Determine When to Water Your Plants

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 appendage. 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 series of plant care videos from our green thumb expert, you will learn tips for watering plants and making sure they get enough light. Our expert will also tell you how to find bugs in plants and how to get rid of them. How much should you fertilize your plants? What is the best way to trim them? And how to keep those pesky pets from chewing on your plants? As an added bonus, you will find out how to repot and care for bonsai trees and ficus plants.

Video Transcript

"All right, I'm John with Paradise Palm in Salt Lake, Utah. I'm here on behalf of expertvillage.com here to give you some general plant ideas and plant care tips. Make sure you can pick out the plants that you want in the right way, the right manner, know how to water them, take care of them and see if we can keep it concise and clear so that you can get the information that you need. I generally first off many of our customer's will ask us on their existing plants at home how do they choose to take care of them, what is the best way to water them and what are things to look for. I am going to break this down into many sections but first and foremost, I would like to just sort of take a look at how you would water a plant at home, not physically what you do but things you might want to look for before you choose to water a plant and when to water a plant. In general when you are watering a plant, you want to make sure that you check the soil first, use your fingers. I recommend that you do not water a plant if it is really wet, if it is wet at all to the touch or the top layer of soil, it is probably not the best time to water a plant. Almost all plants in general as far as indoor house plants need to dry out in between waterings at least somewhat. "