Grow to becoming the best plant parent ever with House Plant Journal on Notable Life. Every Saturday morning, Notable Life will publish new houseplant care tips, tools and news that will send you straight to the greenhouse and empower you to join the #plantparenthood movement sweeping the (Millennial) nation.
Engineer and Business Analyst, Darryl Cheng, is also Toronto’s founder of the insanely popular #PlantParenthood movement on Instagram. His scientific approach to the art of growing everything from Pachira Aquatica to the regal Monstera, is reflected through his dramatic shots of plants via his channel & blog @houseplantjournal. And now Darryl is keeping things alive (in the soil and online) by bringing his green thumb to Notable Life, as our newest contributor!
Let Darryl’s wisdom grow in your own home with his very first @houseplantjournal #PlantParenthood tips:
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To keep your plant happy for a week: give it daily light AND dark
Two:
To keep your plant happy for a month: maintain proper soil moisture and remove dead material
Three:
To keep your plant happy for several months: aerate the soil
Four:
To keep your plant happy for a year: fertilize and prune (if applicable)
Five:
To keep your plant happy for several years: repot it