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Plant Parent Necessities 🪴📋

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Buy too many houseplants during the pandemic and they keep dying? Here’s what I’ve learned as someone with over 200 houseplants - who are THRIVING ✨
 
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My FAVORITE nursery pots for ALL plants in all substrates! Put it in a pretty cover pot and water like normal, or use for your hydro plants in leca!! Can’t go wrong!
Orchid Pot 9 Pack Clear Slotted Planters
 
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I credit the Planta App for helping me keep track of caring for all 200+ houseplants. It notifies you when it’s time to water, tells you how to best care for each individual plant, and can even help diagnose diseases and issues with your plant! I rec...
‎Planta: Plant & Garden Care
 
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This is magic in a bottle. It will kill the most persistent pests with just one or two treatments!! A must have!!
Bonide Captain Jack's Deadbug Brew 32 oz Spray
 
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Self watering pots!!! Need I say more???
4 Pack 4+5.5 Inch Self Watering Indoor Pots
 
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Plant light directions 🙄 “bright indirect light” this, or “east facing window” that. Just get the plant lights - they can do the work the plant needs even if you have no natural light in your house!
LED Grow Lights | Grow Lamps for Indoor Plants - Soltech
 
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If you live anywhere NOT tropical, your plants need extra humidity. They’re meant to survive in the rainforest! Of course they’re going to be crusty with our dry af air. Help them out!!
Humidifiers - Walmart.com
 
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This baby has TONS of usage! Helps revive roots, kills mealy bugs, acts as a pest prevention tool when used to clean leaves. Not to mention all the uses for around the home!!
3% Food Grade Hydrogen Peroxide 1 Gallon
 
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If you’re sick of over watering your plants in soil, the fungus gnats that come with it, and just want a lower maintenance plant.. you NEED to try leca. My philodendron, alocasia, and hoya LOVE it!
LECA Balls
 
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Want to make baby plants from your established ones? This rooting powder will help your cuttings thrive into big, beautiful beasts!
Bonide Bontone II Rooting Powder 1.25 oz
 
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Plants are like people.. they gotta eat! Fox Farms is the best quality by far imo. And a little goes a very long way!
FoxFarm Big Bloom Liquid Fertilizer Pint
 
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Got bugs? Neem oil. Dusty leaves? Neem oil. Plant just not thriving anymore? NEEM OIL!
MILANIA Organic Neem Oil Virgin Cold Pressed 4oz
 
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These little fly traps are LIFESAVERS when you want to keep fungus gnats at bay. Plus they’re so cute!
Fruit-Fly Sticky Traps 36pc Yellow Gnat Trap
 
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If you’re really serious about those little buggers.. this is the way you gotta go! Show ‘em you mean business!
Zevo Flying Insect Trap & Cartridge - Plug-in Fly Trap for Gnats & Flies
 
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I’m going to hold your hand when I say this… girl, YOU NEED TO ADD PERLITE TO YOUR SOIL!! This is why your plants are dying okay trust me!!
Legigo 4 Qt Organic Horticultural Perlite
 
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My favorite chunky mix to add to my soil for my philodendrons! They love it too!
Better-Gro Special Orchid Mix - 8 Quarts
 
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Helps your plants stay connected to the trellis, moss pole, or each other! Plus it’s reusable, so you’ll never run out!!
Velcro Garden Tape
 
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THIS is how you get those big leaves 😎 you’re welcome!
Moss Pole