I put a handful (armful?) of my "house plants" in the backyard every summer. It's amazing how much happier they seem once they're outdoors with fresh air and real rain! They do always seem a little sad to come back inside in the fall though.
This has given me an idea. I have house plants in my garden office. But it gets insanely hot in there in the summer and I’m struggling to keep them suitably hydrated. Makes sense to move them outside while it’s warm. Don’t know why I didn’t think of this before. I guess it’s that phrase ‘house plants’! Thanks.
We live in a small flat in Berlin, Germany. We have many house plants which actually seem to thrive in the indoor space. Especially our Monstera is non stop growing and found her sweet spot in our bedroom’s window wall. Berlin is very cold and dark in winter and very bright in summer. Our indoor plants become restless when summer comes because the sun hits them too hard (we need to adjust their spots in the flat!). We have small balcony plants and flowers who also do not seem to thrive because the balcony is too exposed to sun, intense summer rain, sudden temperature drops, etc. i am not sure if it’s a good idea to move them outside during summer! Any tips for making house plants outdoor plants when living in the Northern Europe and in a small flat? 😬🫶🏼
I regularly migrate “indoor” plants outside for the hottest summer months: mid-June to early Sept. I live and grow in Northwestern Ontario, in a town that lies on the Ontario-Minnesota border. I think of this as a plant vacation from the less-than-stellar conditions that “inside” provides. I’ve managed to convince Boston ferns that they can make it through winter to warm, sun-filled days of summer! Diplodenia, if properly neglected, can survive as well. I’m also thinking that a Christmas cactus might just make it out there.
I put a handful (armful?) of my "house plants" in the backyard every summer. It's amazing how much happier they seem once they're outdoors with fresh air and real rain! They do always seem a little sad to come back inside in the fall though.
This has given me an idea. I have house plants in my garden office. But it gets insanely hot in there in the summer and I’m struggling to keep them suitably hydrated. Makes sense to move them outside while it’s warm. Don’t know why I didn’t think of this before. I guess it’s that phrase ‘house plants’! Thanks.
We live in a small flat in Berlin, Germany. We have many house plants which actually seem to thrive in the indoor space. Especially our Monstera is non stop growing and found her sweet spot in our bedroom’s window wall. Berlin is very cold and dark in winter and very bright in summer. Our indoor plants become restless when summer comes because the sun hits them too hard (we need to adjust their spots in the flat!). We have small balcony plants and flowers who also do not seem to thrive because the balcony is too exposed to sun, intense summer rain, sudden temperature drops, etc. i am not sure if it’s a good idea to move them outside during summer! Any tips for making house plants outdoor plants when living in the Northern Europe and in a small flat? 😬🫶🏼
I regularly migrate “indoor” plants outside for the hottest summer months: mid-June to early Sept. I live and grow in Northwestern Ontario, in a town that lies on the Ontario-Minnesota border. I think of this as a plant vacation from the less-than-stellar conditions that “inside” provides. I’ve managed to convince Boston ferns that they can make it through winter to warm, sun-filled days of summer! Diplodenia, if properly neglected, can survive as well. I’m also thinking that a Christmas cactus might just make it out there.