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SPIDER MITE CONTROL Pt 1 – Basic.

Spider Mites are the worst! No other issue with my plants has haunted me like these little @#$%’s have. They love Alocasia. In my collection, they are the canary in a coal mine. Velvet leaves, especially on Philodendrons are another aroid that Spider Mites love. I have come to realise that any sign of yellowing […]

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MICANS POLE: Growing Tall.

At the end 2020, when Adelaide went into lockdown for Covid, I started a little project with the aim of growing big Philodendron Mican leaves. This requires height and I am providing this with a big Coir Pole that I can extend later on. Ideally, the velvety leaves will grow larger as the vines climb […]

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DIY: Coir Pole’s

Growing your vining Aroid up a totum is worth it for so many reasons. Most of all, it will free up space for more plants. Lol. It also allows your plant to do what it is designed to do. That is to climb. With practice and experimenting with methods, I have gotten pretty good at […]

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Aroid Soil Mix

As I have learnt more and more about growing plants indoors, I have come to realise how important it is to put focus on the soil you grow your plants in. Often growers rely on a one size fits all situation and plants with different needs are all put into the same potting mix that […]

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D.I.Y.:Totem Pole for my Golden Pothos.

Hi everyone. This post is about my decision to add a totem for my Golden Pothos to climb. It was in need of a bigger pot and better support because of the sad excuse for training it had when I bought it at the start of the year. This was my first Pothos and had […]