[ad#promo-content-atf-200-left] Overfeeding – Perhaps the number two enemy of soil-grown plants. Too much fertilizer and the victim dies from excess fertilizer salts which “burn off” functioning roots.

[ad#promo-content-atf-200-left] Offsets – Short shoots that rise up next to a mature plant and can be used for propagation.

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[ad#promo-content-atf-200-left] Node – The point on a stem from which a new leaf or stem will grow. Cut below the node and insert the node in water, and roots should develop.

[ad#promo-content-atf-200-left] Natural light – Pure sunlight, either direct or indirect

[ad#promo-content-atf-200-left] Misting – Increasing humidity levels around plants by spraying their foliage with water.

[ad#promo-content-atf-200-left] Medium light – The level you get at three to six feet from any but a north window.

Low light – The level that prevails in areas six to ten feet from a non-shaded east, west or south window. Some plants tolerate low light, but most do better in medium light.

Life cycle – The series of stages an insect passes through, from egg to death. Since most eggs are immune to most pest controls, you usually must treat an infested plant at least two to three times at 7 to 10-day intervals to catch newly hatched pests.

Leggy – Said of a plant that’s tall, does not branch as it should, and often has almost all of its leaves clustered at the top. Usually caused by too little light or by lack of pinching or pruning growth back at the proper stages.