How to Identify a Healthy Plant

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Part of the video series: How to Water House Plants

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Learn how to see if your plant is receiving the right amount of water in this free video clip about plant care.

By Nicole Pantaleon, eHow Contributor

Nicole Pantaleon has a B.S. in Plant & Soil Science from the University of MA. Nicole has been a grower at Five Acre Farm since 1996. Her specialty in growing is propagating rooted...read more

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"Here is a plant that has been watered correctly. I do have a small spot probably from just watering in the same place everyday. Overall it doesn't look bad. The leaves look nice and big and healthy. The color looks good overall. There is very little browning to leaves. The plant is flowering as these little unimportant flowers going on and overall, I think that it looks pretty good. Let's look at the roots. The roots actually look the same on all three plants. It is a good root system, nice and thick and it is a little dry plant. It could probably use a little water. Should probably give it a little water. "