Why Social Media Is Killing Your Indoor Plants with @tannertheplanter
Growing Joy with Plants - Wellness Rooted in Nature, Houseplants, Gardening and Plant Care
Maria Failla- Happy Plant Lady and Author of Growing Joy: The Plant Lover's Guide to Cultivating Happiness
4.8 • 912 Ratings
🗓️ 7 April 2026
⏱️ 58 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | You know, I'm sorry to break it to you, but a lot of plant care content on the internet is confusing, misleading, and sometimes it's downright wrong. |
| 0:07.8 | It's really on the content consumer, the plant person, to vet who they trust online and who they're learning from. |
| 0:14.5 | And that's why I'm sitting down today with somewhat of a unicorn. |
| 0:17.2 | He's a rare intersection of social media plant superstar. He has millions and millions |
| 0:23.0 | of followers across all of the channels. And also, he's a guy who's done his homework and he knows |
| 0:28.2 | what he's talking about. And you're really going to realize that very quickly in this conversation. |
| 0:32.8 | He goes by Tanner the planter online. You've probably seen one of his multiple viral plant care videos |
| 0:39.3 | all over TikTok and Instagram. But there is so much more beyond this short form plant content |
| 0:45.5 | creator. And I'm so thankful that we got this long form conversation on this podcast to not just |
| 0:51.3 | discuss like his incredible business and his incredible platform, but his knowledge and also kind of spill some tea together. |
| 0:59.8 | Tanner isn't afraid to share his real opinions, which I really appreciated. |
| 1:04.0 | So buckle up and enjoy this conversation. |
| 1:17.6 | Welcome to the Growing Joy with Plants podcast, where we not only learn how to care for plants successfully, but how to simply and affordably use our plant babies to cultivate more joy in our |
| 1:22.9 | lives by doing so. |
| 1:24.5 | I'm Maria, former plant killer turned happy plant lady, author of Growing |
| 1:28.5 | Joy, The Plant Lover's Guide to Cultivating Happiness, speaker, podcaster, and most importantly, |
| 1:33.5 | your new best plant friend. On Growing Joy with Plants, you'll find conversations about |
| 1:37.5 | house plant care, gardening tutorials, and wellness through the lens of plants. |
| 1:42.0 | Plant care is self-care on growing joy. |
| 1:51.0 | Hi, plant friends. My name is Maria. I am here to help you care for plants and grow joy by doing so. |
| 1:57.7 | If you're new here, welcome. If you are a repeat listener welcome home i'm so excited to |
| 2:03.2 | have tanner you might remember the wonderful conversation i had with his wife erika a couple months back |
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