{"id":98,"date":"2026-09-18T12:45:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T12:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/colorlibhub.com\/tyche-verdant\/plant-care\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T12:45:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T12:45:08","slug":"plant-care","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/colorlibhub.com\/tyche-verdant\/plant-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Plant care"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Plant care<\/p>\n\n\n

Light first, then water<\/h1>\n\n\n

Nearly every houseplant that dies indoors is either in the wrong light or being watered on a schedule that ignores the season.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

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Light<\/p>\n\n\n

How we file them<\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Light, honestly described<\/h3>\n\n\n

Every plant is filed by the light it actually needs, not the light it will tolerate for a month before it gives up.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Water on a schedule you can keep<\/h3>\n\n\n

The card in the box says how often, in weeks, for the room you bought it for. No misting rituals.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Pet safe, marked plainly<\/h3>\n\n\n

Filter the shop to what is safe around a cat or a dog. The rest carry a warning on the label.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

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A rough guide<\/p>\n\n\n

How often to water<\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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Spider plant, philodendron<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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When the top 5 cm is dry, about weekly in summer<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Cacti and succulents<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Every three to four weeks, none in midwinter<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Ferns and fittonia<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Keep just moist, never let them dry out<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Aloe, echeveria, haworthia<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Soak and drain, every three weeks<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Every plant, in winter<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Roughly half as often as summer<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Every second spring<\/p>\n\n\n

Repotting, in four steps<\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Wait for roots<\/h3>\n\n\n

Repot when roots show through the drainage holes, not on a calendar. Most plants want it every second spring.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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02<\/p>\n\n\n

Go up one size<\/h3>\n\n\n

12 cm to 17 cm, not 12 cm to 22 cm. A pot too large holds water the roots cannot reach and rots them.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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03<\/p>\n\n\n

Keep the depth<\/h3>\n\n\n

Same soil line as before. Burying the stem is the commonest way to lose a plant to a repot.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Water, then wait<\/h3>\n\n\n

Water it in, then leave it a fortnight before feeding. New compost has everything it needs.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

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Something wrong?<\/h2>\n\n\n

Yellow lower leaves usually mean too much water. Crisp brown edges usually mean air that is too dry. Send us a photograph and we will tell you which.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Plant care Light first, then water Nearly every houseplant that dies indoors is either in the wrong light or being watered on a schedule that ignores the season. Light How we file them Light, honestly described Every plant is filed by the light it actually needs, not the light it will tolerate for a month […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-no-title","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-98","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/colorlibhub.com\/tyche-verdant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/98","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/colorlibhub.com\/tyche-verdant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/colorlibhub.com\/tyche-verdant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorlibhub.com\/tyche-verdant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/colorlibhub.com\/tyche-verdant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/98\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":126,"href":"https:\/\/colorlibhub.com\/tyche-verdant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/98\/revisions\/126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/colorlibhub.com\/tyche-verdant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}