Segment: Indoor Plants
Episode: 9
Presenter: Trevor Cochrane
TX Date: 18th April 2020

With everyone spending more time indoors at the moment, there has never been a better time to look after your indoor plants.

• If you’re having problems with indoor plants, it is likely because you’re giving them either too much or too little love – either too much or too little water and fertiliser.
• Your soil should always be moist, not wet. If it is too dry, plants will stress and deteriorate – as a general guide, a 150ml for a standard 200ml pot is more than enough per week.
• Make sure to have a tray underneath the plants to catch any run-off and allow the plant to soak it back up through capillary action.
• Fertilisers can be challenging – indoor plants need regular feeding. While you can use a controlled release plant food once every four to six months, a liquid plant food is much better.
• The people at Scotts Osmocote have developed a specialised Pour + Feed plant fertiliser that is premixed, so all you have to do is pour a cap full over the soil and you’ll see results in 7 days.
• This works well for most plant types, and is a great way to boost growth and stimulate flowering without risking any setback. Simply apply it to the soil every fortnight for maximum performance.
• Most liquid fertilisers have an organic base and can leave the area smelly while staining carpets and paving, but that is not the case here – Scotts Osmocote is no odour.
• Scotts Osmocote Pour + Feed won’t burn your plants, and will produce lush healthy growth.

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