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No general rule can be applied to watering indoor plants, but a good test is to rub some of the soil between your fingers. If it pulverizes without caking, water is required, (live your plants a good soaking and then do not water again until the soil test indicates it is needed, Never let excess water stand in saucers under potted plants or in jardinieres. Water should never be allowed to get into the crown of a plant where it might cause decay and eventual loss.

House plants benefit from occasional applications of a well balanced plant food or liquid fertilizer. Use according to the directions recommended for the fertilizer chosen. It is extremely important to never overfeed any of your indoor plants.



Most plants grown indoors are relatively free from attacks by pests, although some are subject to fungus attack. An occasional spraying of combination insecticide-fungi cide spray is all that is required.

Choice of plants for indoor gardening is largely governed by the existing light conditions. If plants can be given at least five hours sunlight each day you might consider using file many varieties of cacti, calceolarias, cinerarias, clivias, some of (be hardy bulbs, geraniums and possibly poinsettias.

Plants which usually respond favorably, if given two or three hours of daily sunlight, include begonias, coleus, dracaenas, flowering maple, fuchsias, primroses, periwinkle and many of the foliage plants.

Plants which require little light include ferns, palms, dracaena, some succulents, aloe, tuberous rooted begonias and the rex begonia. Many rubber plant varieties, philo-dendrons, aspidistra and sansevieria are other good foliage subjects needing but little light.