Episode 64: Darryl Cheng aka House Plant Journal
On The Ledge
Jane Perrone
4.8 • 773 Ratings
🗓️ 14 September 2018
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Darryl Cheng - timelapse photographer extraordinaire, Instagram maven and houseplant doctor - is my guest this week.
We discuss everything from why instructions to grow a plant in ‘bright indirect light’ don’t really help houseplant growers with the dangers of anthropomorphising plants.
See full show notes here: https://is.gd/eO4Bqd
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| 1:26.1 | I sat down with Darrell Cheng of Houseplant Journal, the Canadian Houseplant Powerhouse of Instagram. |
| 1:34.3 | He's got 250,000 followers on Instagram. |
| 1:38.0 | Guess that means that he's doing something right over there. |
| 1:41.3 | We have a great chat about everything from light meters to monsterers |
| 1:45.9 | to why I have an irrational fear of peace lilies and it all gets very interesting. It's a long one. |
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