Article: The Blade, Toledo, Ohio, Kelly Heidbreder column: Time to give houseplants a good checkup.(Column)

Byline: Kelly Heidbreder

Jan. 31--With the garden tucked under a blanket of snow, get your green thumb working on some houseplants. I am always pampering a plant or two. You will always find an ivy hanging near my kitchen sink, a Christmas cactus from a friend in Temperance growing strong near the window, and Norfolk Island pines guarding the door. Now that the sun is hanging higher in the sky and the days are getting longer, it is time to start giving houseplants a bit of fertilizer and a good checkup. Houseplants' indoor environment can cause problems. Spider mites can quickly spread from one plant to the next, and scale can leave a sticky mess. And ...

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