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Spring is Plant Maintenance Time By : Susan Foster Springtime is uniformly thought of as a period of fresh starts and rebirth. For plants it is a very active time as they rise from their winter nap. For horticulturists this is a very busy season for not only outdoor plants but our indoor plants too. Springtime is the ideal period for indoor plant maintenance. It's also a perfect opportunity to consider displaying your plant in an attractive, natural-looking macrame plant hanger. All about Indoor Gardening By : Richa Modern scientific techniques make it possible for people to grow plants, vegetables and even fruit right in their drawing room in indoor gardens. With the some effort and knowledge you can now grow a variety of plants indoors, either with hydroponics, which is a soilless growing technique or by using suitable techniques for conventional geoponics (growing in soil). Irrespective of the method you choose, you can even make your indoor garden yield better results than a comparable conventional outd Indoor Hydroponics Systems By : Richa Though plants have been traditionally grown outdoors in soil, with the use of hydroponics techniques, it is possible to grow plants indoors, in fact in any place. Hydroponics techniques have been successfully used to cultivate a wide variety of plants even in places with climates that do not support plant growth like deserts and Polar Regions. Growth Influencing Factors By : Diana Heyden In conventional cultivation plants are grown outdoors. Though plats get all the growth inputs outdoors, they are also exposed to pests, parasites and the vagaries of the elements. That is the way Mother Nature intended it to be. But man had different ideas. He learned to grow plants under simulated conditions in indoor grow rooms. African Violet An Indoor Plant By : Victor Epand This article talks about the care of african violets, its rest period, and what colors they might bloom. Do You Know How to Repot a Root-Bound Houseplant? By : Kathy Steinemann It is actually quite easy if you know the basics. It only takes a few minutes to give your houseplants a new lease on life. This article provides a few do's and don'ts. Substitute For Popular Bonsai Species By : Patrick Desnoyers Learn about replacement trees in colder climate for popular bonsai species Indoor Gardening By : Dream Team Media If you’re living in the middle of the Amazon jungle, the last thing I would recommend for you to do is try your hand at indoor gardening. After all, why try to compete with mother nature and come out looking like an amateur? Orchid Flowers - Growing Indoors By : Jeffery Rush Many people think the orchid plant cannot be grown indoors. When grown in the wild, the orchid plant often forms a symbiotic relationship with other plants in order to get the nutrients that it needs.