| People with indoor gardens residing in areas that | | | | become brown, the leaf border turns yellow, |
| have chilly wintry months must remember that | | | | plants shed their leaves too early, flower buds |
| even though the plants indoors are shielded from | | | | flare open rapidly and plants thirst for a great deal |
| the fury of the elements raging outside, a lot of | | | | of water than normal. The plants can be shifted |
| safety measures should be taken and | | | | to an area in the house that is quite damp like the |
| modifications carried out for indoor winter | | | | room underground. However, in the basement |
| gardening. | | | | you need to make up for the unavailability of |
| In the first place, if you purchase new plants in | | | | sunlight. Alternatively, you can allow the plant to |
| winter, ensure they are properly enveloped in | | | | remain it its usual place and fix a humidifier. If you |
| newspapers or paper covers for that brief walk | | | | think this alternative is far too expensive, then |
| from the shop to your vehicle, and from there to | | | | you can build a humidity tray. |
| your residence. Always bear in mind that even a | | | | To put together a humidity tray, you need to |
| momentary contact with the outside cold air can | | | | cover a watertight tray that is not deep with |
| harm or even destroy some houseplants. Never | | | | pebbles and stones. Then pour sufficient water to |
| put the plants in the boot of your vehicle. It is | | | | immerse half of the pebbles layer near the base. |
| always advisable to place them in front and | | | | Put the flowerpots on this flat container. The |
| switch on the heater. | | | | water rises due to the pebbles and a small |
| Although you can regulate the temperature | | | | humidity area is built up with the evaporation of |
| conditions in your residence to a great extent, | | | | water. The level of the water in the tray should |
| your home could still have temperate and chilly | | | | be kept constant. |
| areas, and damp quarters and bone-dry quarters. | | | | In the course of indoor winter gardening, plants |
| When it comes to winter gardening indoors, | | | | should be protected against the icy currents of air. |
| various plants tend to react in a different manner | | | | A few plants may be required to be shifted close |
| to these settings. Bear in mind that in the cold | | | | to a heater. Artificial light should be provided if |
| season, the heating indoors frequently makes the | | | | called for. Ensure that there is proper flow of air |
| air inside very dry. Even though this dry air can | | | | inside your home. In case your indoor winter |
| be endured by most species of cacti, the infant | | | | garden entails moving the plants outdoors inside |
| cast iron sapling, the rubber baby plant, and the | | | | your home, then be sure to do this at the earliest. |
| heartleaf philodendron, most other winter | | | | Otherwise, the initial spell of frost may destroy |
| houseplants cannot bear this dry air. You can | | | | them. Properly tending and nurturing your indoor |
| easily know if a houseplant is experiencing strain | | | | winter garden will ensure that you have your own |
| caused by the dry air by means of various | | | | miniature paradise indoors while a tempest blows |
| warning signs. The leaves tend to arc inwards and | | | | outside. |