This is a conversation we have with our customers all the time in our greenhouse. How to best care for tropical plants in winter in our homes with light levels and humidity dropping. And the answer might surprise you: Less light = less water. Let’s talk about light and watering. Plants naturally slow down their
Growing Plants
Flower Deadheading
What is deadheading? When people talk about deadheading flowers they’re referring to removing old blooms that are finished. Why deadhead? To improve the look of the plant. If you have a bunch of dried up flowers on it, it doesn’t look as good. To give the plant more energy to invest in new blooms. How
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Edible Gardens
How to pick the right tomato plant
With a plethora of tomato varieties to choose from to grow at home, how do you pick the right tomato? Here’s a few questions to ask yourself when trying to decide the best varieties to grow. What do you want to use your tomatoes for? Fresh eating? Canning? Salsa making? Cherry tomatoes are great for fresh
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Indoor Plants
We’ve been featured in Redfin’s recent article “Indoor Plant Care: 19 Common Mistakes Beginners Make”!
Indoor plants are the home décor staple that will never go out of style. They are beautiful, vibrant elements that can make any room spring to life. But for many, the biggest challenge is caring for them properly. To help out new plant owners as they begin to decorate their home, Redfin reached out to
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Growing Plants
Liquid vs. Slow Release Fertilizer
What’s the difference between liquid and slow release fertilizer? Liquid fertilizer is instantly available for your plant to use and slow release fertilizer breaks down over time for your plant to use. Liquid fertilizer can be purchased as a powder or liquid that is further diluted by mixing into water. Slow release fertilizer is a
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Growing Plants
Why your plants need drainage
One of the most frequent pieces of advice we offer our customers and want to share with you is the idea of drainage for your plants. We’re focusing specifically in this video on drainage for plants in containers. The best way to explain drainage is to actually show it in action. And to start we’re
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Growing Plants
Wondering how big your bedding plants will grow? Here’s your answer.
Growing Plants
How We Manage The Bad Bugs In Our Greenhouse
Growing Plants
The Mighty Micronutrients: Keeping the Plant Growing
This post was co-authored by my awesome husband Tanner Pollack. Tanner’s background is agronomy (the science of growing crops) with a focus on crop production. He runs an agronomy consulting business and farms in Northern Alberta. Part 5: #TheNutritionSeries Ok. We lied. Originally we said this was going to be a 4 part series but