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16 07, 2018

Tough Plants For Pools and Saunas

By |2018-08-03T18:42:55-07:00July 16th, 2018|Categories: Plant Knowledge, Plant Technician Skills|Comments Off on Tough Plants For Pools and Saunas

Yucca plants make great additions to indoor spaces with pools or saunas Sometimes it's easy to forget that there's no such thing as an indoor plant. When we have the perfect well-lit, high humidity, climate-controlled atrium it seems that all plants are able to adapt to interiors. Not so, all plants are natives to [...]

11 07, 2018

How Plants Respond to Dehydration

By |2018-08-03T18:06:21-07:00July 11th, 2018|Categories: Budget & Revenue, Plant Knowledge, Plant Technician Skills|Comments Off on How Plants Respond to Dehydration

Snake plant is beautiful and drought-tolerant Plants have adapted to survive dry periods in many ways. Some fold their leaves, others close their stomata. Interior plants living out their lives with their roots limited to the available moisture in a container, and their leaves exposed to chronic low humidity, are likely candidates for dehydration. [...]

9 07, 2018

Why do Some Plants Sweat? 

By |2019-04-29T12:19:21-07:00July 9th, 2018|Categories: Plant Knowledge, Plant Pests, Plant Technician Skills, Sample Articles|Tags: |Comments Off on Why do Some Plants Sweat? 

Do plants actually sweat? How many times has someone pulled you into their office, pointing to their Ficus, saying, “ My plant is covered with bugs!! What are they and what are you going to do about them?” No matter how many times this happens, it can always give you a little start. Your [...]

5 07, 2018

Photosynthesis Explained

By |2018-08-03T18:44:58-07:00July 5th, 2018|Categories: Plant Knowledge, Plant Technician Skills, Sample Articles|Comments Off on Photosynthesis Explained

Plants make the essential nutrients they need through photosynthesis Plants are amazing. Did you know that they manufacture their own food? Unlike any other organism, plants are able to make their own nutrients through photosynthesis. They create their own food through their leaves. Leaves are the food factories of a plant. The raw materials they [...]

2 07, 2018

The Best Solutions for Wilting Plants

By |2018-07-07T09:26:37-07:00July 2nd, 2018|Categories: Budget & Revenue, Plant Knowledge, Plant Pests, Plant Technician Skills|Comments Off on The Best Solutions for Wilting Plants

Protect your plants from wilting Wilting plants can be a wake up call; a warning that something is definitely wrong in the plant’s overall health. Wilted leaves and droopy stems signal internal problems. When you enter your account and see the 17” Rhapis with droopy leaves you need to ask yourself, "Why did that [...]

11 04, 2018

15 Fertilizer Guidelines for Plant Care

By |2018-08-03T17:15:10-07:00April 11th, 2018|Categories: Budget & Revenue, Plant Knowledge, Plant Technician Skills|Comments Off on 15 Fertilizer Guidelines for Plant Care

Do your plants need fertilizer? In the spring, you will frequently be asked by your customers if it's time to feed the plants in your accounts. First and foremost, people are often confused by how plants grow. They are relating to plants as though they are their children or pets that need food for growth. [...]

28 03, 2018

Understanding Plant Nutrition

By |2018-05-10T09:09:36-07:00March 28th, 2018|Categories: Plant Knowledge, Plant Technician Skills|Comments Off on Understanding Plant Nutrition

Plants need beneficial minerals There are specific beneficial minerals that will enhance the growth of the plants in your care. Lack of these nutrients could mean that plants are not growing at the optimum potential, but merely surviving. Here's what you should know: Beneficial micronutrients: Sodium is involved in water movement and ionic balance, [...]

26 03, 2018

An Interior Plant Technician Explains 

By |2018-08-03T18:27:00-07:00March 26th, 2018|Categories: Budget & Revenue, Customer Service, Plant Knowledge, Plant Technician Skills|Comments Off on An Interior Plant Technician Explains 

Are your Dracaena roots covered? Over the past few months, we have been jotting down questions about plant problems from plant technicians. Some of the questions couldn’t be answered with just a simple “more water, less water” or “watch for bugs” type of response. A bit more background was needed. A bit more history about [...]

21 03, 2018

What is Light Duration?

By |2018-05-10T09:11:09-07:00March 21st, 2018|Categories: Plant Knowledge, Plant Technician Skills|Comments Off on What is Light Duration?

Light duration changes seasonally The total number of hours of light per day that a plant receives is called the light duration. Duration combined with intensity adds up to the total foot-candles a plant is receiving. For example, a plant that is receiving 100 foot-candles for 12 hours per day is getting the same [...]

19 03, 2018

Why it’s Important to Clean Tropical Plants

By |2019-04-29T12:23:24-07:00March 19th, 2018|Categories: Plant Knowledge, Plant Pests, Plant Technician Skills, Sample Articles|Tags: |Comments Off on Why it’s Important to Clean Tropical Plants

Keep your plants looking their best Sometimes there just seems to be dust and dirt everywhere! Dusty Dracaenas, forlorn Ficus, splattered Spathiphyllum and cobwebbed Clivias. Keeping your plants clean is just as important as making sure they are properly watered. The health of the plant depends on your attention to their cleanliness. Use Your [...]

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