User:Aeong/Indoor Gardening: Difference between revisions
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|Providing this plant with the necessary light and humidity levels can be challenging due to its size. A large grow light can benefit this plant. A humidifier is recommended to prevent its leaves from browning, as well as to repel spider mite pests. This plant can be challenging to diagnose because it often kills off its lower parts to support new growth | |Providing this plant with the necessary light and humidity levels can be challenging due to its size. A large grow light can benefit this plant. A humidifier is recommended to prevent its leaves from browning, as well as to repel spider mite pests. This plant can be challenging to diagnose because it often kills off its lower parts to support new growth; therefore, it requires frequent trimming for aesthetic purposes. | ||
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|Ferns are very finicky plants that | |Ferns are very finicky plants that require specific lighting and humidity conditions; without them, they may die. They often shed their dead leaves over your floor. | ||
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|[[File:Grafted cactus.jpg|left|frameless|150x150px]] | |[[File:Grafted cactus.jpg|left|frameless|150x150px]] | ||
|Moon Cactus | |Moon Cactus | ||
|Lightly sharp edges at top | |Lightly sharp edges at top | ||
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|A Moon Cactus is not one plant, but a Cactus with a Dragonfruit grafted onto the top of it. This fruit is incapable of absorbing light | |A Moon Cactus is not one plant, but a Cactus with a Dragonfruit grafted onto the top of it. This fruit is incapable of absorbing light and thus has a fully parasitic relationship with the cactus on which it grows. It will eventually kill the Cactus, unless you remove it. | ||
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== Watering Your Plant == | == Watering Your Plant == | ||