Houseplants for Beginners: 5 Basics for Gardening Indoors
Houseplants for Beginners: 5 Basics for Gardening Indoors
It doesn’t take a green thumb (or even a yard!) to grow a thriving garden at home. All you need to grasp are a few basic gardening concepts. Here, Ekta Chaudhary of Garden Up shares five approachable tips to help your houseplants flourish, from prepping your soil to picking your pot, fertilizer, and watering can. For more advice on cultivating your own vegetables and blooms at home, check out Chaudhary’s Skillshare Original, Indoor Gardening: Grow Houseplants, Veggies, and Herbs: https://skl.sh/3wHnVbq
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INDOOR GARDENING QUICK JUMP MENU
00:00 Meet Ekta Chaudhary
00:21 #1: Know Your Soil
00:41 Preparing the Ideal Soil Mix
01:24 #2: Proper Watering Habits
01:47 Why Do I Need a Watering Can?
02:15 How to Make a DIY Watering Can Substitute
02:33 #3: Potting Your Plants
03:07 How to Use a Coffee Mug to Pot Your Plants
03:29 Advantages of Terracotta Pots
03:53 #4: Fertilizing Your Plants
04:09 Types of Fertilizer
05:27 #5: Growing New Plants from Clippings
06:28 Join Ekta on Skillshare
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ABOUT EKTA’S SKILLSHARE CLASS
You don’t need a yard or even a patio to create a garden oasis in your home—just the know-how that YouTuber and scientist-turned-gardener Ekta Chaudhary of Garden Up is happy to share.
Ekta loves plants. She loves them so much she got a Ph.D. in ecology, all the better to understand her leafy green friends. Living in Mumbai, India, Ekta always had sunlight but didn’t always have a garden or balcony to grow plants on, so she became determined to figure out the best ways for her plants to thrive even indoors. Now, she’s sharing her whole process with you. Alongside Ekta, you’ll also learn how to:
– Put together your own soil blend
– Develop the perfect watering schedule for your plants
– Cultivate flowers to support bees and attract pollinators
– Nurture decorative houseplants to keep your home garden lush
…And grow your own food indoors!
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ABOUT EKTA CHAUDHARY
Ekta Chaudhary is a teacher, gardener, and entrepreneur living in Mumbai. She started her career as a researcher, spending a decade studying ecology and sustainable farming practices among communities in the Himalayas. After finishing her Ph.D., Chaudhary took to gardening full-time with her own venture, Garden Up, as a logical extension to her popular Youtube channel. Today, Garden Up offers services and products through social media, workshops, online courses, and a home decor store, catering to a young audience and helping them find greenery, sustainability, and balance in their lives.
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MORE HOME GARDENING RESOURCES
Master the basics of potting and re-potting your plants (yes, even a cactus) with help from botanist Chris Satch of The Sill in Skillshare Original Happy Houseplants: Caring For Your Plants: https://skl.sh/3fvtq7m
In Gardening 101: A Guide For Growing & Caring For Plants, herbalist and farmer Geraldine Lavin offers a beginner’s guide to basic gardening concepts like propagation, plant maintenance, harvesting, and storage: https://skl.sh/2RUJLt9
Plant care can be self-care, too. In Plants at Home: Uplift Your Spirit & Your Space, “Plant Kween” Christopher Griffin shares tips for finding the best beginner plants and using them to elevate your space—and your mood: https://skl.sh/3fSmPmf
Thank you for sharing your very informative video I love it just subscribe watching from California stay connected
Thank you for this info!
Nice.. I can start now
Only indian garden on skill share
Informative
Wow excellent
Mam please speak Hindi
Thanks
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Well done madam
What not, Madam whatever you said I did thanks but madam help me to develop my home garden if necessary I pay the needful bills, waiing for the next episode. Bye.
Beauty with so much of brain
Great sharing
superb… 👌 can u tell me about the background stone wall? Is it made by cement or natural stone?
Why no video since long time
Not enjoy 😊bakwas
i was just thinking of starting gardening and here is the video
thanks 😀
Mam,plz share the link..to enjoy all ur classes from the beginning
Hello ekta,,,,, where is ur gardan up channel,,,,,
Very well explained good quality video
Nice video my new friend.👍😊
Can we use cattle dung???
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Well explained
Ekta chaudhary from garden up youtube do subscribe her
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If students gets teacher like you no one will fail… U explain so well…
From where the watering can which is black in colour u bought? Pls give the details
Hi, thanks dear ❤️
The only Indian video on skill share of my favourite, our’s favourite Ekta Di😇😇
Nice explanation
Can v grow roots of other plants as well just the way u did with money plant.
I m a new gardener,the problem is,all my indoor plant get ruined from root,what can I do?
Mam can you please tell me how to plant peace lily plant my peace lily plant is not growing
There is white colour fungus in the pot soil. Is this because of using cow dung? And what’s the solution for that.
Ekta I did register for ur skills here but unable to get into it
Good information
Thank you
Very nicely explain always thanks
I saw ur love about plants in this video. Super explanation..
Few wholes on the lid of one liter water bottle, i use water to my garden plants
Well explained
thanks m’m. along with plants information, language refreshment benefits ..👏
Wow my favourite gardening Youtuber ekta di.
How many channels do you have?
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I hv joined the skill share class, wht time does it happen n how many days. It was free for 30 days but an amt has been debited to my act rs 74.59
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Merakio
Looking beautiful..very well explained