Minimalist application of indoor office plants in your interiorscapes Waltham, MA.

1. Reception areas in your Boston officescape should welcome and invite your clients and employees to your place of work every day of the week.

2. A long lasting potted bromeliad or orchid flower for you reception desk or coffee table is both affordable and esthetically pleasing within your interior office plant environment..

3. The use of one or just two specimen tropical green plants in your Boston reception or setting is enough to create this ambient environment.

4. As shone above in one of our over 300 client locations. Visit our PDIPLANTSBlog.com for more info or call 781.279.0032

At Plantscape Designs Inc colorful Bromeliads and Orchids are used in our office interiorscape reception areas in Boston, MA.

Plantscape Designs Inc of Stoneham, MA services the following area cities and towns in Massachusetts:

Boston, MA Cambridge, MA Wakefield, MA Woburn, MA Peabody, MA Wilmington, MA Tewsbury, MA Methuen, MA Needham, MA Andover, MA Dedham, MA

Andover, MA Westboro, MA Acton, MA Westford, MA Chelmsford, MA Billerica, MA Burlington,MA Bedford, MA Lexington, MA Wellesly, MA Watertown, MA

Lynnfield, MA Danvers, MA Saugus, MA Beverly, MA Salem, MA Reading, MA North Reading, MA Marlboro, MA Southboro, MA Northboro, MA Stoneham, MA

Using aloe plants within your interior office plant design, Waltham, MA

Growing an Aloe Vera (or most other Aloe species; there are more than 300 of them) is not a difficult matter, if a few basic rules are followed: 

1) If grown in a pot, allow the root ball plenty of room to grow; aloes are voracious growers, and having space to do so is necessary. When you (re)pot allow a growing area three to five times the size of the root ball. 

2) Use a well-draining soil. The number of soils Aloe Vera will grow in is quite large, but a basic cactus mix. You may wish to experiment with other soils, but one thing it needs is to be well draining, so even a home-made concoction of 1/3 sand, 1/3 soil, and 1/3 pumice/gravel is better than straight potting soil. Aloes don't like to be cold and wet. 

3) Pot up your aloe in soil up to the root ball. Use top dressing (gravel/pebbles) on top of the soil to give it a finished look, hold down the dirt, and reduce evaporation. Do not water a newly repotted aloe for a few days-this gives it a chance to get used to it's indoor office interior as well as allowing time for any roots that have broken to seal themselves.

4) Most aloes grow vegetatively from April-October so water regularly with that in mind. The rest of the year, watering twice a month is sufficient. Water when the soil is dry-rainwater is the best-so that may mean 2x a month, or once a week, or some combination thereof. Aloes are very forgiving-they can go a long time without water, but they grow best with it. 

If in doubt about watering, don't water. Also, remember #2 above-they shouldn't be cold and wet. Some aloes will withstand a freeze, but many will turn to mush, and we certainly don't want that. 

5) Fertilize from April through Septrember, 2x a month, with a low-nitrogen fertilizer, heavily diluted. I use Miracle-Gro 15-30-15, diluted about 1 to 5. 

6) Many aloes produce pups. When the pup is fully formed, detach it from the mother plant, let it callus over for a few days in a cool, dry area, and pot it up. If it has roots, pot as you would a regular aloe, allowing for the fact that it is smaller and should be in a suitably sized pot for it's size.

If it has no roots, let it callus over, place the cut/broken end ON the soil, and support it with top dressing. DO NOT WATER IT-it has no roots, so watering the soil will likely cause rot. Instead, mist it every few days. Roots should start forming within a month. When growth is evident, it can be watered. 

7) My Aloe Vera flowers in March/April, but yours may choose a different time. Aloe vera flowers are yellow, but others flower in hues of pink/red/orange/white/gray. They start as a spike that gradually gets larger and finally opens, lasting a long time. Aloe flowers are beacons for hummingbirds, so be prepared to be buzzed by these lovely creatures if your are amongst your aloes when they are flowering. 

Plantscape Designs Inc, places these healthy medicinal indoor plants in your Waltham, MA offices.

Plantscape Designs Inc of Stoneham, MA services the following area cities and towns in Massachusetts:

Boston, MA Cambridge, MA Wakefield, MA Woburn, MA Peabody, MA Wilmington, MA Tewsbury, MA Methuen, MA Needham, MA Andover, MA Dedham, MA

Andover, MA Westboro, MA Acton, MA Westford, MA Chelmsford, MA Billerica, MA Burlington,MA Bedford, MA Lexington, MA Wellesly, MA Watertown, MA

Lynnfield, MA Danvers, MA Saugus, MA Beverly, MA Salem, MA Reading, MA North Reading, MA Marlboro, MA Southboro, MA Northboro, MA Stoneham, MA

Biological Weapons are a safe way to eradicate Fungus Gnats Boston, MA

PDI PLANTS inc. has knowledge of and access to predators and parasites for combating insects and pest on your Boston office plants.

Biological Controls really work!

Fungus Gnats problems?

Small black Fungus Gnats flying in front of your computer screen like the specimen to the left ? Those annoying little pests! We can solve your problem with parasitic nematodes microscopic worms.

Yes, beneficial nematodes really do exist! These minuscule beneficials are barely visible to the naked eye as tiny threads. They attack only insects in moist soils or borer tunnels. Plants, earthworms and vertebrates are completely unaffected by these tiny beasts.

Please consult Plantscape Designs Inc Boston, MA

with your particular interior office plant needs.