Inner Garden

Thai Constellation Monstera and Florida Beauty babies live on Etsy now (although I can cut better deals in DMs 😉) 😍😍

I grew this esqueleto out to sell it but now I don’t think I can because I’m too attached😅 Oops 🙈
I am about to prop this bb from the momma plant tho 🤔🌱

Syngonium albo and syngonium mojito ✨ A V A I L A B L E NOW✨

4-6” pots ranging from $20-45

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I’ve always been apprehensive about the safety aspect of having plants in a moving vehicle, but this just might work 🤔

Some helpful info regarding bottom watering plants and it’s effect on mineral accumulation 👀👀🌱🖤

https://www.instagram.com/p/CRZSAdFgN8I/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=

🚫Bottom Watering🚫 You'll probably hear people talking about how much they just LOVE bottom watering. Well here's 4 reasons you shouldn't. 1- Bottom watering carries dissolved minerals in the water, up into the pot. This can cause a few different problems. Dissolved minerals can't evaporate out of the pot with surface water evaporation. They're absorbed up into the pot, and that's where they stay, UNLESS they're in one of the chemical forms that plants CAN absorb them through the roots (photo 2) and only IF it contacts the root while the mineral is suspended in water (not attached to an organic particle within the potting media). 2- If your water has a high dissolved mineral content (photo 3) then your plant may not take up ALL of those dissolved minerals before the next time you water. In that case, the next time you water, you're adding MORE dissolved minerals to the root zone, increasing the total concentration of those specific minerals. You can call this: -increasing salinity -mineral accumulation -raising the electrical conductivity (EC) All 3 of those describe the same thing. Some plants are more tolerant of saline environments, while others are not. In photo 4, you can see generalized EC values for plants, with Geranium having moderate salinity tolerance (nutrient requirements), and Poinsettia having a high tolerance (nutrient requirements). Even when Poinsettias are small cuttings developing roots, they need a much higher EC value than other plants during their plug (seed or cutting) and establishment phase. -also note how their nutrient requirements increase as the plant enters their growing phase, and decreases again during their flowering phase. Poinsettias are heavy feeders, requiring a lot of mineral nutrients, and their "growing" phase EC is 2.8 up to 4. When the salinity of the water in the potting media increases, it reduces the potential of water flow into the plant. (photo 5) When the water salinity is high enough, meaning, it contains more dissolved minerals than the water within the plant cells (hypertonic), it can pull water out of the cells of the roots, causing those cells to die (root burn). (continued in the pinned comment👇)