207001 635 House & Garden General Gardening Houseplants and Container Gardening true Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:33:00 -0700 /system/videos/3/84/17/22/221784.flv house, home, garden, gardening, houseplants, indoor, keeping, alive, taking, care How To Keep an Indoor Plant Alive http://www.howcast.com/videos/207001-How-To-Keep-an-Indoor-Plant-Alive http://www.howcast.com/videos/207001-How-To-Keep-an-Indoor-Plant-Alive/edit approved 137 640 360 <object width="425" height="273" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" id="howcastplayer"><param name="movie" value="http://www.howcast.com/flash/howcast_player.swf?file=207001"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.howcast.com/flash/howcast_player.swf?file=207001" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="273" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" ></embed></object> 3 KeithMcKellar http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/207001/Picture_1_xxlarge_maintained_aspect.png 358 false false false 78351 0 25 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/207001/25.jpg Pick a plant that’s tough to kill. Hardy varieties include spider, rubber, and snake plants, and pothos, aloe vera, and peace lilies.

]]> 78352 1 35 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/207001/35.jpg Choose a good location. Plants do best in the light and temperature of their native environment. For instance, tropical plants like their surroundings bright and humid, while cacti need sunlight but very little water.

]]> 78353 2 47 Tip Put houseplants that thrive on humidity in the bathroom – the dampest room in the house.

]]> 78354 3 54 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/207001/54.jpg Find out your plant’s foot-candle requirement, which is how many candles it would take to light the plant from one foot away. A plant that needs 250 or fewer candles is a low-light plant; one that needs more than 1,000 requires very bright light. If your plant didn’t come with this information, search for it online.

]]> 78355 4 70 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/207001/70.jpg Poke the soil with your finger before watering. If it’s moist, leave it alone. Overwatering is the no. 1 killer of houseplants.

]]> 78356 5 80 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/207001/80.jpg Fertilize a few times between the spring and fall. Low-light plants only require fertilization once or twice a year. Slow-growing plants need less fertilizer, while faster growing varieties need more. Choose a fertilizer that contains nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium. Water the soil before fertilizing to prevent fertilizer burn.

]]> 78357 6 98 Tip Watering your plants with the water in which you boiled vegetables or water from your fish tank gives them nutrients that help them grow.

]]> 78358 7 106 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/207001/106.jpg Talk or sing to your plants. Some research has indicated this can help them thrive, as does playing certain kinds of music. Indian sitar music works best, followed by classical music. Stay away from heavy metal: Plants exposed to loud rock music died after a few weeks in one famous experiment.

]]> 78359 8 122 Fact British media famously lampooned Prince Charles in 1986 after he said in a T.V. interview that it was very important to talk to plants, and that they respond to the human voice.

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