Plants

I threw away my first batch of Vallisneria spiralis. Paid $12 for a pot of healthy-looking Jungle Val from my

Here’s the thing about flame moss that frustrated me for two years: everyone describes the upward “flame-like” growth, but my

My first Christmas moss tree looked fantastic. For exactly six weeks. Then the attachment points turned brown, the lower branches

I killed my first java moss carpet in three weeks. Not from neglect, from following the advice everyone gives: “Just

I killed three batches of red root floaters before I figured out what was actually happening. Red root floaters (Phyllanthus

I killed my first batch of Amazon Frogbit in eleven days. Not from neglect, from doing exactly what every care

I dumped iron supplements into my 20-gallon for three months straight. The Ludwigia Repens Super Red Mini stayed stubbornly green.

You bought a bundle of vibrant, deep red stems. You planted them. Two weeks later, the new growth is… green.

I used to treat all Java Ferns (Microsorum pteropus) exactly the same. I thought they were basically plastic plants that

I still remember the sinking feeling in my gut back in 2019. I had just spent $120 on a pristine