The people behind LeafyFlora
Every guide here is written, tested and signed by a person. Four regulars, no ghostwriters.
Victor Ashby Lead writer
Eight years writing gardening features, against treating plants as decor. he keeps them alive first, then beautiful.
- Using pine needle compost: for a first attempt
- Preparing for a week away: it isn't actually complicated
- What a proper soak means: the few lines you need
- Using slow-release granules: out of the misconceptions
- Stopping feed in winter: key points and exceptions
- Supplementary light for seedlings: a cheaper route
- Germination temperatures: key points and exceptions
- Light after emergence: key points and exceptions
Rosalind Kerr Contributing editor
Former nursery and flower-shop work, familiar with how varieties behave. she focuses on choosing and timing.
- Timing foliar feed: key points and exceptions
- Worm castings: it isn't actually complicated
- A yearly feeding calendar: what you only learn by doing
- Emptying saucers: for a first attempt
- Diluting liquid feed: breaking the problem apart
- Seedling diseases: for a first attempt
- Mixing seed compost: out of the misconceptions
- When to thin seedlings: when to change approach
Desmond Okonkwo Staff writer
Landscape design background in small spaces. he flags light and weight limits inside when to add a moss pole.
- Adjusting pH: out of the misconceptions
- What wood ash does: what you only learn by doing
- Judging dry versus wet: it isn't actually complicated
- Should tap water stand: why it keeps failing
- The smell of organic feed: an honest three-month record
- Hardening off: why it keeps failing
- How deep to cover seed: standard, rhythm, floor
- The potting-on step: a cheaper route
Cecily Hart Regular contributor
Twelve years growing on balconies, with more failures than successes. she writes only what has been tested at home.
- Treating compacted soil: standard, rhythm, floor
- Choosing watering tools: a cheaper route
- The finger test in practice: what you only learn by doing
- Collecting rainwater: it isn't actually complicated
- What to feed at flowering: when to change approach
- A twelve-month sowing plan: the few lines you need
- Bottom watering technique: it isn't actually complicated
- Protecting roots at planting out: for a first attempt