Reader Question
Q: Are money trees poisonous?
A: If you have to ask if a plant is poisonous, then it is! Now I know most of you don’t go around putting bits of exotic houseplants in your garden salads, but I would strongly caution anyone with curious house pets or children. Do some research! It’s usually pretty [...]
Reader Question
Q: Can banana peels be used as fertilizer for indoor houseplants?
A: Yes, but they must be composted. You can’t just lay a banana peel on the dirt of a houseplant. Though it eventually would work its way into the soil, it would take weeks. Also, you would probably get fruit flies and mold before it [...]
How to clone pothos
The term “cloning” bring to mind visions of mad scientists in labs somewhere, working through the night. Really the term “clone” is used to mean any organism that has identical genetic information as the organism it was derived from. Today I’m going to do a photo and text demonstration of a simple technique ou can [...]