Guide to Gardening

Indoor Gardening

We spend more time indoors in winter so this is a good time to think about your indoor plants and make sure they are happy.

  • Check that they have a good quality potting mix and pot. Thrive Premium Potting Mix contains Nutricote controlled release plant food which continues fertilising for months.
  • Yates Tuscan Pots are sturdy plastic pots in a stylish shape that are ideal for indoor plants. They have been designed by horticulturists to give plants the best growing conditions.
  • Feed indoor plants sparingly in the cold weather with Thrive liquid Concentrate Houseplant Food.
  • Aphids are some of the worst pests that bother indoor plants. Spray with Yates Insect Gun to control these pests and keep the leaves clean and free of dust. Remember that most flowering indoor plants are relatively short lived and should go into the compost when they’ve finished blooming.

Common problems for Indoor Gardening

Read more about Scale Insects

Scale Insects

There are two main groups of scale insects, both of which spend most of their lives as immobile adults under a coating, sucking the sap from stalks, leaves and stems.

Read more about Thrips

Thrips

There are 7,400 species of thrips in the world and quite a few are serious pests of plants.

Read more about Two Spotted Mite

Two Spotted Mite

Tiny pinkish-red mites cluster on the underside of leaves often producing fine webbing.

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