Houseplant Basics
If your plants keep dying and you've decided you're just not a plant person, this class is for you. I killed a pothos once, the plant everyone swears is unkillable, so no shame in this room. We'll cover the three things that actually matter: light, water, and the pests that show up when our dry air and hard tap water stress a plant out. This is hands-on. You'll bring a plant if you have one, or just come and poke at mine. We'll check soil with a finger, flip pots over to look at drainage, and figure out why things died so you can stop killing them. Good for renters and the everything-I-touch-dies crowd. You'll leave with a system, not a rulebook…
What you'll learn
- Check soil moisture with the finger test
- Diagnose brown tips and other stress signals
- Choose pots and drainage to prevent root rot
- Match plants to your actual window light
- Spot early signs of pests on leaf undersides
Lessons
- Why Your Plants Keep Dying
We get honest about the guilt, the shame, and the handful of mistakes that kill almost every houseplant.
- Water Without the Guilt
Most plants die from too much water, not too little, and we're going to fix that habit for good.
- Our Hard Water Problem
The white crust on your plant is the crust on your shower door, and it matters more than people think.
- Light Nobody Measures
A bright room to you is often a dim room to a plant, and this is where most people guess wrong.
- Bugs and Trouble
How to spot the common pests early, especially the ones our dry air brings on, and what to do calmly.
- Keeping Them Alive (and What I Won't Do)
The easy plants worth your time, water propagation, and an honest list of what I've given up on.
Class discussion
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