How To Stop Killing Your Plants

How To!

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Business, Education, How To, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 8 October 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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At a new job, Jenna was put in charge of some beautiful plants that are imbued with deep significance to their co-workers. But despite Jenna’s best efforts, the plants aren’t doing so hot. Can the browning leaves, flopping stems, and dry soil be nursed back to health before it’s too late? On this episode, Carvell Wallace brings on Maria Failla, host of the Growing Joy podcast and author of Growing Joy: The Plant Lover’s Guide to Cultivating Happiness (and Plants). Maria addresses Jenna and other listeners’ questions on the How To! hotline, breaking down plant care basics and offering up practical tips to make growing houseplants fun! If you liked this episode check out: How To Save the Planet, Starting With Your Yard and How To Restore Nature in the Heart of a City. Do you have a problem that needs solving? Send us a note at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at 646-495-4001 and we might have you on the show. Subscribe for free on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen. How To’s executive producer is Derek John. Joel Meyer is our senior editor/producer. This episode was produced by Sara McCrae and Rosemary Belson. Want more How To!? Subscribe to Slate Plus to unlock exclusive bonus episodes. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of the How To! show page. Or, visit slate.com/howtoplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:51.0	I come in every morning and I say good morning plants and I
0:55.0	talk to them and I say what do you need for me and I give them water and then they
1:00.1	continue to stay brown and have spots on their leaves and I just worry I
1:04.4	worry for them. Welcome to how to I'm Carvel Wallace. You know a couple years ago
1:10.1	I found this great apartment with lots of light for an unbelievably affordable price and a week
1:15.8	before I moved in I had this dream that the apartment was filled with plants.
1:20.9	Now before that I had had an occasional plant here or there most of which met an unfortunate
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