Brown tips on Spider Plants

QuestionWhat causes the tips of the spider plants to turn brown and start to recede up the leaf? AnswerDenise Usually it is caused by improper watering technique and lack of humidity... The key to success with your

Pachira Aquatica

QuestionHi Will, 6 months ago I bought a braided Pachira Aquatica. Its about 5 feet high in a 10 inch pot. There are 5 intertwined braids. I placed it next to a west facing window and water it only when the top 2 i

Scheffelera leaves puckering and folding

QuestionIve recently repotted an age old, sentimentally valued Scheffelera. At the time it was in a clay pot, and watered weekly with diluted fertilizer. The new growth is looking bright and flat leaved, but older l

Need Advice re: Cutting Root of Rubber Tree

QuestionWe have a very, very tall rubber tree in our yard that was here years before we moved in (and weve been here over 25 years). I couldnt even venture to guess how tall it is but the height of it far, far

Pressing Leaves

QuestionI was thinking this fall I might like to pick up leaves that fall or pick some off of trees at earlier stages of color change and press them in a book assuming people still do that? Is there anything I would

about spider plant

QuestionHello Darlene .. I have a spider plant that I bought a month ago it is white in center with green stripes it has 4 babies they are large but there is no root The parent plant and the babies show no signs

Epiphyllum

Question Epiphyllum I also have an epiphyllum that has area of dark brown dried up parts, but mine is growing from these dried up areas. There is new growth that is coming from the dried up part.  

Ponytail palm in decorative pot

QuestionI want to put a ponytail palm in a decorative pot that has no drainage holes. I know this isnt the way to go. However, this pot has great sentimental value to me, so I want to use it; and I dont want to risk

aloe blooms

QuestionAfter my aloe plant blooms it has a clump of green stuff on the stalk that looks like it wants to bloom also? AnswerHi Dave, I am having trouble imagining just what it is you are seeing. That said, an Aloe

yellow leaves on ficus

QuestionQUESTION: I have (had) two beautiful ficuses on my deck that were doing great...the leaves began to turn yellow and fall off, so I thought maybe I was watering it too much...now I realize that isnt the probl

Schefflera yellow leaf fall

Question leaf discolour plant Hi Will, I stumbled across your website after searching unsuccessfully for a definitive answer on the web. My Schefflera has recently started to shed discoloured leaves af

Browning of container grown datepalm leaves

QuestionHi, I am staying in india. 3 months back i bought a packet of dates from kuwait. And i germinated the seeds and placed them in clay pot of 12 inch size. I have filled the pot with equal parts of sand a

Leaves Have Fallen Off Aloe Vera Plant

QuestionHello. I live in Colorado. I have an Aloe Barbadensis Miller plant. I kept the plant indoors in front of a window facing east. The soil I use is a mixture of gravel and garden soil; I also used small rocks

Persian Shield repeated browning of leaves; leaf fall

QuestionQUESTION: dear Darlene : i stay in mumbai, india and i have a persian shield which was fairly well off in the monsoons. New leaves started to grow splendidly, but has of late, started to lose lots of leaves

sickly houseplant, not sure what it is!

Question my cliff! I have a plant that my mother gave to me, it was propagated from a plant that cAme from my great grandfathers funeral before I was born. Im not sure how to care for it, Im not sure what the

potted patchouli care

Questiondying plants QUESTION: Hello Mr. Creed. Ive attached a photo of my three patchouli plants. I purchased them in the spring as seedlings and they grew fast and hardy. Absolutely love them, but the leav

night temperatures

Questionhave reg house plants on my balcony and its going down to 13oC here now at night. should i be bringing them in now at night? AnswerLisa, For me 50 degrees Fahrenheit or 10 degrees centigrade is the magic #

fruiting of citrus and avocado tree grown from seed of grocery bought fruits

QuestionHi, I have orange, lemon and avocado plants grown in my garden each an year old. They were germinated from the seeds of grocery bought fruits. Will this trees bear quality fruits in future because its not gr

watering issue and proper care for container grown date palm.

QuestionHi, I live in India and i have a datepalm plant grown in clay pot of 16 inch size, the palm is 4 months old, and have two leaves of 10 inch length. Now the tip of the leaves are browning. I was told it

my orange tree

QuestionHi Will, i moved backed to new England in 2005,and purchased one orange tree, i have transplanted this tree several times. each time the tree has grown larger [i have trimed the tree several times] last year