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Guide to rescuing house plants with Sarah Gerrard-Jones

BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Podcast

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How to Choose the Right Houseplants for Your Home

When looking for discounted houseplants Sarah always takes her hand lens to the garden centre discount shelf. If you see any evidence of pests she will quarantine it away from the rest of your collection so that they don't spread. She would also look at the environment the plant has been kept in can give you vital clues to what it needs. So yeah my advice when looking for discounted plants is to look for clues to understand what's caused the plant to look like it does. What I would consider a waste of money is anything with you know a lot of pests and I wouldn't bother tackling that because that's already kind of an infestation that's out of hand.

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