Your Guide to House Plants and Indoor Plant Care...
Our goal is to help you learn more about house plants care, avoid mistakes, introduce new plant varieties and help you enjoy plants indoors and outside more. We'll also share the benefits of indoor plants along the way like their ability to clean the air.
One of the biggest problems homeowners face with house plants is pest. Controlling pest on houseplants can be easy, safe and all natural. Mealy bugs, spider mites and other plant bugs hate all-natural neem oil. We like the fact that it is also used for medicinal purposes. Face it homeowners have few safe choices but we like Neem.
Dracaena Janet Craig Cane
Dracaenas have popular varieties which are known for their cane-like stem. Added to this unique beauty are their strap-like leaves. One very popular example of Dracaena that exhibits these characteristics is the Dracaena Janet Craig. Dracaena deremensis ‘Janet Craig’ or Green Corn Plant, a popular indoor plant, has dark green leaves that cascade downward from the plant’s stalk. Although the plant comes in bush, braided, and cane forms, it is the cane form that is most sought by interiorscapers.
Dracaena Janet Craig cane or Dracaena Janet Craig in cane form exhibits an upright growth. Some Dracaena Janet Craig is just over 4ft to10ft high. It is 24” wide and can usually be seen on pots or containers. These characteristics make Dracaena Janet Craig cane perfect even for small areas or narrow corners as long as they have vertical space.
Fungicides a Part of a Disease Control Program
Fungicides should be only one part of a disease control program. A relatively small proportion of all the diseases plaguing the landscape/gardener can at present be controlled by fungicides. Read the story »
Insects and Diseases When to Spray Plants
Insects and diseases are a constant menace to garden plants and so a good practice to follow is, either to spray the plants with an insecticide-fungicide mixture as soon as they become established (this is for plants outside), and repeat applications as necessary. Read the story »
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