Are Your Plants Looking Sad? Try this Indoor Plant Care & Repotting Service in Boston
Recently, a plant owner in Arlington, Mass, looked around her living room at her “sad” plants and had an idea. Surely, a business existed that could figure out how to help her struggling jungle. She searched the internet for indoor plant care services in Boston and found Maison Green. Maison Green has a number of tricks and tips for sprucing up plants, but in this case, repotting was the most important step. Some of the plants hadn’t been repotted in nearly a decade, including a 30-year-old arrowhead plant that has been passed down through her family.
*before photo from Arlington job?*
Plants absorb nutrients from soil. Ever seen those small, yellowish spheres in potting soil? That’s slow-release fertilizer, which provides up to a year’s worth of food. After a while, the soil starts to break down, and if left long enough, it could become hydrophobic—that’s when water runs right through the soil and out the bottom of the pot because the soil no longer holds onto the moisture.
In addition to the soil losing its nutritional value, plants outgrow their pots. One tell-tale sign is roots sticking out the drainage hole in the bottom of the pot, or roots pushing up from the soil. Maison Green recently did a repotting job for a client in downtown Boston whose orchid had outgrown its pot. Clear nursery pots come in especially handy for plants such as orchids, as you can monitor root growth.
our client’s orchid before repotting—check out those roots!
Regardless of whether the plant that needs repotting is an orchid, succulent, or other houseplant, Maison Green does every step of the job. We’ll source new, sustainably-made pots if you want them. We’ll drill holes in any of your existing planters that didn’t already have drainage. We’ll bring our custom-blended soil mix, moss poles, stakes, trellis, and other tools right to your house. We’ll prune, repot, shine, and style your indoor jungle and then clean up everything when it’s all done. Maison Green offers professional indoor plant maintenance for homes, offices, schools, and more. Happy plants make for happy spaces and people!
(after photo of Arlington client’s house?)
