July 8th, 2009
Indoor Tropical Plants
Tropical plants are among the most popular indoor gardening and plant growing choices today. Many are drought-tolerant and easily cared for. Most tropicals originate in areas where it is warm, but relatively dry with sandy soils. This makes them very easy to care for if temperature can be controlled (such as indoors). Most tropical plants also do well with little or almost no fertilizer added to the soil they’re in. indoor gardening tips While each species is different, most come from sandy, nutrient-poor soils and therefore do not do well in soils with heavy nutrients because the plant can over feed on them. Most tropicals instead prefer micro-nutrients, or very small quantities of nutrients rather than heavy, plant soils with lots of ingredients.
