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Plant Knowledge – Page 10 – Tropical Plant Technician

Plant Knowledge

7 10, 2019

Soil Solution

By |2019-05-15T13:12:07-07:00October 7th, 2019|Categories: Plant Knowledge, Plant Technician Skills|Comments Off on Soil Solution

Sometimes we have trouble being able to keep many of the plants at the right moisture level. Too wet? No. it must be too dry. I've been going back and forth with supplying moisture, but we can't seem to be able to get it right. The new growth is spotting, and one of the plants is [...]

30 09, 2019

Codiaeum: The Croton

By |2019-05-15T08:22:41-07:00September 30th, 2019|Categories: Plant Knowledge, Plant Technician Skills|Comments Off on Codiaeum: The Croton

No wonder we all use the common name of croton! Hard to get your tongue wrapped around all those vowels. Yet even if it's hard to say we love to use Codiaeums in all their many varieties. Crotons can be used in so many ways and so many locations that they are one of the staples [...]

25 09, 2019

What To Do When Pests Attack

By |2019-05-15T08:07:10-07:00September 25th, 2019|Categories: Plant Knowledge, Plant Pests, Plant Technician Skills|Comments Off on What To Do When Pests Attack

When the seasons change it time to be on the lookout for surprise pest attacks. This can especially happen on plants you have come to know well and trust to be pest-free. They can sneak up on us at any time and give us a surprise attack. It's just a pest-filled world, and we have to [...]

23 09, 2019

Spotlighting… Rhapis!

By |2019-05-15T07:54:17-07:00September 23rd, 2019|Categories: Plant Knowledge, Plant Technician Skills|Comments Off on Spotlighting… Rhapis!

About palms in general Rhapis To help you share my passion for Rhapis, also known as the lady palm, a bit of knowledge about its family relations is important. It is a member of the Palmae family. This ancient family is made up of a large group of evergreen monocotyledons. Palms were first defined [...]

18 09, 2019

The Courage to Cut

By |2019-05-08T10:10:46-07:00September 18th, 2019|Categories: Plant Knowledge, Plant Technician Skills|Comments Off on The Courage to Cut

How do I prune a Ficus? Where should I start to prune? How can I cut it without asking permission? Is someone watching me? What if I make a mistake? We get personal satisfaction from pruning by improving the appearance and making great-looking trees. Over the years we have developed the "courage to cut". We are [...]

6 09, 2019

Fig Trees: Care & Types

By |2019-05-23T12:56:19-07:00September 6th, 2019|Categories: Plant Knowledge|Tags: |Comments Off on Fig Trees: Care & Types

The word Ficus is Latin for "fig", which is appropriate for these fig bearing fruit trees. There are over 900 species of Ficus (in the form of trees, shrubs, and vines) but the most common to the interiorscpaing world are F. lyrata (fiddle-leaf), F. benjamina, and F. amstel. Light These trees prefer medium to bright light [...]

4 09, 2019

Spotlighting… Aeschynanthus

By |2019-05-08T09:18:15-07:00September 4th, 2019|Categories: Plant Knowledge, Plant Technician Skills|Comments Off on Spotlighting… Aeschynanthus

Belonging to the Gesneriaceae family, Aeschynanthus (also called the Lipstick plant) have brightly colored flowers, which differ from most other flowers in that the petals are joined at their base to form a tubular corolla. So many to enjoy There are more than 100 species of the genus Aeschynanthus and they are all long-stemmed trailers with [...]

2 09, 2019

Mildew and the Interior Plant

By |2019-05-08T08:56:19-07:00September 2nd, 2019|Categories: Plant Knowledge, Plant Technician Skills|Comments Off on Mildew and the Interior Plant

One day, when watering your favorite grape ivy you may discover something new. A white, floury deposit is suddenly covering the new growth. Before you run screaming that the account is infested with anthrax, stop and read this to learn about mildew. Welcome to fall with its cooler outdoor temperatures, shorter daylight and drier, hotter, stagnant [...]

28 08, 2019

Confuted about Chlorosis?

By |2019-05-08T07:58:31-07:00August 28th, 2019|Categories: Plant Knowledge, Plant Technician Skills|Comments Off on Confuted about Chlorosis?

Why is that pothos looking so pale and yellow? What is happening to my Rhapis that is making some of the older leaves turn a lemon-lime color? These and other questions regarding leaf color are part of the daily questions that can occur as you do your routes. Leaves of chlorotic plants range in color from [...]

26 08, 2019

Your Tech Questions Answered

By |2019-05-07T13:43:58-07:00August 26th, 2019|Categories: Plant Knowledge, Plant Pests, Plant Technician Skills|Comments Off on Your Tech Questions Answered

Question: How do I know when to turn a plant or not? Sometimes you say to turn a plant a 14 turn every week other times you tell me that you had to turn my plants in an account because "they were facing the wall". Answer: It's best to always have the prettiest side of the [...]

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