Plant care guides
Practical, honest answers for plant lovers — watering, fertilizing, light, soil, identification, and diagnosis. Written by the Tazart team.
HouseplantsAir Plant Care (Tillandsia Without Soil)
Air plants (Tillandsia) live without soil — they drink and feed through their leaves. Learn the exact misting + soaking schedule, light, and airflow they need.
8 min
EdibleBorage Plant Care: The Bee Magnet Edible Herb (Grower's Guide)
Borage is the easiest pollinator herb you can grow — here's exact spacing, sun, watering, and harvest tips for non-stop blue flowers all summer.
8 min
GuideHow to Find a Good Plant Nursery Near You (10 Things to Check)
Looking for a plant nursery near you? Here's how to spot a great local nursery, the 10 things to check before buying any plant, and the red flags that mean walk away.
8 min
DiagnosisHow to Get Rid of Plant Gnats (Fungus Gnats) Fast
Fungus gnats live in wet soil. Dry the top 5 cm (2 in), kill the larvae with BTI mosquito bits for 4 weeks, and trap adults with yellow sticky traps — 80% gone in week 1.
8 min
EdibleHow to Grow Turmeric at Home (Container & Garden Guide)
Learn how to grow turmeric at home from rhizomes — right pot, soil, heat, and the 9-month growing cycle explained step by step. Harvest, cure, and store fresh roots.
9 min
FlowersHow to Grow Zinnias from Seed (Cutting-Garden Bouquets)
Grow zinnias from seed for cut-and-come-again bouquets all summer. Sowing depth, spacing, soil, watering, pinching, and harvest — the complete cutting-garden guide.
9 min
EdibleHow to Plant Potatoes in a Bucket (5-Gallon Step-by-Step Guide)
Plant 3 chitted seed potatoes in a 5-gallon bucket with drainage, mound the soil as they grow, and harvest 1–2 kg of fresh potatoes in 90–100 days.
8 min
EdibleJalapeno Plant Care: Full Grow Guide & Pepper Harvest
Jalapeno plant care: full sun 8+ hours, warm soil above 21°C, deep watering, calcium for blossom-end rot, and harvest at green or red ripe stage.
10 min
HouseplantsPink Princess Philodendron Care (Keep the Pink, Avoid Reverting)
Pink Princess Philodendron care made simple — bring out the hot-pink variegation and stop your Philodendron erubescens from reverting to plain green leaves.
8 min
HouseplantsPonytail Palm Care: Complete Beaucarnea Guide
Everything you need to grow a healthy Beaucarnea recurvata indoors — watering schedule, light, soil, temperature, and how to avoid the #1 killer: root rot.
7 min
HouseplantsAglaonema Plant Care (Chinese Evergreen Guide)
Learn how to care for Aglaonema (Chinese Evergreen) — light, watering, soil, temperature, humidity, propagation, and why over-watering is the #1 killer. Complete guide.
8 min
HouseplantsAnthurium Care (Glossy Red Spathe Houseplant Guide)
Keep your Anthurium blooming year-round. Light, watering, humidity, soil and feeding for those glossy red waxy spathes — plus how to fix faded flowers and brown tips.
8 min