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While all plants are quite apt to prosper indoors, they do need more or less the same conditions to grow as outdoor plants do. These conditions are a good supply of fresh air, proper sunlight, water and nutrients such as plant food commonly known as ‘fertilizer’. We will include here a few tips that are sure to make your indoor plants grow healthier and add beauty to your surroundings.

Ever notice how plants will face the source of sunlight? This is because the sun is the main source of their nutrition. Plant leaves change water and nutrition from the soil to food through a process called ‘photosynthesis’.

A couple of hours of sunlight is a must for your indoor plants. If you do not have a place where you can have adequate sunlight, and cannot move the plants you should consider purchasing a couple of indoor gardening lights. Ordinary lights will not do.

Indoor gardening lights provide enough of ultraviolet light to nourish the plants. Provide adequate water to your plants. Your indoor plants need ‘room temperature’ water to survive. Do not over water the plants, most plants die due to a lack of water or a surplus of it than they do of any other reason.

Follow a rule of thumb, like you test a cake you should pierce a knitting needle into a plant container. If the needle goes in with ease the soil is just the right dampness, if not increase the quantity of water a bit.

Fertilizers are also important, once a fortnight add a scoop of indoor plant fertilizer to your plant pot. Used tealeaves are also a very good supply of nutrition to your plant. Follow these simple tricks and you will see your indoor garden prospering very soon.

It’s never too late to plant bamboo. I have planted bamboo every month out of the year. Bamboo is the greatest plant on the planet today. It has more uses than anyother plant alive today. Plus it produces more oxygen than trees and many other plants. Its great for the environment and has thousands of uses for things at home. Stays beautiful in the winter and holds its green leaves  even after ice storms. Its the most incredible plant Ive ever grown.  Did you know that you can cut 1/3 of your grove every year and not hurt the health of the grove. My biggest bamboo is Phyllostachys Aureosulcata or Yellow Groove I have one shoot that is 1 1/2 inches in diameter. It will probably be at least 3o ft tall. Hardy to -15 degrees f., my yellow groove never disappoints. Very strong wood crooked canes and yellow stripes on green canes. Beautiful, just beautiful. It forms a nice bamboo grove.