The New Plant Parent
Develop Your Green Thumb and Care for Your House-Plant Family
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Develop Your Green Thumb and Care for Your House-Plant Family
Ratings3
Average rating3.3
For indoor gardeners everywhere, Darryl Cheng offers a new way to grow healthy house plants. He teaches the art of understanding a plant's needs and giving it a home with the right balance of light, water, and nutrients. After reading Cheng, the indoor gardener will be far less the passive follower of rules for the care of each species and much more the confident, active grower, relying on observation and insight. And in the process, the plant owner becomes a plant lover, bonded to these beautiful living things by a simple love and appreciation of nature.The House Plant Journal Handbook covers all of the basics of growing house plants, from finding the right light, to everyday care like watering and fertilizing, to containers, to recommended species. Cheng's friendly tone, personal stories, and accessible photographs fill his book with the same generous spirit that has made @houseplantjournal, his Instagram account, a popular source of advice and inspiration for thousands of indoor gardeners.
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Darryl Cheng is the OG plant parent and green thumbed guru. As far as I'm concerned this is the must have botanical Bible for sprouting enthusiasts. He's also my originating source for so much more insight into the online plant community - which duh, happens to be a wonderfully diverse and all around uplifting safe space. I mean it's not like plant influencers are out here throwing shade (*wink) at each other and Darryl does the work of spotlighting other plant creators and resources.
In his book Darryl covers the basics. Deciphering notions of low light plants (this book might even convince me to buy a light meter!) what watering looks like, and getting your indoor oasis set up. But then he dives deep into plant propagation and the care and maintenance of specific plant types. A beautifully done reference - but do yourself a favour and check him out online as well and discover a massive world of indoor gardening knowledge.
