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You really don't have to worry about breaking stems. Just be gentle and it will be fine. Don't try and do a huge bend all at once, do it over 2-3 days. I completely broke the main stem on one of my plants by accident. It was laying at a 90 degree angle to the trunk it broke from and I could...

I realize that this thread is a bit old but was searching out something completely different and thought someone might still be interested in the answer... The growth pattern (christmas tree shape) exhibited by a plant that has not been topped is explained by the concept of apical dominance. To...

Mosquito dunks work really well for controlling fungus gnats.. Soak one of those in the water you use for your plants and that will take care of the gnats for sure.

Listen to Growdude here.. The sand physically prevents the adult gnats from laying eggs in the soil surface. If you can find some yellow sticky cards to put near your plants as well, that will help trap some of the adults that are still flying around and bring the population down a bit. Here...

Unless it looks like it is physically attacking your plants, I wouldn't worry so much. I routinely use one particular soil mix that from time to time shows up with a brown powdery mold which can cover the entire soil surface at times, but goes away eventually and is completely harmless. The...

Ladybugs are actually completely useless against mites. They are really only good for an aphid infestation, although for pure sadistic pleasure I prefer a parasitic wasp for that purpose. For mites, there are a number of different predatory mites that are available, and even one very tiny...