plant thoroughly, then move them off hot, sunny windowsills and group them together in a bright but indirect spot to slow water loss.
- Self-watering pots, honestly
- Reading a moisture meter
- Winter watering changes