Growing Houseplants

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Growing Houseplants
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Why grow houseplants?

• To enhance room decor
• Fill in gaps
• Brighten an area (empty wall space, unused
  fireplace, stairwell, corner)
• Soften sharp edges
• Create separate areas in a room

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Grouping plants
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Garden rooms
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Why grow houseplants?

• Fragrance
• Direct traffic
• Improve indoor air quality

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Choosing houseplants

• How is the plant to be displayed?
• Location, duration
• How much time and skill is involved?
• How much will it cost?
• What size and shape of plant?
• What will be the growing conditions?
• Light, temperature, humidity

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Types of houseplants

• Foliage plants
• Trees
• Climbing plants
• Flowering plants
• Flowering houseplants
• Flowering pot plants (temporary)
• Cacti succulents

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Foliage plants - trees

• Dracaenas

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Foliage plants -trees

• Yucca Norfolk Island Pine Rubber tree

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Foliage plants - Trees

• Ficus

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Foliage plants

• Philodendrons

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Foliage plants

• Caladiums Sanseveria

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Foliage vines

• Philodendron, ivy, zebrina

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Small foliage plants

• Rex begonia

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Small foliage plants

• Maranthas

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Foliage plants - ferns
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Flowering houseplants
Cyclamens

• African violets

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Flowering houseplants

• Bromeliads

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Flowering houseplants

• Spathiphyllum

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Flowering pot plants

• Gloxinia
• Exacum
• Azalea
• Gardenia

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Flowering pot plants
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Flowering pot plants

• Hydrangea Poinsettia

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Cacti
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Succulents

• Jade plant
• Kalanchoe
• Sanseveria

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Houseplants and light
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Houseplants and light
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Diagnosing light problems
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Diagnosing light problems
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Light and phototropism
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Light intensity
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Light and flowering
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Artificial light quality
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Artificial light
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Changing light

• Shade to sun acclimatize first
• Sunny to shade foliage plants will survive, but
  not flourish
• Flowering plant fewer blooms

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Watering houseplants

• Different plants have different water
  requirements
• Watering frequency and amount varies with growth
  phase
• Environment influences watering
• Container size, composition, media type
• Room conditions (temperature, humidity)

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Houseplants and water

• Detecting soil moisture

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Diagnosing water problems
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Diagnosing water problems
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Methods of watering

• Top watering
• Bottom watering
• Immersion
• Wick watering

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Watering problems
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Diagnosing humidity problems
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Diagnosing humidity problems
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Providing humidity

• Location
• Groupings
• Misting
• Pebble tray

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Plants and temperature

• Avoid drafts
• Vents, poorly sealed windows
• Keep inside curtains during winter
• Avoid sources of heat (stove, refrig.)
• Humidity is influenced by temperature

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Displaying principles

• Containers
• Lighting
• Colors background, plant
• Grouping plants
• Plant supports and stands

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Containers
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Antiques as planters
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Shopping for plant containers

• Furniture stores
• Garden centers
• Home improvement stores
• Department stores
• Discount stores
• Online
• Plantcontainers.com
• Mailorder companies

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Displaying houseplants

• Double potting

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Hanging baskets
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Lighting
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Colors
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Grouping plants
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Bottle garden
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Terrariums
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Making a terrarium
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Plant supports and stands
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Totems
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Displaying bromeliads
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Caring for houseplants

• Fertilization
• Cleaning/grooming
• Repotting

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Fertilization
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Fertilization

• Type of plant
• Timing of fertilization
• Some plants have active growing season
• Most plants grow very little during winter
• Type of fertilizer
• Slow-release, liquid, soluble powder
• Frequency of fertilization
• Type of plant, type of fertilizer

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Cleaning/grooming houseplants

• Remove dead leaves
• Deadhead spent blooms
• Pinching (shape)
• Cleaning
• Wiping
• Brushing
• Sponging
• Immersing

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Repotting

• Violets
• Orchids

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Potting mixes
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Pest problems
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Aphids
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Mealy bugs
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Scale
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Spider mites
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White flies
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Thrips
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Fungus gnats

• Fungus gnat remedy

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Pest control

• Soap sprays
• Systemic insecticides
• Yellow sticky cards

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Specialty houseplants

• Orchids
• American orchid society

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Specialty houseplants

• Bonsai

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Propagating houseplants

• Cuttings (stem, leaf)
• Division
• Layering (air layering, simple layering)
• Seeds/spores

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Buying houseplants

• Poisonous houseplants

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The End

• Final exam
• All plants propagated in lab are yours

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Did you learn?

• How to grow a plant outdoors
• How to grow a plant indoors
• How to propagate plants
• Growing plants can be an enjoyable hobby
• Growing plants can be valuable