Care
Keep your green space at its best.
Everything you need to care for your plants — expert visits, plant reports and practical guidance from our horticulturists.
Care guides
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Drip irrigation for balconies
How to keep watering consistent, even on the days you’re not around.
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Mogra through the warmer months
When to prune, feed and care for your mogra to help it grow and bloom well.
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Keeping a Boston fern happy
The light, humidity and watering habits that help your fern stay full and green.
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A kitchen herb rail
Mint, tulsi, lemongrass, curry leaf and rosemary on one sunny railing, and how to keep cutting from them.
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Getting bougainvillea to flower
All leaves and no flowers usually means too much water, too much nitrogen or too little sun.
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Tulsi on a balcony, all year round
Full sun, a light hand with water and pinching the manjari keep a potted tulsi leafy through the year.
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Plants for a low-light, north-facing balcony
What a north-facing balcony gives you, the plants that thrive in soft light, and the ones to skip.
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How to read yellow, brown and drooping leaves
What a yellow leaf, a brown tip or a droop is telling you, and the check that separates too much water from too little.
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Repotting without the shock
Five steps, twenty minutes, and it will not skip a beat.
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Growing mint and coriander in pots
Mint from a cutting, coriander from seed every few weeks, and a steady supply for the kitchen from one sunny ledge.
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Watering an Areca through summer
Why the top two inches matter more than a schedule.
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Succulents and cacti through the monsoon
Rain, not heat, is what kills succulents on Indian balconies. Shelter, gritty mix and almost no watering until it passes.
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Spotting mealybug early
The white fluff under the frond is not dust.
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Watering in winter and in summer
The same pot can need water daily in May and once a week in January. How to adjust, city by city.
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Managing pests organically with neem and soap sprays
Aphids, whitefly, mites and mealybug, and how to clear them with a neem or soap spray and a steady routine.
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The first fortnight after install
What to water, what to leave alone, and what settling-in looks like.
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Feeding balcony plants through the year
When to feed, what with and how much, month by month, and the signs that a pot has had too much.
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Pruning basics: where to cut, and when
Clean tools, the right node and never more than a third: the few rules that make pruning safe for any balcony plant.
Understanding your plant health
We use simple plant health statuses so you can see at a glance how each plant is doing and what needs attention.