My foray into plant parenthood began with succulents because like most people, I was under the impression that they are the “easiest plants” to care for. Needless to say, this belief made killing my first succulent somewhat discouraging. I thought “if I can’t even keep a succulent alive, what can I keep alive? It wasn’t until I branched out into mistreating other houseplants that I realized what should have been obvious all along: there is no such thing as a universal “easiest plant”. The reason my notoriously fussy Calathea recovered from every one of my learning curve screw-ups was the s… READ MORE
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