Common Indoor Pests

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers

Epic Gardening

Home & Garden, Education, Leisure, How To

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2022

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Got pest problems inside? Step 1: troubleshoot the cause of your weakened plants Step 2: put a plan in action to fix the problem(s) Step 3: use diatomaceous earth and neem oil Connect With Natalie Renee: Natalie is the Epic Executive Assistant here at Epic Gardening. She is a life-long gardener and urban homesteader. We toured Natalie’s yard back in May, take a peep at where she grows about 30% the food she eats: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vcclrd_EczI Instagram Linkedin Shop the Store As an exclusive for listeners, use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your entire first order on our store, featuring our flagship Birdies Raised Beds. These are the original metal raised beds, lasting up to 5-10x longer than wooden beds, are ethically made in Australia, and have a customizable modular design. Shop now and get 5% off your first order. Get Our Books Looking for a beginner's guide to growing food in small spaces? Kevin’s book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, explains the core, essential information that you'll need to grow plants, no matter where you live! He also wrote Grow Bag Gardening to provide you with specialized knowledge that can bring you success when growing in fabric pots. Order signed copies of Kevin’s books, plus more of his favorite titles in our store. More Resources Looking for more information? Follow us: Our Blog YouTube (Including our Epic Homesteading and Jacques in the Garden channels) Instagram (Including Epic Homesteading, Jacques, and Chris) TikTok Facebook Facebook Group Discord Server Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	When we went over to Natalie's house a while back who is our epic assistant here on the
0:18.2	Epic Gardening team, we were originally just going to look at her outdoor container
0:22.1	garden and that's what made the video on.
0:24.4	But we saw all these macrame hangers with all sorts of different house plants all extremely
0:29.2	well taken care of, which is more than I can say of my, quite honestly, dwindling house
0:33.0	plant production right now here at my house.
0:35.6	And so, you know, Natalie, why don't you give us a quick run through of how you've kept
0:39.3	you so healthy, especially with regards to all those different pests that can come
0:42.3	up?
0:43.3	Yeah, so my indoor plants are probably the most low maintenance that I can possibly get
0:48.6	them because I pay attention to them when they have problems and I proactively do things
0:53.8	to keep them away.
0:55.2	So the number one problem that you see is actually over watering with indoor plants, giving
0:59.5	them too much water.
1:00.9	And so whenever I get a new plant, I put it on like a weekly basis and I watch it to see
1:04.7	if it wilts or if it's getting too much water and I kind of make a schedule based on how
1:08.8	it's doing.
1:09.8	I also do a weekly check of every single one of my plants.
1:12.2	It only takes me about 10, 15 minutes to go inside and just look, poke my finger in
1:16.1	the soil, make sure that the water level is good.
1:18.8	So when you do that indoor check, Natalie, is that just for the watering or is that for
1:22.0	everything?
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