My first orchid dropped every single bloom within a week of me bringing it home and I did what most people do: panicked, then did…
My first Phalaenopsis a white one I picked up from IKEA back in 2016 was growing these thick, pale roots that were crawling out of…
My first Phalaenopsis died in February 2019, and I was convinced it was the plant’s fault. I’d done everything “right” watered it weekly, kept it…
Most of the advice you’ll find about monstera aerial roots is either too cautious (“never touch them!”) or too casual (“just chop them off, it’s…
For two years I had what I thought was a Christmas cactus sitting on my windowsill. It bloomed in spring, not December, and I kept…
My first macodes petola died in about six weeks. It was March 2021, the plant came from a specialty seller in Jakarta, and I killed…
Getting your monstera plant care fertilizer routine right is one of the biggest differences between a plant that merely survives and one that genuinely thrives.…
Most people kill jewel orchid cuttings not by neglecting them but by loving them too much. I stuffed my first cutting into a cup of…
Most people kill their first zigzag cactus by treating it like a cactus. I did exactly that shoved it in a south-facing window, watered it…
If you’ve been growing Monstera for any length of time, you’ve probably stared at those thick, rope-like roots creeping out of the stem and wondered:…