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On The Ledge — 201 episodes

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Episode 312: My houseplant hot takes - and they get increasingly unhinged

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Episode 311: Teeny Tiny Terrarium Plants - I choose my top five

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Episode 310: OTL sowalong - pollinating and growing Anthuriums from seed with The Plant Parlour

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Episode 309: Whimsical houseplants

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Episode 308: A sowalong quick-start, hairy Philodendrons and why your Calathea is miserable

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Episode 307: pickle plants

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OTL reloaded: leaf shine and cleaning leaves

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Episode 306 part seven: the laughing man

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Episode 306 part six: my recommendations for spooky stuff

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Episode 306 part five: the pea that's a biological weapon

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Episode 306 part four: treacherous remission

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Episode 306 part three: WIN a copy of The Atlas of Deadly Plants

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Episode 306 part two: a toxic tree, the European yew

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Episode 306 part one: Introducing The Atlas of Deadly Plants

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Episode 305: Pots and drainage - does a layer of stones help?

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Episode 304: A life update (RIP Wolfie) plus a preview of my new podcast, Scribehound Gardening's Deep Dive

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Episode 303: Late Night On The Ledge - Worcester Terrariums aka Ben Newell

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Episode 302: Late Night On The Ledge - plants and tattoos with Dr Matt Lodder

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Episode 301: Late Night On The Ledge - Hilton Carter

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Episode 300: Late Night On The Ledge - spilling the tea with Sarah and Tea

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Episode 299: Ottershaw Cacti and growlights for venus flytraps

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Episode 298: Monstera 'Thai Constellation' - a deep dive with Pretty in Green

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Episode 297: passion flowers as houseplants

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Episode 296: live podcast recording with Worcester Terrariums and the Bearded Plantaholic

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Episode 295: Houseplant Studios at the Chelsea Flower Show 2024

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Episode 294: cheap or free houseplant care kit essentials

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Episode 293: why seeds matter with Jennifer Jewell, author of book What We Sow

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Episode 292: Lithops and other succulents with Tony Irons

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Episode 291: rescuing cacti and succulents with Mint Plants

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Episode 290: OTL sowalong part two - where to start growing houseplants from seed

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Episode 289: launching the OTL sowalong, plus Anthuriums without cabinets

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Episode 288: air plant chat and how to grow a pineapple plant

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Episode 287: light and light meters with House Plant Journal

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Episode 286: fungus gnats revisited

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Episode 285: A Jungle In Your Living Room - getting children into houseplants

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Episode 284: Buying aspidistras, the price of aglaonemas, choosing plants for a front room and potting mix packaging

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Episode 283: The Cactus Hunters

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Episode 282: your venus flytrap and why it died: an extract from Legends of the Leaf

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Episode 281, part 10: Begonia 'Silver Jewel' plus begonia care tips

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Episode 281, part 9: Begonia 'Thurstonii'

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Episode 281, part 8: the fierce begonia

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Episode 281, part 7: the sun-changing begonia

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Episode 281, part 6: the super hairy begonia

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Episode 281, part 5: the beefsteak begonia

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Episode 281, part 4: Begonia 'Lucerna'

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Episode 281, part 3: iron cross begonia

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Episode 281, part 2: polkadot begonia

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Episode 281, part 1: introducing my top ten Begonias

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Episode 280: Citrus and other fruit to grow as houseplants

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Episode 279: Staking moth orchids (Phalaenopsis)

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Episode 278: Gardening is Murder with Marta McDowell

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Episode 277: growing in leca with The Leca Queen

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Episode 276: The Rare Plant Scout

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Episode 275: tissue culture with Plants In Jars

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Episode 274: the black olive/shady lady/Bucida buceras tree

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Episode 273: the hidden world of mosses

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Episode 272: RHS plant trials and AGMs

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Episode 271: Farmer Nick

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Episode 270: carnivorous plants in the greenhouse

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Episode 269: How plants can save your life

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Episode 268: spiders and houseplants

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Episode 267: container food growing

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Episode 266: the Chelsea flower show 2023

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Episode 265: gold veined oxalis (Oxalis debilis 'Aureoreticulata')

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Episode 264: a sowalong update - plus what's inside your seeds

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Episode 263: Legends of the Leaf illustrator Helen Entwisle

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Episode 262: hear an extract of Legends of the Leaf

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Episode 261: Not Another Jungle with Tony Le-Britton

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Episode 260: repotting houseplants

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Episode 259: Succulentomania - illustrations from an eighteenth century botanical treasury

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Episode 258: Q&A special

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Episode 257: introducing the sowalong 2023, plus the sensitive plant

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Episode 256: celebrating the LGBTQ+ community and their houseplants

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Episode 255: A Deep Sea Dive into houseplants at RHS Wisley

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Episode 254: an update on peat-free houseplants

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Epsiode 253: succulents and staghorn ferns

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Episode 252: houseplant pot hacks

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Episode 251: mycorrhizal fungi and houseplants

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Episode 250: Hoyas with Betsy Begonia

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Bonus episode: old houseplants (from the OTL archive)

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Episode 249: The Allotment Keeper's Handbook

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Episode 248: 31 fascinating facts about houseplants

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Episode 247: choosing a greenhouse

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Episode 246: Jade Murray talks about her new book, plus a wick watering Q&A

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Episode 245: houseplant botany with Dr Scott Zona

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Episode 244: visiting the National Collection of Hoyas

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Episode 243: root mealybugs

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Episode 242: a look at Pilea - beyond the Chinese money plant

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Episode 241: the paintbrush plant, Haemanthus albiflos

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Episode 240: slipper orchids, and why you need to join an orchid society

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Episode 239: what to do with a dead houseplant

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Episode 238: Dendrobium orchids and more with Kevin Wigley

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Episode 237: Aeoniums

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Episode 236: Three houseplants for cold rooms

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Episode 235: Mangave

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Episode 234: Flowering houseplants

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Episode 233: leaf botany part seven - photosynthesis explained

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Episode 232: talking cacti at the Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival

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Episode 231: Growing Marantas and Alocasias in California

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Episode 230: Big Cactus Rescue

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Episode 229: are these houseplants extinct indoors?

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Episode 228: Houseplant books with Maria Failla

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Episode 227: houseplants and sustainability part four - Harriets Plants

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Episode 226: Q&A special

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Episode 225: Sinningia

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Episode 224: the Chelsea flower show 2022

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Episode 223: Tradescantia with Avery Rowe

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Episode 222: 'new' plant chat with Memo C

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Episode 221: cacti and succulents with BCSS chairman Greg Bulmer

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Episode 220: Fittonia, the nerve plant

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Episode 219: raid the recycling and help your houseplants

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Episode 218: painting houseplants, with Aaron Apsley

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Episode 217: the Barbican Conservatory

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Episode 216: houseplant gift baskets

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Episode 215: soil science part two

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Episode 214: soil science part one

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Episode 213: three quick jobs to help your houseplants

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Episode 212: back to basics - houseplant watering

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Episode 211: Alocasias

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Episode 210: sowalong 2022 - cacti and succulents from seed

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Episode 209: Anthuriums

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Episode 208: houseplants of the past

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Episode 208: houseplants of the past

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Episode 207: festive plants Q&A

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Episode 206: cactus talk with Ulrich Haage

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Episode 205: LECA (expanded clay pebbles)

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Episode 204: thrips

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Episode 203: a visit to the Millennium Seed Bank

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Episode 202: jewel orchids

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Episode 201: Q&A special

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Midweek bonus 6: a botanical family quiz

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Episode 200: what's changed since February 2017

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Episode 199: indoor bonsai with @bonsai_raff

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Episode 198: Lechuza Pon

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Episode 197: tiny plants

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Episode 196: houseplants at the Chelsea Flower Show 2021

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Episode 195: bringing houseplants into prisons with The Glasshouse - plus a look at lucky bamboo

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Episode 194: clear pots - the pros and cons

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Episode 193: aroids with Peter Boyce

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Episode 192: houseplants and mental health

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Episode 191: A visit to aroid addict Tony Le-Britton, aka @notanotherjungle

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Episode 190: Jane's five rules for houseplant care, plus the lowdown on aphids

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Episode 189: moving houseplants outside for a summer holiday

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Episode 188: getting started with terrariums

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Episode 187: snake plants aka Sansevieria

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Episode 186: rescuing plants with Sarah Gerrard-Jones

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Episode 185: the silver dollar vine, Xerosicyos danguyi

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Episode 184: The Houseplant Expert by Dr David Hessayon - the book that launched my houseplant obsession

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Episode 183: leaf botany part six - what do plants know, with Beronda Montgomery

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Episode 182: Perrone's plant pet peeves

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Episode 181: moth orchid rescue with Terry Richardson

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Episode 180: Indonesian houseplant culture with Youtuber Onlyplants

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Episode 179: citrus and more with HGTV's Marianne Canada

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Episode 178: leaf botany part five - dormancy

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Episode 177: biological controls part two

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Episode 176: biological controls part one

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Episode 175: Hoyas and more with Ellen Zachos

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Episode 174: celebrating four years of On The Ledge

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Episode 173: plants behind glass at Hidcote

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Episode 172: your sowalong questions answered

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Episode 171: humidity

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Episode 170: sowalong and plant chat

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Episode 169: cactus and succulent poaching - what you need to know

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Bonus festive episode: Jane reads A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

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Episode 168 addendum: On The Ledge quiz answers

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Episode 168: a planty quiz, plus Aloe vera advice

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Episode 167: springtails and swiss cheese plants

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Episode 166: IKEA greenhouse cabinets

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Episode 165: A look at leaf shine products, and how to clean leaves

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Episode 164: plants and poses with Travis Cooper

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Episode 163: behind the scenes at On The Ledge

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Episode 162: Codiaeum variegatum aka croton

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Episode 161: tissue culture explained

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Episode 160: leaf botany part four - pigments

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Episode 159: My Life in Plants with illustrator Katie Vaz

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Episode 158: an A to Z of potting mix ingredients, part three

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Episode 157: an A to Z of potting mix ingredients part two

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Midweek bonus 6: Legends of the Leaf campaign launch

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Episode 156: an A to Z of potting mix ingredients, part one

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Episode 155: your listener questions

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Episode 154: the price of rare plants

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Episode 153: Claire Ratinon on growing food in small spaces, and racism in horticulture

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Episode 152: leaf botany part three - silicon

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Episode 151: the relaxation episode

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Episode 150: Introducing the On The Ledge manifesto

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Episode 149: terrarium tips and National Collections

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Episode 148: leaf botany part two - CAM and guttation explained

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Episode 147: identifying houseplants

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Episode 146: helping houseplants cope with a heatwave, plus a Hoya question

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Episode 145: Tyler Thrasher

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Episode 144: underrated houseplants

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Episode 143: mealybugs

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Episode 142: leaf botany part one - shape

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Episode 141: Alice Vincent

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Episode 140: Diva Week part five - Alocasia 'Polly'

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Episode 140: Diva Week part four - Begonia maculata 'Wightii' aka polka dot plant

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Episode 140: Diva Week part three - maidenhair ferns

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Episode 140: Diva Week part two - Cissus discolor aka begonia vine

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Episode 140: Diva Week part one - fiddle leaf fig

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Episode 139: Wolfie, and a potting shed soundscape

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Episode 138: Aspidistra, aka the cast iron plant