Comments on: Indoor Gardening Guide http://savebygardening.com/home-garden/yard-garden-outdoor-living/indoor-gardening-guide/ Click on the Individual Category for Information Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:54:13 -0400 hourly 1 By: Cai http://savebygardening.com/home-garden/yard-garden-outdoor-living/indoor-gardening-guide/comment-page-1/#comment-745 Cai Sat, 20 Feb 2010 08:06:39 +0000 http://savebygardening.com/?p=703#comment-745 I was so excited to get this book, and thought that it would be so helpful to me in taking care of the plants that I already had and also to help me to buy new plants. My first disappointment was that very few of the plants that I already owned seemed to be in the book. I don't have unusual house plants, just things that I have found at pretty standard stores. I was disappointed, but decided that I would go the other way around - I would choose plants that were in the book, and then go to the nursery to buy those. I chose about 30 plants out of the book as options for things to buy, but to my surprise the nursery only had a few of those. I don't know if the problem is that there are just too many houseplants for a book like this to be useful, or what.<br /><br />As far as content for the plants that are covered, I would give the book four stars. It's pretty good and pretty well organized. It includes information about watering and sun as well as troubleshooting for common problems (though again, the problems that I tend to have with my houseplants are often not listed). It lists ideal temperature ranges for each plant, but I wish that it also listed the range that the plants can tolerate. I don't heat my house very warm in the winter time, so I was really hoping that the book could help me to choose some plants that could make it through the winter at my house, but it doesn't. For example, I know from experience that jade plants can tolerate temperature extremes fairly well - they do fine at least as low as 45 degrees and also in the heat during the summer. But the book lists the temperature range for jades as "average room temperatures (65-75 degrees F)". That's helpful if you're trying to decide how warm to heat or cool your house in order to best suit your houseplants, but it's not that helpful if you're trying to decide which plants to buy based on the temperature in your house.<br /><br />I love the title of this book, I'm just disappointed that I didn't like the contents more too. I was so excited to get this book, and thought that it would be so helpful to me in taking care of the plants that I already had and also to help me to buy new plants. My first disappointment was that very few of the plants that I already owned seemed to be in the book. I don’t have unusual house plants, just things that I have found at pretty standard stores. I was disappointed, but decided that I would go the other way around – I would choose plants that were in the book, and then go to the nursery to buy those. I chose about 30 plants out of the book as options for things to buy, but to my surprise the nursery only had a few of those. I don’t know if the problem is that there are just too many houseplants for a book like this to be useful, or what.

As far as content for the plants that are covered, I would give the book four stars. It’s pretty good and pretty well organized. It includes information about watering and sun as well as troubleshooting for common problems (though again, the problems that I tend to have with my houseplants are often not listed). It lists ideal temperature ranges for each plant, but I wish that it also listed the range that the plants can tolerate. I don’t heat my house very warm in the winter time, so I was really hoping that the book could help me to choose some plants that could make it through the winter at my house, but it doesn’t. For example, I know from experience that jade plants can tolerate temperature extremes fairly well – they do fine at least as low as 45 degrees and also in the heat during the summer. But the book lists the temperature range for jades as “average room temperatures (65-75 degrees F)”. That’s helpful if you’re trying to decide how warm to heat or cool your house in order to best suit your houseplants, but it’s not that helpful if you’re trying to decide which plants to buy based on the temperature in your house.

I love the title of this book, I’m just disappointed that I didn’t like the contents more too.

]]> By: Qurtman http://savebygardening.com/home-garden/yard-garden-outdoor-living/indoor-gardening-guide/comment-page-1/#comment-744 Qurtman Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:25:44 +0000 http://savebygardening.com/?p=703#comment-744 I love this book. I am new to house plants and had no idea how to take care of them. This book has helped me to understand how to take care of each plant correctly and the trouble shouting that does happen. Each plant has its own page and decribes how to take care of it in an easy to read setup. Again I love this book. I would recomend it to anyone. I love this book. I am new to house plants and had no idea how to take care of them. This book has helped me to understand how to take care of each plant correctly and the trouble shouting that does happen. Each plant has its own page and decribes how to take care of it in an easy to read setup. Again I love this book. I would recomend it to anyone.

]]> By: Unanue http://savebygardening.com/home-garden/yard-garden-outdoor-living/indoor-gardening-guide/comment-page-1/#comment-743 Unanue Wed, 17 Feb 2010 07:30:41 +0000 http://savebygardening.com/?p=703#comment-743 Full color. One plant per page. Easy to find and diagnose your plant problems. Easy to read charts with each plant. Includes sections on regular care in Part IV. The scientific name is given, and you can find the common name in the index as well. Includes cacti, orchids, palms, bulbs, ferns and more. Full color. One plant per page. Easy to find and diagnose your plant problems. Easy to read charts with each plant. Includes sections on regular care in Part IV. The scientific name is given, and you can find the common name in the index as well. Includes cacti, orchids, palms, bulbs, ferns and more.

]]> By: Diamond http://savebygardening.com/home-garden/yard-garden-outdoor-living/indoor-gardening-guide/comment-page-1/#comment-742 Diamond Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:57:37 +0000 http://savebygardening.com/?p=703#comment-742 This reference manual is well organized and provides much need tools for the houseplant grower. This reference manual is well organized and provides much need tools for the houseplant grower.

]]> By: Basmajian http://savebygardening.com/home-garden/yard-garden-outdoor-living/indoor-gardening-guide/comment-page-1/#comment-741 Basmajian Sun, 14 Feb 2010 07:31:00 +0000 http://savebygardening.com/?p=703#comment-741 It's a nice book, but didn't help me when it came to solving a plant problem. I learned what the basics were for the plant. It’s a nice book, but didn’t help me when it came to solving a plant problem. I learned what the basics were for the plant.

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