E114: Darryl Cheng from Houseplant Journal with Expert Care Tips to Transition Houseplants into Fall
Episode 114: Listen here!
Hello, hello, hello! Welcome back to The Grow Guide. A dream guest joins us on the pod today to chat houseplants — a perfect topic as we spend more time indoors going into Fall and Winter.
But first….
Dave’s Fav Thing: Minnesota Midget Melon
Maggie’s Fav Thing: Jack Be Little Mini Pumpkins
We answer a Question of the Week from listener, Eve who asks about caring for her recently transplanted Guava Plant. Ask a question in our community Facebook Group and you might just hear it answered on the show!
This week’s guest — Darryl Cheng from HouseplantJournal.com
Darryl is a home gardener, photographer, engineer and business analyst from Toronto, Canada. You may know from his loved Instagram @houseplantjournal with 600K followers (!!) and his blog, HouseplantJournal.com
He is also the author of The New Plant Parent, which has become a top rated look covering how to grow healthy houseplants. Darryl joins The Grow Guide to chat about how he got started in the world of houseplants, his scientific yet laid back approach to plant care and, of course, share some of his expert tips!
This episode covers:
Paying attention to your plants’ signals (0:13:00)
Darryl’s background and how it evolved into houseplants (0:16:40)
The premise of Darryl’s book The New Plant Parent (0:19:10)
How he’s trying to change the terminology around required light levels and the term “direct light” (0:20:00)
Defining “foot candles” and “PPFD” and how to use these measurements to determine a plant’s access to light (0:24:55)
The basics on light requirements for most houseplants (0:27:45)
How to keep your plants happy as indoor air quality becomes dry during winter months (0:33:00)
Signs to look for when it coms to watering (0:35:30)
Nutrition requirements for fertilizing houseplants in the winter months, NPK ratio and Darryl’s GO TO HOUSEPLANT FERTILIZER (0:39:15)
Darryl announces his new device! A Grow Guide EXCLUSIVE! (0:50:15)
Darryl announces his new book! You heard it here first! (0:51:20)
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