🌱 General — Questions & Answers
3 answered questions in this section, written and reviewed by the PlantSavvyWorld editorial team. Last reviewed 2026-09-06.
As daylight shortens in autumn, how do I move houseplants closer to a window without scorching them?
Move them in stages, not in one step. A leaf that has spent the summer two metres back from the glass has built a cuticle and a photosynthetic apparatus tuned to that light level. Drop…
Read the full answer →There is a white crust on the rim of my pots. How do I flush fertiliser salts out of the soil safely?
That crust is accumulated soluble salts — mostly nitrates, phosphates and the sodium and chloride that come along with tap water and synthetic feed. They build up because water leaves a…
Read the full answer →Every guide says 'water when the soil is dry' — how do I judge that reliably?
Surface dryness tells you almost nothing. The top two centimetres of any pot dry out within a day or two of watering while the bottom third can still be saturated, which is why finger-i…
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