House Plant Care Guide
How do I take care of my Ikea plants?
I bought several Ikea plants and I want them to last as long as possible, how do I take care of them?
The plants are as follows:
1) Ivy
2) Cactus (Two..one tiny round and one large with lots of “arms”)
3) Tall palm-tree like tropical floor plant (three in one pot).
4) Tree-like plant has three thick stems that intertwine to make one “trunk”.
4) Unidentifiable generic house plant #1
5) Unidentifiable generic house plant #2
6) Unidentifiable generic house plant #3
7) Unidentifiable generic house plant #2
If you can help with any of these I would be greatful, I have photos of them. Does Ikea have a plant guide or anything?
Thank you.
In general, except for the cacti, keep them in strong light, but not in direct sunlight (you can put the cacti there!); feed with a balanced fertilizer such as Miracle Gro for foliage plants. Keep the soil moist, but not wet; NEVER let your plants sit in water for more than an hour. Make sure that there’s plenty of humidity in the air, especially around the palm; if you see the tips of leaves turning brown, the humidity is almost certainly too low. Conversely, if you see the stems or leaves going yellow, they’re getting too much water.
For the cactus, warm and dry is the important thing. Don’t water very often, and NEVER let it stand in water.
The plant with the intertwined trunks sounds a lot like a ficus benjamina (“fiddle-leaf fig”); it’s not a fig at all, of course. They are VERY picky about how much light they need; they may also lose a lot of leaves when they’re moved. Give them as MUCH light as possible without putting them in direct sunlight.
They should all do well at the same temperatures that you like. The ivy in particular, if it’s a pothos variety, will be very forgiving. Many varieties of pothos can be grown in water alone, but that’s not necessary, of course. The directions above should work nicely.
Good luck, and enjoy 
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