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The Plant Journal

Care tips, styling and placement tips, fun plant facts and more interesting plant related content!

Watering a potted houseplant beside a yellow sticky trap used to catch adult fungus gnats. Fungus gnats

How to Get Rid of Fungus Gnats in Houseplants

Three ways to manage fungus gnats in houseplants: adjust watering, use a blue and UV light trap, and choose a suitable gnat spray.

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Illustration of small flies near a potted pothos and a bowl of ripe fruit. Fungus gnats

Fungus Gnats vs. Fruit Flies: How to Tell the Difference

Learn how to tell fungus gnats from fruit flies by their appearance and breeding sites, then choose the right next steps for yo...

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Fiddle leaf fig with brown and crispy leaf edges Brown Leaves

Why Are My Houseplant Leaves Turning Brown and Crispy? 8 Common Causes

Learn eight common reasons houseplant leaves turn brown or crispy, how to identify the cause, and what to change to protect hea...

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Snake plant and ZZ plant shown against a softly lit green background Houseplant Tips

What Is Low Light for Houseplants? A Guide to Window Direction and Light Levels

Learn what low light really means for houseplants and how north-, east-, south-, and west-facing windows affect indoor plant li...

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Woman checking the soil of a snake plant beside a ZZ plant near a window Houseplant Tips

How to Care for Low-Light Houseplants

Learn how to keep low-light houseplants healthy with seven practical tips for lighting, watering, drainage, leaf care, warning ...

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Snake Plant Bantel’s Sensation, ZZ Oscura, and Snake Plant Coral—the three best low-light houseplants low light

The 3 Best Low-Light Houseplants That Actually Tolerate Low Light

Many houseplants are marketed as low-light plants, but few truly tolerate dim conditions. These are three reliable choices: Ban...

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Window with plant illustration low light

The Low-Light Survival Guide

North-facing windows, dim corners, basement offices — the plants that genuinely thrive where others give up.

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Paw and leaf illustration pet safe

A Field Guide to Pet-Safe Greenery

How to fill a home with plants when someone in the house insists on chewing them.

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Snake plant illustration easy care

Five Plants That Forgive You

For the busy, the forgetful, and the previously heartbroken: plants that thrive on benign neglect.

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