If you are having trouble with your indoor plants and flowers and aren’t sure how to improve your garden, there are few easy tips that can perk your petunias, fluff out your ferns, and put some life back into your lilies. The first step with any gardening trouble is figuring out the symptoms, which will help you find the main problem to be fixed. Often, these indoor plants have terrible-looking ailments that turn out to be little more than a lack of nutrients in the soil, or a poor watering schedule that is either slowly drowning them or mimicking drought.

Many who see yellow leaves on a plant, or leave and greens that are drying up and falling off, instantly assume the plant is low on water. This is not the case, and if you want to know how to improve your garden instead of harming it, be aware that too much water, or not enough light, can cause yellowing and shedding leaves. To maintain the optimum level of moisture, water lightly every day, with plenty of drainage (such as large stones) placed under the soil to prevent root rot. Keep light at a steady constant with plant LED grow lights, which give the plants the light they crave, even in sunless areas of the home.

If you see unusual mottled patterns on your leaves, or small holes, take a look up close and see if you can spot any bugs. Certain pests can really harm indoor gardens, so keep them away with natural pesticides and a indoor LED grow light, which can make the environment less inviting for both bugs and plant-destroying mildew and mold. Once you have the bugs under control, you can safeguard against their return by maintaining a constant steady pattern of correct watering and light exposure, which is good for the plant as well as your personal schedule.