It’s that time of the weather when autumn begin to fade and the winter is about to come. Yes this is the time of indoor house plants. However, it’s really important to identify you indoor house plants. There’re many kinds of indoor house plants like the Chinese Evegreen- Aglaonema will do well in the lower winter light while many others may not handle the dryness.
The fact is that Chinese evergreen are hard to beat because they provide unique foliage variegations, usually keep a compact shape and the positive point is that they’re able to handle some pretty poor indoor plant conditions. One more fact is that the new variety of indoor house plants, handle the cold better. This is so because the old variety Aglaonema is not able to handle any cool or drafty conditions. After some exposure to temperatures below 55 degrees leaves could become discolored and damaged.
However, this is not in the case of new variety. New varieties on the market with names like – “Silver Bay”, “Jewel of India” and “Emerald Stars” can withstand much lower temperatures and still look great.
When winter comes many people start thinking of buying the new house plants. However, while buying the plants remember to take note of what a few minutes of brief exposure to cold temperatures can do to indoor house plants.
This is so because the damage is not shown right after your purchase. Keep an eye over the next 2-7 days as that time is sufficient to notice any kind of damage. Other cautions or precautions taken into account while going to buy the indoor house plants include many things. One should check out the nursery or garden center facilities to see whether they have loading facilities or not and can they back a truck up to the greenhouse or loading dock to unload and keep the cold out.
Also while thinking to buy the indoor house plants one should think of the desire location of theirs at your home. Make sure every time you go in or out the door your indoor plants are not getting blasted with cool or cold air. Cold damage from cold blast may affect the plant from inside.
The most popular type of indoor house plants is the tropical plant. Tropical plants work so well because they are beautiful, easy to care and drought tolerant. These are used to sandy soil, which naturally drains well. Because of this, it’s important that you give the same conditions in your pots.
The plants require no fertilizers however they do need some kind of chemicals or micro nutrients. Typical fertilizers have more common nutrients like nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. All these are very helpful in providing healthy leaf and stem growth, root strength and bountiful flowers.
There’re many house plants which aren’t habitual of living in big temperature changes. So, try to keep them from any exposure below 60 degrees if possible, including cold blast and your indoor house plants will then do just fine for you.