Whether you are buying or leasing your indoor plants or doing the care yourself, there are a few changes that naturally should occur in the maintenance of your indoor plants.
Your interior landscaping needs to take a little breather in the winter. It is not a problem to buy your houseplants and pots in the winter, they just need a little-modified care.
1. The days are shorter. Even houseplants know this, so they slow down. Since they slow down your indoor plant maintenance needs to adjust. Indoor plants will need less water. That doesn’t mean less water per time, instead, water less often. For instance, if you are in the habit of watering once a week, think more in terms of every ten days. The same amount of water, less often.
2. The days/nights are colder. Houseplants, since most are from tropical or semi-tropical regions of the globe, need to be protected. If they are out on a screened porch, for instance, good indoor plant maintenance should cause you to bring them into the house. Think of your comfortability, if you are comfortable in a long sleeve shirt, your houseplants will be fine.
3. Fertilize less often. Your interior landscaping wants to slow down, let them. Here, good plant maintenance will allow for fertilizing less often, or as often but less fertilizer per application. Better really to use less fertilizer per application, think in terms of cutting the amount of fertilizer in half.
4. Re-potting. If you need to re-pot now is a good time. Your indoor plants are relatively dormant now, so if you or your interior plant maintenance company thinks a plant needs re-potting this usually creates less of a problem this time of year. Also, indoor pots can be cheaper now as some stores are looking to make space for Holiday items.
So, whether you are leasing your houseplants and pots, having someone else do the indoor plant maintenance or doing it yourself, the above list are some good guidelines.