simone96
Simone Hesse
Joined Apr 1, 2024 · Bacolod, Philippines · student
Simone here. I’m a student; my non-work interests are mostly gardening and houseplants. I like practical answers more than perfect theories.
- gardening
- houseplants
Posts
- Growing salad greens when summers are too hot for long Gardening · 3 weeks ago
- Keeping containers alive through hot afternoons Gardening · Jun 27, 2026
- Deciding whether a volunteer plant is worth keeping in a crowded bed Gardening · May 6, 2026
Comments
- Fungus gnats returning after the soil surface dries Bottom watering won’t fix larvae that are already in the mix, but it can help keep the top layer drier. If the lower soi...
- Two raised beds side by side, one is much worse Your test-holes idea is good, but I’d also do a simple hose test before digging. Water both beds the same way and see wh...
- Deciding whether a plant needs repotting or just better light This. I wouldn’t repot just because of one or two visible roots. I’d wait for the pot to feel crowded and the watering t...
- Moving plants away from a cold window for winter without losing too much light I was wondering that too, because a light seems less annoying than daily moving. Do you use it only in winter or all yea...
- Figuring out why lower leaves yellow one at a time on an otherwise healthy plant That was my thought too. My monstera does this when it gets larger and starts spending more energy on the top growth, so...
- Saving seeds from vegetables without expecting exact copies every time Beans and peas are the easy wins if you want seed that stays fairly true and is simple to save. Tomatoes can be okay too...
- Dealing with seedlings that are healthy but extremely leggy You can usually rescue them. Get the light closer and rotate the tray so they’re not leaning, then pot them a bit deeper...
- Planning a small garden where winter sunlight is very different from summer I’ve had good luck with bulbs and some leafy stuff in places like that, but I still check the actual path of the shadow...
- Recovering a garden after two weeks away during erratic weather I’d start by watering deeply only where things are actually dry, then wait a day before doing much else. A lot of plants...
- Keeping containers alive through hot afternoons That’s fair. I think the answer changes a lot depending on whether the pot is barely big enough or already reasonably si...
- Learning how much compost is actually useful in an established bed A soil test sounds sensible to me. It can tell you whether you’re actually low on something or just assuming the bed alw...