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How To Care For An Air Plant [Watering, Fertilizing, Light]
Looking for the perfect, easy-to-care-for houseplant? Meet the air plant! Air plants are a top contender in the most-popular-houseplant contest, and with indoor plants such a huge trend, that’s saying something! It’s easy to see why - they’re beautiful and unusual while being super-easy to care for. How often do you see that combo? Read the post to have all your air plant questions answered!
Tillandsia Types & Info
Tillandsia are the largest genus in the bromeliad family. There are more than 600 known species and countless hybrids. They’re native to Central and South America and even a small part of the Southern US. Air plants are usually divided into two categories: mesic and xeric, and much of what puts them in one category or the other are the quantity and size of trichomes.
Protect Your Counter Top & Furniture Surfaces! [2 minute felt padding DIY]
Have you ever experienced decor-dismay when you discover scratches and damage to your nice tabletop or furniture because something with a rough edge had been placed on it without a protective layer? You realize every time it was even slightly moved, it was slowly etching itself into your countertop until you finally discovered it? I have, and in fact, I’ve had this happen twice in the past month - one from scratching and one from water damage, and both were totally preventable.
How To Propagate And Repot Agave Pups
Agaves and other plants that produce clone offshoots or “pups” are easy and rewarding to divide, transplant, and repot. There are just a few simple steps to successfully extract the pups from the mother plant and transplant into a pot or soil. So long as you’re careful with the roots and give them appropriate soil and water, your newly transplanted agaves should establish and grow beautifully.