Moving Flowers Indoors
This is the time of year when many gardeners start to move their houseplants and tropical plants indoors. It is important to follow a few steps before the big move. Plants should be kept in quarantine for a few weeks. This is when you can check the stems, upper and lower leaves of your plants to see if they have any insects. Blasting your plants with water and insecticidal soap will take care of nasty little pests like aphids and mites.
After the quarantine process is over and done with, you should move your plants near sunny windows indoors. The flowers and plants that require less light should be moved into darker areas gradually. They should be given a few weeks in a bright window, then a few in a moderately bright window, and then they can be moved to their final position. Some leaves will yellow and drop. This should not be a cause for worry as this is natural for plants that are being moved.
One way to solve the problem of yellowing is by adding artificial lights to your garden indoors. This extra bit of light will keep plants in tip-top shape during winter.
[Via: Melinda Myers, image from Flickr]
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