Thursday, March 20, 2014

The Longer Days Make a Big Difference

For me, the psychological turning point of the winter season is December 21st, the shortest daylight day of the year.  From that date on it's a downhill ride to longer and warmer days.
It not only affects me mentally and physically, it has a significant effect on your indoor plants. The leaves of your plants can process more of the light energy. The result is larger, thicker leaves and healthier plants. I shot this short video last night of a pothos hanging plant.  One side of the plant faces a north window and the other side of the plant faces inward to the room and no natural light.  See the difference in the size of leaves from one side of the plant to the other.
The larger leaves measure 8" long by 6" wide and the smaller leaves measure 4" long by 3" wide.  That's about 3 times the size.  The larger leaves were noticeably thicker, as well.
Take advantage of your plant wanting to grow - continue your feeding programme and you may need to water more and/or more often.
Let the sunshine in and enjoy the new plant growth made possible in part by the longer daylight days.

You can download a free pdf that details the "Nutrient Application" feeding programme that we, at Plants ForAll, use in our commercial plant maintenance accounts.

I'd love to here your comments and about your plant successes.

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