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PlantRx Podcast from Costa Farms: Growing Calatheas, Indoor Caladiums + Houseplant Ferns
06/24/2022
PlantRx Podcast from Costa Farms: Growing Calatheas, Indoor Caladiums + Houseplant Ferns
Whether you call them houseplants, indoor plants, or interior plants, Costa Farms is here to help you enjoy (more) success with your plants! So we've put together a podcast where we answer your most common houseplant questions. Hosted by Michelle, Senior Integrated Pest Manager, and Horticulturist Justin, we love taking plants. In this episode: 1) Calathea Care: Michelle and Justin share their secrets to growing beautiful, healthy, colorful calatheas in your home. These plants have a reputation for being difficult and dramatic, but we break it down so you can enjoy success with these variegated plants, and recommend varieties (including Network and Rattlesnake Calatheas, aka Goeppertia since botanists like to keep us on our toes by reclassifying plants...). Tip: If you struggle too much growing Calatheas, try Aglaonema. Aglaonema have similarly patterned/variegated foliage and are a lot more tolerant to a range of conditions. Note: Spider mites are one of the most common pests on Calatheas; get our tips for controlling spider mites: 2) Whether you can (and should?) grow Caladiums indoors as houseplants. More commonly grown as outdoor annuals, these variegated plants go dormant (they drop all their leaves) over winter, leaving you with an empty pot half the year. For more on Caladium care, see: 3) Spores vs. scale insects on ferns... How do you know if the dark bumps on the bottom of your fern fronds are the fern reproducing or an insect pest? Michelle and Justin share how they do it on their ferns at their homes. (Want to see Michelle's personal houseplant collection? Check it out! Plus, they talk about how well Rosemary repel insect pests when you have one of these plants in your houseplant collection. Be sure to check out our other episodes for more fun houseplant care tips. Do you have questions for Michelle and Justin that you'd like to hear covered on a future episode of the podcast? Drop them in the comments below!
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