Growing Happy Healthy Houseplants with Jane Perrone

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We borrowed our guest's phrase 'happy, healthy house plants' this week as it aptly describes a nirvana that many of us struggle with. Jane Perrone is a gardening writer and podcaster whose articles many will have read in the Guardian, Financial Times, and The RHS Garden Magazine among many publications. Jane's passion for houseplants shines through in our chat this week, dealing with the essentials of light, watering, and feeding as you might expect. But, also with sound advice on checking the soil or substrate of the plants we buy, rather than assuming they come fully equipped to survive our domestic environments. Another highlight is Jane's warning about 'death plugs' which for less experienced indoor gardeners is a revelation.
If you're short on time, you can narrow your search on our chapter tab but Jane is so easy to follow and so passionate about her subject that I'd settle for the full episode!
We talk about Jane's Houseplant Gardener In A Box which is an excellent reference guide and we refer to Jane's website: https://www.janeperrone.com/ which also carries links to her podcast 'On The Ledge'.
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1. Growing Happy Healthy Houseplants with Jane Perrone (00:00:00)

2. Understanding Plant Substrate (00:08:10)

3. [Ad] Untethered & Wanderwise: Female Travel Over 45 (00:08:40)

4. (Cont.) Understanding Plant Substrate (00:09:04)

5. The 'Death Plug!' (00:12:23)

6. Buying Plants in Winter (00:15:02)

7. Lighting for Houseplants (00:22:53)

8. Watering (00:25:48)

9. Cleaning Houseplants (00:29:23)

10. Borrowing From Sherlock Holmes (00:31:16)

11. Feeding (00:32:40)