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Plant Technician Skills – Page 13 – Tropical Plant Technician

Plant Technician Skills

9 09, 2019

Salvaging Squashed Stems

By |2019-05-08T09:33:07-07:00September 9th, 2019|Categories: Plant Technician Skills|Comments Off on Salvaging Squashed Stems

It's so upsetting to walk up to a plant that you haven't seen for a week and see a broken, dangling branch, or a smashed in area of a plant. Ohhh, the poor thing! It's gotta hurt! This type of damage ruins the looks of the entire planter and may even endanger the plant's life. How's it [...]

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 [...]

19 08, 2019

Soil Basics

By |2019-05-07T07:54:02-07:00August 19th, 2019|Categories: Plant Knowledge, Plant Technician Skills|Comments Off on Soil Basics

How do you decide how to properly water a plant? Do you check the color of the soil? Do you lift the pot to determine how heavy it is? Do you utilize a moisture meter, a soil probe or your finger? Whatever method you use, accurate watering requires understanding soil and how it affects plant growth. [...]

14 08, 2019

Anthuriums for Foliage Color

By |2019-04-30T10:10:11-07:00August 14th, 2019|Categories: Plant Knowledge, Plant Technician Skills|Comments Off on Anthuriums for Foliage Color

Anthurium For many people, Anthuriums are best known as a source of showy cut flowers, grown in Hawaii and sent home to us on the mainland from a vacationing relative. Most Anthurium species though, of which there are over 500, do not have showy flowers. These many species of Anthurium grow in tropical jungles, [...]

12 08, 2019

Acclimating New Plants

By |2019-04-30T09:46:15-07:00August 12th, 2019|Categories: Plant Knowledge, Plant Technician Skills|Comments Off on Acclimating New Plants

Tropical plants are less susceptible to infestations and disease pathogens when they are acclimated to the lower light and humidity levels found in interiorscape environments. Though many plants are grown in partial shade or have been shade-conditioned by growers before shipping, others are shipped directly from high light and high humidity conditions. When they first arrive [...]

7 08, 2019

On Management: Training Steps

By |2019-04-23T13:48:09-07:00August 7th, 2019|Categories: Plant Technician Skills|Comments Off on On Management: Training Steps

Training someone else can sometimes be daunting. Even if your company has a person specifically assigned to train all of the new technicians, all of the managers must teach those that they supervise and all supervisors must know how to do effective on-going training of existing employees. No matter who is doing the training, there are [...]

5 08, 2019

Aralias Varieties

By |2019-04-18T14:42:33-07:00August 5th, 2019|Categories: Plant Knowledge, Plant Technician Skills|1 Comment

Dizygotheca elegantissima - False aralia Dizygotheca elegantissima (False aralia) Dizygotheca (di-zi-go-thee-ka) from the Greek meaning, 'twice yoked' refers to the flower's anthers having 4 lobes — twice the normal number; elegantissima (ay-le-gan-tis-ima), meaning 'most elegant,' refers to the plant's graceful appearance. This narrow upright aralia produces few lateral branches; pots contain multiple single-stemmed plants [...]

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