The Plant and The Pour

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06/23/2026

Unboxing the most expensive plant I’ve ever purchased…

06/19/2026

Are you sick of pest destroying your plants? Here is why so many attempts at removing them fail.

Most people will apply one treatment and then call it a day. They often check a couple days later and since they don’t see any pests they think they won the battle… Until a week later when they go to water and the plant will be crawling with them again.

Pests lay eggs and often those eggs aren’t touched by common pest control methods. To win the battle you need constancy. Most pest can be defeated by simply applying the treatment every three days for a month to catch each wave before they reproduce. But you can rapidly speed up this process if you can strike the pest at two phases in its lifecycle.

06/16/2026

My plant is burning! Is it getting too much light? The short answer is “technically yes” but the correct answer is a bit more nuanced. I want to be clear that I am not telling you to roast your plants and intentionally cause damage. This is to help you understand that sometimes a plant gets so used to lower light conditions that it can no longer handle the kind of lighting that it would actually grow best with.

I see this often when people first get grow lights to help a plant that hasn’t grown. They buy the light, put in front of a plant that hasn’t seen meaningful light in years, burn their plant and then blame the light for burning their plant.

Most of our houseplants can handle near full tropical sun once acclimated. That’s their natural habitat after all. If you can acclimate them to high light they will grow like weeds and won’t burn. Getting them there takes care and attention and may result in a few burns as you learn your plant’s needs.

I’m always looking to see if I can give my plants more light and it’s the number one reason why our plants are as large as they are today.

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06/12/2026

New Galaxy and Neutral Colors just dropped on our website theplantandthepour.com! The photos don’t do the Galaxy versions justice at all. The pearlescent color shifting sparkles are so pretty in person.

Get yours via the link in our bio 🔗

06/09/2026

Bad Plant Advice pt.6
This is a hill I will die on. You do not need to repot your plants right away when you bring them home. In most cases it is far more harmful to the plant than beneficial. I have received countless messages from people who have taken otherwise completely healthy plants, done aggressive repots, and sent their plant the great compost pile in the sky.

Remember, your plant got to the size it is, in the dirt it is in.

If you give your plants good light, and water only when the media nearly completely dries out, your plant will continue to thrive in the soil it came in.

06/01/2026

Livestreams are here to stay! Come join us for a tissue acclimation session Wednesday and then the Monstera Book Club on Saturday. This is something I’ve been dreaming about for a long time and I’m so excited to finally be offering free “in person classes” for everyone. Come join a session and ask me anything, or catch the replay after the stream ends at your convenience.

05/24/2026

How to Save an Alocasia From Root Rot
This Maharani Albo had significant rot during its transition to hydroponics. Here’s how I save them.

05/21/2026

Plant Secret Shopper pt.1 -
today we are going to be starting a new series where I secret shop brand new sellers that I have never purchased from on . These videos will never be sponsored, nor can a seller ever reach out to request to be shopped. For those curious about the shipping conditions to my house, my weather is currently at around 65 to 70° at the time of shipping.

Gino absolutely did a great job with this one and I have zero complaints. True to my word, his next show is today and is linked in our bio, go check him out. He’s a cool guy.

05/14/2026

A common mistake that people make when they first start getting into hydroponic setups is using cotton for their wick rope. This can lead to some fairly disastrous results. Because cotton is an organic material, it will break down and become nonfunctional quickly, if left in constant contact with water. There are also additional risks of rot.

I personally use polyester for my wicking ropes, but many people use nylon to great success.

The exact rope that I use is linked in our bio but don’t overthink it. It simply needs to be synthetic.

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