Herself’s Houseplants

Houseplant care, photos and science

Oh no I forgot to water my plants!

ljmacphee | January 28, 2008

It’s been busy at work or you went on vacation and you come home to a bunch of dried up sorry looking plants. You forgot to water your plants.
How dead is your plant? Plants will come back from just about any state of death.
First take your plant to the sink or a bucket and [...]

Oh no I drowned my plant!

ljmacphee | January 23, 2008

What do you do when you have over watered your favorite plant?
The first thing to do is to get it out of the pot and re-pot it in fresh soil. It is not the damp soil that kills the plant but the bacteria that grows in the damp soil. So un-pot the plant, [...]

The second biggest killer of houseplants is a lack of humidity

ljmacphee | December 31, 2007

( The first being too little light )
Most of your favorite house plants came from the floors of the jungle. That is why they do so well with so little light. Plus we love those exotic jungle plants. They make the room feel warmer and more alive.
The average relative humidity in the [...]