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Terrarium tips and National Collections
Episode 149
I find out how you could become the guardian of a major houseplant genus, and answer a listener question about making terrariums.
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5 years, 10 months ago
CAM and guttation explained
Episode 148
Guttation and CAM (aka Crassulacean Acid Metabolism) are central processes for many of our houseplants, but what do they involve? Terrestrial ecolog…
5 years, 10 months ago
Identifying houseplants
Episode 147
If you've ever been flummoxed by a houseplant that came with a label marked simply 'foliage', this episode will help you start to figure out the name…
5 years, 11 months ago
Helping houseplants cope with a heatwave, plus a Hoya question
Episode 146
When it's unusually hot, you may feel the strain: your houseplants can struggle too. I offer up some tips to help your plants cope with a heatwave, a…
5 years, 11 months ago
Tyler Thrasher
Episode 145
Tyler Thrasher is the host of podcast Greenhouse Rants and a brilliant polymath who breeds succulents, has designed and crowdfunded his own plant jou…
5 years, 11 months ago
Underrated houseplants
Episode 144
If you enjoy a blast from the past, you'll like this week's profiled plants: three species that were once ubiquitous but have been inexplicably ignor…
5 years, 11 months ago
Mealybugs
Episode 143
Mealybugs are one of the most common and hard-to-treat pests you'll encounter as a houseplant grower, so it's high time we devoted a whole episode to…
6 years ago
Leaf botany part one - shape
Episode 142
Ever wondered why the leaves of your houseplants are different in shape? Professor Enrico Coen of the John Innes Centre joins to me to explain. I co-…
6 years ago
Alice Vincent
Episode 141
Alice Vincent (@noughticulture on Instagram) joins me to talk about two new planty projects: her book Rootbound, and an audio guide to sowing seeds -…
6 years ago
Diva Week part five - Alocasia 'Polly'
In the final instalment of Diva Week Mireia of Instagram account @borngardening joins me to discuss Alocasia 'Polly'.
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6 years ago