Treating Ailing Houseplants

Gardener Dale Kanetschka provides tips on caring for ailing plants.

• Keep your houseplants away from windows because they are likely to be too cold in the winter and too hot in the summer.

• To keep your plants thriving, make sure to water them thoroughly. Let the water run out of the bottom of the pot and into a saucer. Empty the saucer after no more than 10 minutes. This will flush the soil of harmful salts that can accumulate in the saucer.

• Always use distilled water when watering plants.