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🌱 Care and Growing Updated Apr 28, 2026

Self-watering pots from big box stores, keep or repot?

I bought a ZZ plant and a pothos from a big box store. Both came in self-watering pots with little reservoirs. The pothos seems fine, but the ZZ soil feels wet even thoug...

🌱 Care and Growing Updated Apr 27, 2026

Can I make one base soil mix for most houseplants?

I retired last year and somehow houseplants became my new research hole. I started with three plants and now I am reading about coco coir at midnight. I would like to sto...

🛒 Buying and Sourcing Updated Apr 26, 2026

Big box rescue cart, what is actually worth saving?

My local store has a clearance rack that keeps calling my name. Today it had a half-price monstera, a sad peace lily, two crispy calatheas, and a philodendron that looked...

🌿 Plant Help Updated Apr 26, 2026

Bird of paradise split leaves and brown edges indoors

My bird of paradise is indoors near a big bright window. It grows new leaves, but the leaves split and the edges brown. I know splitting can be normal, but mine looks rou...

🌱 Care and Growing Updated Apr 25, 2026

Moss pole or plank for a monstera, what actually helps?

My monstera is leaning toward the window and starting to take over the corner. I want bigger leaves eventually, but mostly I want it to stop looking like it is trying to...

🌱 Care and Growing Updated Apr 24, 2026

How long do you quarantine new plants?

I bought two new plants from a nursery and one from a grocery store. They all look healthy, but I keep reading quarantine advice and the timelines are all over the place....

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