i have few indoor plants and i really do not know how to look after them..i am a good gardner but have very less knowledge of indoor plants...
someone told me i have to water them only once in a week..but when i checked it out the next week water was still there.. i really love my plants and do not want to ruin them because of my ignorence...
something about the food for them
i can post photos
thanks

Care of your plants depends entirely on what species of plants you have. Please let us know, then maybe we can help you.

At the moment, it's a little like trying to help someone who's asked "I have a pet, what's the best way to look after it?"

Hi,
Yes, I have some advice.

A lady at a local COOP bau and hobby assisted me with buying pots, and plant maintenance some months ago, and I can pass this on to you.

You can buy water indicators that indicate when the plant roots are dry.
They cost around 20CHF for a pack of 3. Different sizes for different pots.

You insert the indicators vertically into the pot so that it goes down to the plant roots7near bottom of pot. When the plant has been watered, the indicator shows blue and when the roots are dry it shows red.

The great thing about these indicators is that they take into account humidity coinditions and time of year (since it will take longer for the roots to become dry during the winter months, for example). So you just leave the plant alone until the indicator shows red. Then, within the next few days you need to add water (I usually add approx enough water to fill about the bottom 20% of the pot, giving the roots access to the water).

Since meeting this lady I also have disposed of most of my pots with holes in them, which require excess water collector trays and are not as tidy as the sealed pots. As per her advice, I just use sealed pots, but ensure that the soil is surrounded by the "cat litter looking" plant potting material that serves to provide a water reservoir below the plant roots and to prevent water-logging. So you buy a pot that houses the original soil clump but leaves about 2 inches spare around the soil and under it for the "litter". You can also buy this stuff at any plant place - and it makes the potted plant more presentable, sprinkling it over the top layer of soil for added effect.

I have used this method on a variety of house plants including a large cheese plant, a large fig tree and several aloe vera plants and it has been 100% successful. I often do not need to water for several weeks, but no longer need to worry about it.

Hopüe this is useful.

Good general advice, but seriously, care depends on the species. Cactuses wouldn't like to be watered anywhere near as often as some other plants, and for orchids, placement in the home is as important to survival as watering frequency. More info?

Over watering is more deadly than under watering. In addition to cactus's Palm's don't like a lot of water and the roots will rot if over watered.

Just about all my indoor plants are Hydroponic, using the brown clay balls instead of earth. this means you have to feed them as well as water them. But also with earth it is a good idea to feed them once in a while as there is only so much nutrients in a pot of earth. What you feed them with will depend on the plants or you can use the hydroponic feed. Probably less need to feed during the winter.

I am sure you can find lots more info with Google.....

A strange advice from me....

Talk to them, tell them you love them, that they are beautiful. Put also some classical or new age music they LOVE it.

some more ?

magnets on the water you use,
give them green argile, it's full of good stuff for them

well, enough strangeness for now

this is a good source... in you can take your eyes away from the gnome...

Are they male or female plants please inform?

here are some photos of the plants..
i think , even if doing it once in a week, i am over watering them..and i have serverd them no food since long..

Over the winter plants need less water and no or little feeding.

If you have underfloor heating I would recommend you lift them off the floor. i.e. use one of the small bases on wheels.

You can do quite a bit to prevent the rotting if you add proper drainage. So take a pot that has holes at the bottom so excess water can drain out and then add a layer of fine gravel at the bottom of the pot before adding the soil. This is especially important for palms.

Then keep an eye open when watering and make sure there is never too much excess water in the outer container.

The one on the right, a yucca palm, has a very wobbly stem. This should be much straighter and thicker. This stem is probably a sympton of stunted growth so I guess the plant was under stress when it grew this. There can be multiple causes for this. Also, the leaves shouldn't be hanging down like that but be more outstretched, and I guess this is another symptom of the same problem. A palm that size also deserves a bigger pot. I recommend you repot it in a bigger pot with adequate drainage (about 1 cm of fine gravel at the bottom) and then soil. You can get special palm soil at garden stores so use that if you can find it or otherwise normal planting soil will do. When removing the plant from the old pot, try to loosen the roots up a bit. They've probably been growing around in circles for years and used up all the good soil, so try to spread that a bit so they get into good soil more quickly. On your first watering, be very generous and maybe place the pot in the sink so the water can drain out. After that rewater about once a week, and use fertilizer sticks in the summer (the green ones, not the red ones). Also watch the leaves. If they are attracting dust, clean them once in a while with a moist cloth. If there are insects or anything like that, spray them. Keep the plant away from draughts, and also keep away from direct heat sources so don't place this plant next to your radiator.

Whereas the existing leaves won't improve, you'll probably find that any new leaves it grows will be larger and straighter and won't flop so much. Also, the stems will start growing straighter, or sometimes (rarely) a fresh stronger stem will branch out from a lower point and ultimately replace the other ones..

really good advices...thanks to you all