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The Houseplant Coach — 327 episodes · page 1 of 4

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Episode 327 - Compensatory Photosynthesis

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Episode 326 - Dissecting the parroted “stop fertilizing in winter” advice

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Episode 325 - Which Bark is Better?

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Episode 324 - Not all soil recipes make sense!

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Episode 323 - Just a sale announcement because I’m behind :)
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Episode 322 - Dirt thoughts and small business coaching

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Episode 321 - Q&A! Leaf length, peperomia yellowing, repotting with wicks, and more!

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Episode 320 - Light for succulents and “How often should I water?”

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Episode 319 - What hoyas can go in self-watering pots?

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Episode 318 - How to move plants outside for the summer ☀️

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Episode 317 - What’s in a Name? BS, Sometimes!

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Episode 316 - Q&A: Should I root cuttings in perlite, pumice, or vermiculite?

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Episode 315: Beautiful Chaos: Understanding Variegation (pt2)

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Episode 314 - Beautiful Chaos: Understanding Variegation :) (pt 1)

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Episode 313 - The Fully Stocked Pantry Method (part 2): Ditch the Seasonal Starvation Diet

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Episode 312 - The Fully Stocked Pantry Method (part 1): Ditch the Seasonal Starvation Diet

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Episode 311 - Time to plan summer haircuts!

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Episode 310 - On “giving up houseplants” 🤣

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Episode 309 - The most ridiculous episode yet!

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Episode 308 - Nitrogen!

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Episode 307 - How to Use a “Watering Schedule”

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Episode 306 - Mitigating allelopathy with charcoal!

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Episode 305 - Hoya blooming variables and what actually counts as science

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Episode 304 - Herbs for self-nourishment so we can keep fighting the good fight.

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Episode 303 - Asking Good Questions and Drought Recovery

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Episode 302 - Cuetlaxochitl care! (aka poinsettia - Euphorbia pulcherrima)

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Episode 301 - Changing Dirt? Change your care!

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Episode 300 - How to avoid $10,000 compost

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Episode 299 - Potted Yule Trees, part 2 :)

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Episode 298 - Magical Variegation!

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Episode 297 - Christmas Tree Sustainability

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Episode 296 - PSA: Houseplant Loneliness Epidemic

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Episode 295 - Time is fake, but timing is everything.

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Episode 294 - Perlite and fluoride toxicity: continuing the conversation.

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Episode 293 - Being a helper when feeling helpless (and hoya info!)

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Episode 292 - Pruning trees, ranting, and treating mealybug on rope hoyas :)

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Episode 291 - Nobody puts baby in a corner - grow light edition!

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Episode 290 - Permission to half-ass plant care :)

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Episode 289 - It’s time! Bringing your plants indoors for winter :)

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Episode 288 - It’s Autumn! Fall repotting, powdery mildew, and more!

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Episode 287 - Solving Garden Pest Issues

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Episode 286 - Making houseplants ‘civilized’

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Episode 285 - Why your spider mites keep “coming back“

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Episode 284 - Tips for soil ordering :)

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Episode 283 - Rejecting propriety and embracing “dirt” :D

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Episode 282 - The importance of nitrogen :)

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Episode 281 - How to Get Your Plant to Branch

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Episode 280 - Midsummer Plant Dreams…

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Episode 279 - Consistency in plant care (when neurodivergent)

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Episode 278: Orchid Mastery Starts Here - with Raffaele DiLallo

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Episode 277 - Bromeliads!

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Episode 276 - Does Sansevieria stress-bloom?

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Episode 275 - Addressing stunted growth in gardens and houseplants

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Episode 274 - Softened Water is NOT for Plants!

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Episode 273 - Begonia fungus, rando propagation, and quick hoya info!

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Episode 272 - Pollinators and organ meat 🤣

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Episode 271 - Super airy potting media (and why it’s no good)

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Episode 270 - Yellowing leaves, soil fungus, and community organizing!

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Episode 269 - Chemical misinformation and nerd shenanigans :)

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Episode 268 - Don’t cut leaves!

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Episode 267 - Be weird with me 🤣

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Episode 266 - Moss pole info, explodey plants, and kraut solutions!

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Episode 265 - How to disrupt capitalism with your normal springtime pruning

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Episode 264 - Adjusting watering when changing your soil

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Episode 263 - How to keep tiny plants tiny :)

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Episode 262 - Bug Poop and Breaking Plant “Rules”

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Be the Resistance

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Episode 260 - Spider Mite Season (take 2)

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Episode 259 - Outdoor gardening!

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Episode 258 - Straight-to-Soil Propagation, Soil Sale!

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Episode 257 - Resolutions, plant-based kindness, and more :)

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Episode 256 - Aphids!

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Episode 255 - Spider Mite Warning Signs (and gift cards on sale through 1/1/25!)

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Episode 254 - Upcoming info on tissue culture!

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Episode 253 - Chaos Gardening (Indoors) 🤣

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Episode 252 - ADHD Watering Tips

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Episode 251 - How to stack tree fern fiber poles

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Episode 250 - Greenhouses, Humidity, and Bug Poop :)

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Episode 249 - Help! Crowdsourcing ideas :)

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Episode 248 - Repotting the Fussy Ones :)

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Episode 247 - Systemic Granules and Houseplant Egos

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Episode 246 - Shipping Plants Internationally

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Episode 245 - Watering a new-to-you soil texture

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Episode 244 - Moss pole tips for huge leaves :)

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Episode 243 - Wanted: Tacoma houseplants in need of assistance :)

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Episode 242 - When to buy new plants :)

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Episode 241 - When to fertilize after repotting :)

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Episode 240 - Nutrient deficiencies and interveinal chlorosis

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Episode 239 - Why (light) direction matters!

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Episode 238 - Medieval “Science” and Root Mealies 🤣

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Episode 237 - Time to fertilize!!! Plus: sale announcement :)

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Episode 236 - How to Water Oh Happy Dirt

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Episode 235 - Peat - hydrophobic or too wet?

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Episode 234 - Sneaky mites…

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Episode 233 - What’s brown and sticky?

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Episode 232 - What’s the perfect soil?

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Episode 231 - What does mycorrhizal inoculant do, anyway?

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Episode 230 - Cactus fungus!

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Episode 229 - DrySoils on sale!

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Episode 228 - New Year’s Resolutions :)