If the plants could tell you and scream at you, like, what do I actually need?

Light is the first thing. Of course, you still have to water.

But none of those things can work unless the plant is working.

I'm Christine Cyr Clissette. I'm Cairo Blackwell.

I'm Rosie Garron. And you're listening to The Wirecutter Show.

This episode is called Stop Killing Your House Plants.

Kaira, Christine, so obviously we're talking about houseplants.

Yes.

I get the sense that Christine, you have a little bit of a green thumb.

I do.

A light green thumb? It's a light green thumb.

It's kind of like I have a lot of houseplants, but I kind of neglect them, but they somehow, I think, have

enough going on that they can stay alive. That sounds like a green thumb to me. Yeah, I mean,

it's not like I'm doing a lot to them. It's just like they kind of, I water them every once in a while

and they're fine. I can never say that. What's your situation? I used to have plants. Guess where they are. I feel like they're six feet under.

Yeah.

And they're not growing back.

They're compost.

What about you, Rosie?

I have actually moved away from having houseplants because I've gotten so bummed out over the years after killing so many.

I want to do better.

I absolutely think this is a problem a lot of people have.

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