Hi,
According to my experience with plant growing, i have this tendency to kill them eventually. Therefore i stick with plants that dont require too much.
I just bought this shelf unit and placed it by a window, and i wanna fill it up with nice indoor plants.
The issue is this window heads north so the sun never fills up the room with light, rather hitting the room with moderate indirect light.
Which plants would you suggest to get for this location? I have been looking at zamioculcas, wax plants, aglaonema silver and peperomia. Ofc other new suggestions would be super.
Thanks alot!
by Putrid-Cry-3780
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Fill it with easy plants that can adapt to ambient humidity.
Pothos, philodendron, scindapsus, algoanema, etc. are all good choices. Find plants that are tolerant to low light. Your stand, especially the bottom racks, do not get enough light for optimal growth. You can supplement with grow lights.
Use a really good chunky mix. Easy mix is equal parts large perlite, indoor potting mix and orchid bark. Most people kill plants by over watering and giving the plant root rot.
Repot your new plant into this chunky mix. The soil it comes with is great for humid nurseries with great airflow…but horrible for a home and you’re asking for rot. Never plant in those pretty cache pots. Always use a plastic nursery pot and just put it in the cache pot.
When you repot…before you water it…pick it up. Take note on how light it is. Water it. Feel how heavy it is. Do not water your plant until you pick it up and it feels almost as light as it did before it was watered. Your plant needs way less water than you think. And probably way less often than you think. Don’t water on a schedule. Pick up your pot and water based off of weight.
Good luck 🙂