Filling a home with house plants can be an expensive hobby, especially when you’re buying them all in pristine condition from the garden centre or from online specialists. As we all continue to watch the pennies, adding house plants to your collection might feel like a luxury that you have to avoid for the time being. Luckily, Sarah Gerrard-Jones (aka Instagram’s @theplantrescuer) is on hand to share her advice on how to be a bit thriftier when shopping for indoor plants.
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29.09.2023 - 09:33 / gardenersworld.com
I love autumn with its unexpected warm spells followed by cooler, crisp days where plants in the garden are festooned with dew and there’s a magical golden light as the sun sits lower in the sky. However, this time of year also heralds a move towards shorter days and, as someone who suffers from seasonal affective disorder, the diminishing light levels can trigger a range of symptoms including sleep problems and a lack of energy.
You might be wondering what this has to do with house plants. Well, firstly, my house plants make me feel better whatever the time of year but particularly during autumn and winter when I can’t spend as much time outside. And, secondly, there’s something about the fact that my house plants are having to adjust to the seasonal changes just as I am which is quite comforting.
How well plants cope with the changes in light, temperature and humidity is very much down to us and how we modify their growing environments over the coming weeks and months to best suit their needs. Many of the changes are subtle and don’t require a lot of effort but they will make all the difference to how well your house plants adapt to the seasonal shift.
More house plant advice:- House plants for low light levels
- 7 ways to save money on house plants
- Top tips for growing house plants
The autumn equinox in late September marks the point in the northern hemisphere when the nights become longer than the days. But it’s not just the amount of light that is changing, it’s also the angle at which the light might be entering a room. It might have been that a plant had been positioned to catch the morning light but now that light no longer reaches the plant. So it’s a good idea to check on your
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