Three mistakes you might be making as new Plant Parent
With my journey with houseplants, I found three major mistakes that I was doing as a beginner. I still make a lot of mistakes and it's a constant learning process. Everyone says that ZZ plant is a great indoor, hardy and easy to care plant. But my ZZ died because of root rot 😢 Reason was very simple. I potted it in ceramic planter with garden soil and coco peat mix. On top of that I kept it indoor and was watering it every week. There was no way this poor plant would have survived 😓 I made all the mistakes possible. So majorly, light (ofcourse 😋), soil mix, pot type and watering makes all the difference. 1. POT I did not pay much attention to pot type and size earlier. This beautiful N'joy pothos rotted because the white planter had very small draining holes. Soil mix was absolutely fine, but since water was staying at the bottom, the roots rotted eventually (Although I spotted it earlier and managed to save this plant ✌). For a beginner, I ...