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    Planting Paperwhites for the Winter Season

    October 15, 2020October 15, 2020

    Creating a paperwhite planter for your home is a fun and easy project to do. What you’ll need: Crushed glass, pebbles, or rock A container or vase to put your bulbs in A pack of paperwhite bulbs Water 1 Pour your rock, crushed glass, or pebbles into your container or vase. Keep in mind the

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    Mastering Your Home Style with Carlson Interior Design (and Plants!)

    October 14, 2020October 14, 2020

    If you’re like me, you love browsing Pinterest creating inspiration boards of all your rooms. You want your home put together without it feeling staged, to have little touches around that make your space cozy and comfortable – but you’re not quite sure how to get there. I’m thrilled to introduce you to Janelle Carlson

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  • Indoor Plants

    We’ve been featured in Redfin’s recent article “Indoor Plant Care: 19 Common Mistakes Beginners Make”!

    September 9, 2020September 9, 2020

    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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  • Indoor Plants

    Easy Tropicals for First Time Plant Parents

    July 22, 2020July 23, 2020

    If you’re just starting your very first plant collection, these are the easiest tropicals that I recommend in my greenhouse to first time houseplant customers. One of my personal favs; ZZ Plants require almost no care and boast luscious, shiny green leaves. They can handle dark areas of the house and minimal watering (like water

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    Indoor Succulent Care

    November 7, 2019November 7, 2019
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  • Growing Plants

    Why your plants need drainage

    October 27, 2018November 20, 2018

    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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  • Indoor Plants

    Why You Need to Care for Your Indoor Plants Differently in the Winter

    November 7, 2016November 3, 2017
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  • Indoor Plants

    How To Care For Your New Orchid

    March 17, 2016November 3, 2017

    YAY!!!! Our very first video blog post!! I’m so excited!!! Watch this video to learn how to care for your new orchid.  

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    How to Propagate a Pothos Plant

    January 24, 2016July 23, 2020

    Using an empty soap bottle (triple rinsed) or any decorative bottle, start your very own Pothos plant. Start new plants easily for gifts for family or friends, or to have in your home or office. Pothos plants are great air purifiers for any indoor environment. Cut off a piece of your Pothos so that you’ll

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    We fail too, all the time. The more you grow plant We fail too, all the time. The more you grow plants, the more you learn how forgiving they are. And that's the fun part, figuring out what works best for each one.⁠⠀
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This year we decided to grow our own crop of tropicals, but with a lack of light (with our days being so short in the winter in Northern Alberta), and colder temperatures we lost nearly 10% of our baby fiddles. But, figuring out what we were doing wrong enabled us to bring a bunch of them back to life!⁠⠀
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If plants could teach, they'd tell us to keep trying and even if we do fail, to learn and grow on!
    ***seed alert*** If you normally buy seeds online ***seed alert*** If you normally buy seeds online or from a seed catalogue our advice is to buy them now. Seeds are beginning to sell out already.

But if you normally purchase them at a greenhouse or in a store, not to worry - most retailers will have loads to choose from (part of the shortage is that retailers have been adding on to their orders).

Back to our regular scheduled post.

These January days at the greenhouse are known as our focus days. 

We're in deep planning mode right now, finalizing all our plans for spring 2021. We acutally work about 6 to 8 months in advance and about 75% of spring 2021 was planned in the fall. 

We're starting to feel the energy and excitment of what's to come; and I don't know about you, but our sunny days are feeling longer and longer. 

What does January look like for you?
    Coming up in our next newsletter (I'm aiming to se Coming up in our next newsletter (I'm aiming to send it out next week, maybe sooner), I'm giving tropical plant parents a guide called  "What your plant leaves are telling you”. This handy guide will help you diagnose environmental issues that you may see on your tropicals and what to do about them. I'm packaging up 20 years of experience into this helpful PDF. You don't want to miss it! Sign up for our newsletter at learnplantgrow.com
    While you're packing up some of your seasonal deco While you're packing up some of your seasonal decor, it's a great time to dust and clean your plants.⁠
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What's the best way to dust off their leaves?⁠
I like to throw my plants into the shower and give them a good "rain".⁠
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Then I grab a moist fibre-cloth, and gently wipe off the leaves (remember not to use cold water).⁠
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Should you buy anything fancy-shmancy to clean them with? No, they just need a little dusting every so often so that they have clean leaves to photosynthesize efficiently.⁠
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