How do you keep your plants alive?

when i face such problems i used to put some pesticides and proper take care of plants by givin them suitable amount of water..i also spary insecticides if any kind of insect eating my plants....

i know that cacti can absorb radiation ,so i kept one in a area which is close my computer,and the most important is that people always say that cacti can survive in desert and it don't need much water,so from the day i kept one it almost about 2-3 months i didn't water it ,i just forget to water it . One day, my colleague said that hey look,what's wrong with your plants ,it ' s DARK.My cacti got dark because of lack water . i want to keep another one, and i will take care of it

I usually water mine when they begin to droop a bit. That way I am certain that they have dried out and the roots aren't rotting from overwatering. With minimum sunlight my plants look a bit haggered in the winter months. I need to get a plant light to give them artificial light to help them through the darker months.

Different plants have different regimes, so we can't apply the same technique for them. If you really care about your small garden, you should study the good way to raise each kind of plant ( you can easily find it on the internet , I think). If you don't have enough time, I suggest you to plant cactus which is alway resistant.

When I was younger, My little brother and I used to keep plants and we used to water them once a week or testing how dry the dirt was. Although it was a bit of a task to keep plants because we had cats lol. They would try to eat on the leaves or dig out the dirt. Now My grandma keeps plants in her house and she does water them once a week and they are flourishing quite nicely. I think the trick is to make sure the room temperature is consistent and not watering them to often depending on the species of the plant. I think some need more water than others.

We have outdoor plants around our house and people here just water them avery afternoon if it doesn't rain. They are all healthy including the orchids. We just make it sure that they get enough sunlight by cutting branches off some trees which should have enough shade for us :D

well you need to classify them into outdoor and indoor plants. out door plants love a lot of sunshine and they are a fan of water too. other plants don't like to be watered daily. it's just a way of classifying them.

you know i was like you for a while. all my plants kept dieing and i got really tired of it. then someone told me they just watered them once a week also and didnt pay much attention to them otherwise. now that did work. i guess you and i both may have watered them to much. i had so many lovely house plants when i had to move and sell my house. i just gave them away because didnt want to worry if they'd make the trip. i was so sad about it i just never got any more

I put them in a room that keeps the same temperature year around and water them like I normally do. I don't have any secrets. Some plants workout for me and some plants die within a week. I usually get plants given to me as a gift. People are always giving me a cactus. Apparently they don't die because even my sister has one.

I honestly only own 3 plants. One is a bamboo plant, a cactus, and another small, green plant. They're all so easy to keep alive. I don't think I by any means have a green thumb! lol I think I've just been lucky. Lucky that each of these plants doesn't need watered daily. The cactus and bamboo plant can go for quite some time before needing watered again. The other small, green plant I have sits on my sink, so I just put some water in when the soil is looking dry. Other than water I do have some special green liquid "food" for my bamboo plant that really helps it grow and stay healthy. I guess I don't really have any "tips." I just stick with plants that I know are easy to care for!

our family love plants.. my uncle is still actually a gardener. and our belief is that aside from taking good care of it by water, fertilizer etc. we still talk to them while touching it. my mom use to say that by talking to the plants you will make somehow a connection to them as a living thing. i know its weird and sometimes funny while doing it but actually it works for us. :)

Plabts need as much tlc as everything else. Routine watering is vital for the life of a plant.

I usually gave water to my plants everyday. I keep them in a moist temperature.

Basically I too like plants especially when they give flowers, I water them regularly thats the only way to keep them alive...but sad that I could not keep my tulsi plant alive in the pot because I went to native and no one was there to water it!

macdingolinger wow what a funny cute user name. go to your library or your book store and get Western Gardens book as it has names and suggestions for how to grow just about anything you could grow, and is full of information for all the different zones in the us. its a fount of information, the thing is with some house plants they take less water than others and some need special plant food like African violets. they will prosper if watered right and given Acid based plant food. get the book you will be glad you did. some plants even in side need more light than others, this book just tells you everything.

I have seen and heard from TV that talking to your plants is a good way of keeping them alive. =)

Hello macdingolinger me too foten do strive to keep my plants in an good state, means beautiful and alive.Mostly do water my plants daily in limited quantity, but do miss some days in an week or month, as been going out for some reasons.This last years dec too went out for an week, when returned back saw my rose plant nearly dried and devasted.But am still working on it to revive it again.That the imp problem mostly am facing with my plants, am not able to keep them watering regularly, hae an break in it due to some problems.Anyways its always an good thing to water our plants and keep them fresh and beautiful.Happy mylotting.

hi friend first we should select plant which grows well in our environment.plants are sensitive to environmental temperature friend.so we should select plant before planting it.should water them daily in evening after sunset and in early morning during sunrise friend.you will see good growth in plant friend but some plants will grow in dry environment for such plants we should pour little water friend. have a nice day :)