Well I decided on an alternative window in my house. It gets southwest light. It unfortunatly has a register over that window but I have directed the cool air away from the plants. Hopefully it is not too cool in that room as it is half basement level. The sunlight and heat during the day should be ...

It really was not an objection so much as I thought that if I put the plants near the window then the heat from the sun would naturally dry the soil out where the artificial light and the higher humidity levels inside the house in the midwest area may cause the rot by not drying out quickly enough. ...

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Well I live in the midwest. I just got some tiny cacti and am going to repot them. But light seems to be a problem for me. I can get some southwest light through a few windows in my dining room. I generally leave those curtains closed though as it heats up my house if I don't. Is there some other so...

OK so I came back from my parents house last week which is on a small lake in upper wisconsin. In the lake, near the shoreline where the water washes up, is this line of small pebly rocks. I have always liked them and they remind me of the lake I have spent my entire vacationing childhood life at so...

I appreciate your help. I have read that web page. After reading through it I thought I'd make my own mix with 65% pearlite, 10% peat & 25% topsoil. But I will probably try the system you mentioned as it is easier and I tend to be a bit lazy. Problem is that I do not know which kinds, most likel...

Well, I am the newbee who just got home from homedepot. I saw some cacti/succulants and snapped up 5 of them. Now I am trying to figure out a simple soil mixture for them as they each came in 1" clay pots. They will be house plants in the midwest area. I figured something like 1 part sand, 1 pa...