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PEST CONTROL: When SLUGS get into your Aroids.

Disaster! A slug got into the seedling tray, with all of my baby Anthurium. I could cry! I had 5 Bakerii, 12 Gracile in there and both varieties have taken a hit. So hot tip!!!! If the air vents are open and slugs are about, its best to check for intruders. Especially before shutting them […]

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Philodendron Verrucosum: PLANT PROFILE

I purchased a P. Verrucosum cutting at 4am on a sleepless night. It was an impulse buy that I decided to take a chance on. The Jury is still out on if it will strike. But there are signs of hope. I think it was a rooted cutting that lost it’s young roots and was […]

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Hot Weather & the Greenhouse

I have been learnng so much about growing Aroids in the past year and the most “Trial by Error” event was my first heatwave. Four days above 40deg (Celsius) and the last and most damaging day being a crazy 45deg. That last day was the one that caused the most damage. With another day above […]

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Plant Goals 2020!

Happy New Year, plant friends! How exciting to think what the year ahead may bring. Plant wise, it got me thinking about what plants I hope to add to my greenhouse this year. It’s not a list of “if only” plants, more one thats obtainable and affordable to me. So here it is… my Want […]