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The houseplant podcast

Want to learn how to really understand your plants and how to care for them? The journey starts here! Award-wining podcast host Jane Perrone guides you through the world of houseplant care with the help of a host of expert guests.

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Episode 75: do houseplants clean the air?
Episode 75: do houseplants clean the air?

Do houseplants really clean the air in your house? I talk to PhD researcher Curtis Gubb about his project to discover whether houseplants really do have a positive effect on air quality. And I answer a question on small ferns for terrariums.

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Plants and wellbeing, Houseplant scienceJane PerroneDecember 7, 2018terrariums, air pollution, fernsComment
Episode 74: Aquascaping with George Farmer
Episode 74: Aquascaping with George Farmer

Professional aquascaper George Farmer turned his hobby into a successful career. I get some tips on how to get started with your first underwater landscape, and find out how aquascaping helped George deal with PTSD. And I answer a question about a Peperomia with bumpy leaves.

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Growing under glass, Foliage houseplants, Plants and wellbeingJane PerroneNovember 30, 2018aquascapingComment
Episode 73: Dutch houseplant adventures part two
Episode 73: Dutch houseplant adventures part two

Join me as I tour Dutch houseplant nurseries with fellow plant nut James Wong, finding out how growers produce millions of plants of every kind, from Ficus to barrel cacti. Plus a question about houseplants for poorly ventilated places.

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Cacti & succulentsJane PerroneNovember 23, 2018Ficus, AgaveComment
Episode 72: Dutch houseplant adventures part one
Episode 72: Dutch houseplant adventures part one

Find out what I learned during my trip to the Netherlands to learn more about the houseplant growing industry there with fellow plant nut James Wong. Plus I answer a question about British native plants grown as houseplants.

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Flowering houseplants, Foliage houseplantsJane PerroneNovember 16, 2018Comment
Episode 71: Weird Plants by botanist Chris Thorogood
Episode 71: Weird Plants by botanist Chris Thorogood

I find out why engineers are studying the slippery qualities of Nepenthes pitchers, which creature uses a pitcher plant as a toilet, and why Stapelia flowers look mouldy with botanist Dr Chris Thorogood. And I answer a question about a droopy string of hearts plant.

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Carnivorous plantsJane PerroneNovember 9, 2018carnivorous plants, Nepenthes, Titan arum, StapeliaComment
Episode 70: OTL at the RHS London Urban Garden Show
Episode 70: OTL at the RHS London Urban Garden Show

This episode was recorded in front of a live audience at the RHS Urban Garden Show in London, with garden writer Alys Fowler and London-based horticulturist and garden designer Rob Stacewicz. Plus a question on how glass in windows and conservatories affects plant growth.

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Growing under glassJane PerroneNovember 2, 2018bioluminescence, growlights, BegoniaComment
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