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The Houseplant Coach — 316 episodes
Episode 316 - Q&A: Should I root cuttings in perlite, pumice, or vermiculite?
Episode 315: Beautiful Chaos: Understanding Variegation (pt2)
Episode 314 - Beautiful Chaos: Understanding Variegation :) (pt 1)
Episode 313 - The Fully Stocked Pantry Method (part 2): Ditch the Seasonal Starvation Diet
Episode 312 - The Fully Stocked Pantry Method (part 1): Ditch the Seasonal Starvation Diet
Episode 311 - Time to plan summer haircuts!
Episode 310 - On “giving up houseplants” 🤣
Episode 309 - The most ridiculous episode yet!
Episode 308 - Nitrogen!
Episode 307 - How to Use a “Watering Schedule”
Episode 306 - Mitigating allelopathy with charcoal!
Episode 305 - Hoya blooming variables and what actually counts as science
Episode 304 - Herbs for self-nourishment so we can keep fighting the good fight.
Episode 303 - Asking Good Questions and Drought Recovery
Episode 302 - Cuetlaxochitl care! (aka poinsettia - Euphorbia pulcherrima)
Episode 301 - Changing Dirt? Change your care!
Episode 300 - How to avoid $10,000 compost
Episode 299 - Potted Yule Trees, part 2 :)
Episode 298 - Magical Variegation!
Episode 297 - Christmas Tree Sustainability
Episode 296 - PSA: Houseplant Loneliness Epidemic
Episode 295 - Time is fake, but timing is everything.
Episode 294 - Perlite and fluoride toxicity: continuing the conversation.
Episode 293 - Being a helper when feeling helpless (and hoya info!)
Episode 292 - Pruning trees, ranting, and treating mealybug on rope hoyas :)
Episode 291 - Nobody puts baby in a corner - grow light edition!
Episode 290 - Permission to half-ass plant care :)
Episode 289 - It’s time! Bringing your plants indoors for winter :)
Episode 288 - It’s Autumn! Fall repotting, powdery mildew, and more!
Episode 287 - Solving Garden Pest Issues
Episode 286 - Making houseplants ‘civilized’
Episode 285 - Why your spider mites keep “coming back“
Episode 284 - Tips for soil ordering :)
Episode 283 - Rejecting propriety and embracing “dirt” :D
Episode 282 - The importance of nitrogen :)
Episode 281 - How to Get Your Plant to Branch
Episode 280 - Midsummer Plant Dreams…
Episode 279 - Consistency in plant care (when neurodivergent)
Episode 278: Orchid Mastery Starts Here - with Raffaele DiLallo
Episode 277 - Bromeliads!
Episode 276 - Does Sansevieria stress-bloom?
Episode 275 - Addressing stunted growth in gardens and houseplants
Episode 274 - Softened Water is NOT for Plants!
Episode 273 - Begonia fungus, rando propagation, and quick hoya info!
Episode 272 - Pollinators and organ meat 🤣
Episode 271 - Super airy potting media (and why it’s no good)
Episode 270 - Yellowing leaves, soil fungus, and community organizing!
Episode 269 - Chemical misinformation and nerd shenanigans :)
Episode 268 - Don’t cut leaves!
Episode 267 - Be weird with me 🤣
Episode 266 - Moss pole info, explodey plants, and kraut solutions!
Episode 265 - How to disrupt capitalism with your normal springtime pruning
Episode 264 - Adjusting watering when changing your soil
Episode 263 - How to keep tiny plants tiny :)
Episode 262 - Bug Poop and Breaking Plant “Rules”
Be the Resistance
Episode 260 - Spider Mite Season (take 2)
Episode 259 - Outdoor gardening!
Episode 258 - Straight-to-Soil Propagation, Soil Sale!
Episode 257 - Resolutions, plant-based kindness, and more :)
Episode 256 - Aphids!
Episode 255 - Spider Mite Warning Signs (and gift cards on sale through 1/1/25!)
Episode 254 - Upcoming info on tissue culture!
Episode 253 - Chaos Gardening (Indoors) 🤣
Episode 252 - ADHD Watering Tips
Episode 251 - How to stack tree fern fiber poles
Episode 250 - Greenhouses, Humidity, and Bug Poop :)
Episode 249 - Help! Crowdsourcing ideas :)
Episode 248 - Repotting the Fussy Ones :)
Episode 247 - Systemic Granules and Houseplant Egos
Episode 246 - Shipping Plants Internationally
Episode 245 - Watering a new-to-you soil texture
Episode 244 - Moss pole tips for huge leaves :)
Episode 243 - Wanted: Tacoma houseplants in need of assistance :)
Episode 242 - When to buy new plants :)
Episode 241 - When to fertilize after repotting :)
Episode 240 - Nutrient deficiencies and interveinal chlorosis
Episode 239 - Why (light) direction matters!
Episode 238 - Medieval “Science” and Root Mealies 🤣
Episode 237 - Time to fertilize!!! Plus: sale announcement :)
Episode 236 - How to Water Oh Happy Dirt
Episode 235 - Peat - hydrophobic or too wet?
Episode 234 - Sneaky mites…
Episode 233 - What’s brown and sticky?
Episode 232 - What’s the perfect soil?
Episode 231 - What does mycorrhizal inoculant do, anyway?
Episode 230 - Cactus fungus!
Episode 229 - DrySoils on sale!
Episode 228 - New Year’s Resolutions :)
Episode 227 - Floppy Sansevierias!
Episode 226 - Sale announcement!
Episode 225 - Black Friday Boycott :)
Episode 224 - It’s almost that season!
Episode 223 - When and how to bring plants indoors :)
Episode 222 - (Harmless!) Soil mites spreading across US in plant shops
Episode 221 - Aerial Root Takeover :D
Episode 220 - Q&A: Should I re-pot my Thanksgiving cactus in September?
Episode 219 - No time to re-pot?
Episode 218 - Propagating plants for fundraisers!
Episode 217 - How to deal with a large scale pest infestation
Episode 216 - Yellow speckles on old pothos leaves?
Episode 215 - When should I fertilize?
Episode 214 - (Not So) Secret Propagation Method :)
Episode 213: Set yourself up for summer!
Episode 212 - Root Hairs 😍
Episode 211 - ‘Hardening Off’ and Plant Sunburn
Episode 210 - Pest Diagnosis!
Episode 209 - Staghorns, grace, and soil sales :)
Episode 208 - Latin pronunciation and not being a snob
Episode 207 - Grief Plants (the ones that lived)
Episode 206 - Actinomycetes and seed meals
Springtime adjustments, soil mixing pdf!
Episode 204 - The Ladybug Update
Episode 203 - Start your damn business!
Episode 202 - 1500 Ladybugs
Episode 201 - Dracaena tip and updates
Episode 200 - Seasonal plant purchasing and more!
Episode 199 - Ready to get fertilizing again?
Episode 198 - Arctic Blasts
Episode 197 - Scared to mix soil?
Episode 196 - Mental illness and plant care
Episode 195 - Thermal load, ZZ tips, and a future project
Episode 194 - Winter leaf loss - normal? Nope!
Episode 193 - A different use for spinosad
Episode 192 - OHP Sale is on! Plus weirdo holiday ideas.
Episode 191 - How to tell if a plant is “thirsty”
Episode 190 - Grief (trigger warning)
Episode 189 - Planty Shenanigans
Episode 188 - “Tolerant of Low Light” is Pure BS
Episode 187 - Root Rot and Common Pest Issues
Episode 186 (take 2): Supporting highly variegated plants :)
Episode 185 (take 2): Leaves and Light
Episode 184 - CAM and other plant magic :)
Episode 183 - Respectful Plant Parenting
Episode 182 - Winter Begonia Care
Episode 181 - Silica!
Episode 180 - Recognizing signs of pests and drought
Episode 179 - Interested in starting a small business?
Episode 178 - Sulfur!
Episode 177 - PSA: Plants & Cold Temps
Episode 176 - Don’t repot a drought stressed plant!
Episode 175 - Re-potting Huge Plants (part 2)
Episode 174 - Repotting Huge Plants (and watering/soil tips)
Episode 173 - Fall, moss poles, and starting a business
Episode 172 - Considerations for the End of Summer
Episode 171 - Generosity and Boundaries in Business
Episode 170 - Plant App PSA
Episode 169 - Peperomia disease!
Episode 168 - Starting a Houseplant Business?
Episode 167 - “Bright Indirect” Lies
Episode 166 - Holy heck, what happened to summer?
Episode 165 - Firing Leaves
Episode 164 - Terracotta vs. Everything Else
Episode 163 - DEATH PLUGS and why they’re not ;)
Episode 162 - SUMMER!
Episode 161 - Growth After Repotting
Episode 160 - The Nonsense Episode
Episode 159 - Why Isn’t Your Plant Growing?
Episode 158 - The Secret to Chonks
Episode 157 - Foliar Feeding
Episode 156 - Chopstick Aeration (don’t do it)
Episode 155 - Grow Lights!
Episode 154 - On dead leaves and perfection.
Episode 153 - Scale!
Episode 152 - More fungus gnat treatments!
Episode 151 - Microphytic Crust!
Episode 150 - Announcing CLASSES!!!
Episode 149 - How to Choose a Snake Plant!
Episode 148 - Root Rot and more!
Episode 147 - Bringing plants outside this summer!
Episode 146 - Alocasias having babies, Drumstick update
Episode 145 - The Drumstick Episode
Episode 144 - Leave That Algae Alone!
Episode 143 - Q&A: Leaf Sheaths!
Episode 142 - Q&A: How do I water Oh Happy Dirt?
Episode 141 - Q&A: Should I put leca in soil?
Episode 140 - Q&A: Browning Tips!
Episode 139 - “Just the Tip” and Other Lies
Episode 138 - Worm Castings 😁
Episode 137 - A different kind of plant business idea :)
Episode 136 - Moving MASSIVE plants!
Episode 135 - When to use a moss pole!
Episode 134 - On stewardship, outdoor gardening, and biochar magic :)
Episode 133 - Garden Center and Grocery Store Finds
Episode 132 - Air Layering!
Episode 131 - Conventional Fertilizers
Episode 130 - Embracing ‘Fallow’
Episode 129 - Is it repotting or self care?
Episode 128 - Cystoliths
Episode 127 - Q&A: Are Mycelium a Fertilizer?
Episode 126 - Set your plants up for success!
Episode 125 - Understanding Dormancy, part 2
Episode 124 - Exploring Dormancy, part 1
Episode 123 - DIRT! Part 2
Episode 122 - Strings of Pearls (part 2)
Episode 121 - Strings of Pearls (part 1)
Episode 120 - Fiddles!
Episode 119 - Grow Light Recommendation!
Episode 118 - On Self-Love and Plants
Episode 117 - Lumens vs Foot-Candles
Episode 116 - How to deal with a frozen plant
Episode 115 - Direct Planting WITHOUT Drainage Holes
Episode 114 - Herbs!
Episode 113 - Plant Apps and Community
Episode 112 - Upcoming Videos!
Episode 111 - It’s Orchid Time!
Episode 110 - Choosing the Right Soil, part 2
Episode 109 - Choosing Soil, part 1
Episode 108 - For Aspiring Plant Parents
Episode 107 - Begonias, acclimation, and politics?
Episode 106 - It’s SPRING!
Episode 105 - Get Creative!
Episode 104 - The LECA Episode!
Episode 103 - “Water When Dry”
Episode 102 - How do you research your plants?
Episode 101 - Thirsty B*tches
Episode 100 - Butt Chugging!
Episode 99 - Brilliant Bromeliads!
Episode 98 - #1 Ficus Tip
Episode 97 - Happy Thanksgiving!
Episode 96 - Quarantine
Episode 95 - When to re-pot!
Episode 94 - Aspidistra Care and Colonization
Episode 92 - Grassland Soil!
Episode 93 - Our Friend the Soil Mite
Episode 91 - Soil, watering, and pets!
Episode 90 - The Inverse Square Law and Dopamine Hacks
Episode 89 - Planty Businesses: Artisans and Wholesalers
Episode 88 - Pepperomia blight and affiliates!
Episode 87 - 10pm Planty Nonsense :)
Episode 86 - Water Your Birds!
Episode 85 - Tomentum, Trichomes and Nonsense
Episode 84 - Leaf Spot, Not Root Rot
Episode 83 - Amazing Alocasias
Episode 82 - Surviving a Freeze
Episode 81 - How to Use a Hygrometer
Episode 80 - Don’t chop your variegation!
Episode 79 - Little Yellow Pen*ses
Episode 78 - Avoiding Alocasia Dormancy
Episode 77 - Super Exciting Announcements!
Episode 76 - Legal Nonsense in the Houseplant World :)
Episode 75 - The Lemon Button Fern
Episode 74 - Adjusting for Seasonal Change
Episode 73 - Permission!
Episode 72 - Ficus propagation and diseases
Episode 71 - Re-potting and Fertilizing in Winter
Episode 70 - Happy Little Pseudomonas :)
Episode 69 - Houseplant Businesses, part 3
Episode 68 - String of Hearts Seeds!
Episode 67 - Choosing your very first plant :)
Episode 66 - Q&A: Begonias and Blister Variegation
Episode 65 - Moving plants inside in autumn :)
Episode 64 - The Fabulous ZZ
Episode 63 - Mealybug Madness :D
Episode 62 - Fabulous Hoyas!
Episode 61 - A Study in Fungus
Episode 60 - How Sub-Irrigation Works
Episode 59 - How to read a plant like a book
Episode 58 - Root Goo!
Episode 57 - Thrips!
Episode 56 - Houseplants vs. Chemicals
Episode 55 - All Things Airflow :)
Episode 54 - Q&A: Grow Lights and Pole Dancing
Episode 53 - Starting a Plant Business (part 2)
Episode 52 - Begonias!
Episode 51 - Hate wiping leaves? Stop!
Episode 50 - Outside vs. Inside
Episode 49 - Sub-Irrigation for Vacations and General Life Insanity
Episode 48 - Moss Pole Madness
Episode 47 - The Lazy Orchid Method
Episode 46 - HEAT part two: UV index
Episode 45 - HEAT!!!
Episode 44 - Hydathodes and Guttation!
Episode 43 - Sansevierias!
Episode 42 - Thrips!
Episode 41 - Putting Plants Outside
Episode 40 - Moving with Houseplants
Episode 39 - PSA: Mixing Peat into Potting Soil
Episode 38 - Yellowing leaves: beginner's guide
Episode 37 - Overwatering = Drought
Episode 36 - Your plant's "gut"
Episode 35 - Nitrogen-fixing plants and bacteria!
Episode 34 - "What would this look like if it were easy?"
Episode 33 - Spathiphyllum questions answered!
Episode 32 - Acclimation and repotting
Episode 31 - Relationships, control freaks - and plants.
Episode 30 - Part 1 - How to start a plant shop
Episode 29 - It's spring!
Episode 28 - A Love Letter
Episode 27 - SPIDER MITES!
Episode 26 - Garbage in your dirt?
Episode 25 - Fungus Gnats!
Episode 24 - Neem!
Episode 23 - Growth (mindsets and more)
22 - Take a Vacation!
Episode 21 - Phytochromes and phytohormones!
Episode 20 - Midnight ramblings about rearranging plants
Episode 19 - Pothos, pythium, and phytophthora
Episode 18 - Sansevierias!
Episode 17 - The Nonsense Episode
Episode 16 - Satin Pothos MAGIC
Episode 15 - Plant Patterns
Episode 14 - Vermiculite vs. Perlite
Episode 13 - Why praying harder isn't working ;)
Episode 12 - Calcium
Episode 11 - Fertilizer, part 1: The Big 3
Episode 10 - Leaf yellowing, part 2
Episode 9 - Yellowing leaves and planty immune systems
Episode 8 - Temperature and growth
Episode 7 - Hygrometers and relative humidity
Episode 6 - Extrafloral Nectaries
Episode 5 - DIRT!
Episode 4 - On transitioning propagations
Episode 3 - Cachepots and making things easy
Episode 2 - Be a Croton
Episode 1: Repotting! Hydrogen bonds, soil physics, and just doing the thing.