WATERVILLE — Brett Johnson, horticultural professional from the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Service, addressed the Central Maine Garden Club on the benefits of indoor plants on Oct. 18.
The gathering was at St. Mark’s Church on Eustis Parkway.
Many suggestions surfaced on how to grow indoor plants that would benefit an indoor gardener. Among many suggestions were to choose a specific location that is consistent with maintaining humidity, rotating periodically, using slow release fertilizers, and repotting the plant once a year.
Plants eventually thrive on some of these physical strategies, and the indoor gardener benefits mentally by the physical activity with lowering blood pressure and positive mood changes. Johnson pointed out that during COVID, 88 percent of people in a study felt much healthier growing indoor plants.
Comments are not available on this story. Read more about why we allow commenting on some stories and not on others.
We believe it's important to offer commenting on certain stories as a benefit to our readers. At its best, our comments sections can be a productive platform for readers to engage with our journalism, offer thoughts on coverage and issues, and drive conversation in a respectful, solutions-based way. It's a form of open discourse that can be useful to our community, public officials, journalists and others.
We do not enable comments on everything — exceptions include most crime stories, and coverage involving personal tragedy or sensitive issues that invite personal attacks instead of thoughtful discussion.
You can read more here about our commenting policy and terms of use. More information is also found on our FAQs.
Show less