What to Do With an Overgrown Houseplant

Series Summary

Let's face it- not all of us have a green thumb. Though we try and try, some plants seem to just refuse our tenacity. This can be daunting and discouraging to those who want to enjoy the beauty of live plants at home. However, if you are one of these poor souls that seem to be cursed by plants, there is hope! Sometimes the simplest actions can make your dried up green thumb blossom into a lush and thriving appendiage. Of course, there are simple things that a plant needs for survival. Water, soil, sun, and air seem to be the basic building blocks of plant care. So, with the proper combination of these simple elements, a former eyesore household plant could be transformed into the envy of plant lovers everywhere.

In this free video series, let Nicole Pantaleon share some plant care tips for your household plants. She shows you what to do when your green thumb becomes too green, resulting in a mammoth, overgrown leafy beast lurking in the corner. Learn how to cut back and trim down your house plants, how to re-pot a plant, and how to fertilize and water your house plants. Nicole also gives you tips on the type of pot and soil you should use for household plants. So, if your green thumb has failed you up to now, watch this video series to revive the inner gardener in you.

Video Transcript

"All right, I have these two overgrown houseplants, they’re very big and they might look beautiful. Unless you live in an arboretum, a greenhouse or a shopping mall, I think they’re just not practical, you can see here how the hanger is starting to get stretched out and before too much more time it’s just going to break. So this is in a 10 inch pot, this is a huge plant, you can’t even see the pot, but it probably sucks up too much water, you probably have to water it too many times a day and it, I just don’t think it’s practical to have it at home. This is in a little bigger pot but I still think that it could use a little trim, so this is one option, we can cut these plants back or we can pot them up into a bigger pot, but as I said before, I don’t think we really want to get it too much bigger in an home setting, I just don’t think there’s room for it. "