The heat of summer is finally here! Here are 3 tips to help you take care of your pot plants during summer!
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1) Promote high humidity
‍Plants that like high humidity (many epiphytes and tropicals such as fittonia, calathea and most ferns) should be frequently misted through periods of heat. You can also fill a shallow dish with pebbles, fill with water, and set your pot on top to create a little humid microclimate for your plant that will provide humidity and help your plants survive summer.
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2) Water well, and water deeply
Proper watering is key to indoor plant care. Though over-watering is the most efficient way to kill your houseplant, heat and sun cause water to evaporate from soil at much faster rates.Make sure the water is actually absorbed by watering slowly, and allowing the plant to soak up excess water in a bowl for 10-20 after watering.
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3) Keep it cool
If you’ve ever felt faint in the heat, imagine what your plants must feel like! Do your best to keep your plants out of the hottest spots in your home while in summer plant care mode. This might mean moving them away from windows or even into other rooms during hot times.

1) Keep your plants warm but not too warm
One of the main differences between indoor plant care in the summer and in the colder months is the temperature of the room in which your plants are growing. In the winter, the heating in your house is likely cranked up. While it’s nice and warm for us, it may not be the best thing for our house plants, as not all plants like high temperatures year round. In saying this many plant are extremely sensitive to cold air. Make sure they are protected from the cold air. You can partly solve this by sealing up your windows and insulating your doors of your home.

2) Reduce your watering
Even though they are inside, the majority of houseplants go dormant in Autumn and winter. When they are dormant, they don’t need as much water. Follow standard watering advice, and only water if the soil is dry an inch or two below the surface. .

3) Increase your homes humidity
Low humidity in the cold months isn’t just a problem for people–it’s a problem for plants, too. Plants enjoy humidity levels around 50%, so keep your humidifier running if you have one. If you don’t, try clustering your plants together in the most humid rooms of your home (typically the bathrooms or kitchen) water.

1) Reduce Heat Consumption
You also want to make sure you keep plants away from sources of heat, like fireplaces, radiators, and even heating vents. Blasts of hot air can be just as bad for your plant as blasts of cold air. Keep your plants at a steady temperature between 65-75 degrees F during the day, and above 50 degrees F at night for the best plant living conditions.

4. Clean your plants
Sun is in short supply in the winter. To make sure they can take full advantage of the little light they have, make sure your indoor plants’ leaves stay clean and dust-free. Every couple weeks, put your plants in the bathtub and use a handheld sprayer to give the leaves a gentle shower, or use a damp towel to wipe dust and grime off the leaves. Keeping the leaves clean mean they can be more efficient at photosynthesis.

5. Give them plenty of light
Plants need light more than anything else in the fall and winter. You will need to be extra careful to rotate your pots to make sure each plant is getting the sunlight they need. If the available natural sunlight isn’t enough, use a full-spectrum lightbulb in a standard desk lamp and shine it on your plants for at least 12-14 hours a day

1) Re-pot or pot up
As your indoor plants awake from winter dormancy, they begin to stretch out their arms and legs, producing new growth for the first time in months. This is the ideal time to give plants a bit of extra space to grow, since roots will quickly grow into the extra soil, reducing the risk of root rot and providing a fertiliser boost.

2) Your plants are hungry. Give them some food!
As spring comes on, this is the perfect time to give your plants some extra energy. We like using a liquid fertiliser like fish emulsion or seaweed, but anything organic will do! Err on the side of less, and always dilute your fertilisers a bit more than recommended on the package instructions. You can also add organic material like compost, provided it’s fully broken down.
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3) Prune, trim and curate
Let’s face it: sometimes our plants just don’t like winter. Most of our houseplants come from very warm, very tropical (or dry) places, where the seasons are felt differently than they are here and growing conditions are more conducive to the plant’s natural rhythms. Plants show this annoyance by yellowing, dropping leaves, browning, wilting… the list goes on. Spring presents the perfect opportunity to get rid of those sad leaves because your plants are about to enter a sustained period of active growth.

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