The people behind LeafyGrowing Notes
Every guide here is written, tested and signed by a person. Four regulars, no ghostwriters.
Alaric Penn Lead writer
Former nursery and flower-shop work, familiar with how varieties behave. he focuses on choosing and timing.
- Judging dry versus wet: a cheaper route
- Should tap water stand: breaking the problem apart
- The smell of organic feed: the few lines you need
- Fixing fertiliser burn: for a first attempt
- Using pine needle compost: it isn't actually complicated
- Watering snake plants: a cheaper route
- Light for rubber plants: when to change approach
- When to add a moss pole: an honest three-month record
Imogen Clare Contributing editor
Twelve years growing on balconies, with more failures than successes. she writes only what has been tested at home.
- Choosing watering tools: for a first attempt
- The finger test in practice: an honest three-month record
- Collecting rainwater: breaking the problem apart
- What to feed at flowering: a cheaper route
- Timing foliar feed: why it keeps failing
- Causes of yellow pothos leaves: what you only learn by doing
- Root rot in money trees: why it keeps failing
- Cleaning leaves properly: the few lines you need
Desmond Hale Staff writer
Landscape design background in small spaces. he flags light and weight limits inside how often to repot.
- Preparing for a week away: a cheaper route
- What a proper soak means: an honest three-month record
- Using slow-release granules: breaking the problem apart
- Stopping feed in winter: why it keeps failing
- Adjusting pH: the few lines you need
- Humidity for areca palms: breaking the problem apart
- Getting a bird of paradise to bloom: for a first attempt
- Soil for repotting: an honest three-month record
Silas Turner Regular contributor
Eight years writing gardening features, against treating plants as decor. he keeps them alive first, then beautiful.
- A yearly feeding calendar: breaking the problem apart
- Emptying saucers: a cheaper route
- Diluting liquid feed: an honest three-month record
- Signs of deficiency: what you only learn by doing
- Treating compacted soil: breaking the problem apart
- Brown edges on calathea: for a first attempt
- Helping philodendrons climb: the few lines you need
- Diluting fertiliser: breaking the problem apart