Mealybug Treatment With Neem Oil, Step by Step
How to clear mealybugs from your indoor plants using neem oil. The 12-day plan, the right dilution, and what most people get wrong.
Pre-monsoon Plant Checklist: What to Do in the Two Weeks Before the Rains
The fortnight before the rains is the most important on the plant calendar. Here is the eight-step pre-monsoon checklist we use ourselves.
Monsoon Plant Care in India: 7 Things to Skip, 3 to Start
What to do (and not do) with your indoor and balcony plants when the Indian monsoon arrives. Watering, feeding, pests, drainage.
Croton Care Guide: Why the Colours Fade and the Leaves Fall
Croton is one of the most colourful plants sold in India and one that disappoints most buyers within three months. The reason is predictable and preventable.
Indoor Plants That Survive a Delhi Summer (45°C+)
Eight plants that genuinely cope with 45°C and indoor AC, plus the five-minute morning routine, the AC problem, and the two mistakes that kill more Delhi plants than anything else.
Aloe Vera Care: The Most Overwatered Plant in India
Aloe vera is extremely easy to keep alive and extremely easy to kill. Almost every failure comes from one thing. Here is the honest guide.
Ixora Care Guide: Why It Stops Flowering and How to Fix It
Ixora is planted in every Indian garden and office compound. It flowers well for two years, then slowly stops. The reason is almost always the soil pH drifting alkaline. Here is what to do.
Mogra Care Guide: How to Get Your Jasmine to Flower Every Summer
Mogra is the most fragrant plant you can grow on an Indian balcony. It is also one that confuses people because it refuses to flower for years, then blooms with no apparent change in care. Here is the logic behind it.
Adenium Care Guide: Growing Desert Rose in India
Adenium — the desert rose — is the most forgiving flowering plant you can grow on a sun-drenched Indian terrace. It is killed almost exclusively by one thing: overwatering.
Hibiscus Care Guide: How to Get More Flowers on Your Gudhal
Hibiscus is India's most widely grown flowering shrub. Most people have one. Very few get the consistent flush of flowers it is capable of. Here is what changes that.
Bougainvillea Care Guide: How to Get Maximum Colour
Bougainvillea is India's most dramatic climbing plant. The principle for maximum flowering is counterintuitive: stress the plant. Here is what that actually means.