Talk:Houseplant

message: The article needs converting from colloquial and prescriptive talk to good prose (I've done some, but it needs more) - MPF 22:21, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Go ahead! I also reckon it needs ruthless editing. Don't blame you for giving up half way through (I did too). If need be, over-removals can be rescued from the page history - MPF 20:10, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Writing style

message: Why are pieces of polystyrene sometimes added to houseplant soil? Drutt 07:58, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I found some information here. — Sam 15:10, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Interesting, so it's used in place of Perlite -- In horticulture it makes composts more open to air, while still having good water-retention properties; it makes a good medium for hydroponics. Drutt (talk) 06:39, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Polystyrene

message: This article has definitely improved, but I'm not sure we need a bullet point summary. Also, I think that the article should be turned in a more factual direction, away from guidelines and recommendations. See Wikipedia is not a manual, guidebook, or textbook. I've done some editing, but it's certainly not an overhaul. --Vlmastra 03:17, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Quick Suggestions 

message: The paragraph on growing plants in a vase and "crystals" (what are they, exactly?) needs to be clarified if it is to be a lasting addition to the article. It seems to describe a particular manufacturer's method of hydroculture, which is discussed already in the Houseplant#Alternative grow methods section. Additionally, it carries too much a tone of a how-to, which is not the encyclopedic style Wikipedia is striving for. – Sam 15:04, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It is simply an advertisement for this site. English version. --Vlmastra 17:01, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: That paragraph, at least as written, makes no sense whatsoever.  It is not censorship to take it out (and it cannot be rewritten because it's not at all clear what the editor who keeps adding it is trying to say). MrDarwin 15:23, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deleted paragraph 

message: "Pot plant" redirects here. The phrase is most commonly used to describe any houseplant, but it's also a slang term for a marijuana plant. Making Pot plant a dismabig seems a bit unnecessary, but I'm not sure how to incorporate it into this article. 131.111.245.195 (talk) 12:57, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I took care of that. See Template:Redirect to learn how. --Damian Yerrick (talk | stalk) 16:53, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Pot plant" 

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Perhaps some mention of the political usage of the term should be added here? Hcobb (talk) 17:43, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  I am not a potted plant 

message: Wikipedia is not a  how-to guide. Much of the instructions for growing house plants in this article needs to pared away. Jojalozzo 01:14, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article should not be a how-to guide 

message: Hello, I am asking, are houseplants cultivars? are they bred for 
for desired traits, so they could adapt indoors? or are they plants
that was not a cutivar? i am intrigued to know this!
BloxyColaSweet (talk) 21:32, 12 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Are Houseplants Cultivars? 

message: — Assignment last updated by VetNurseJess (talk) 00:14, 11 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: Information Literacy and Scholarly Discourse-2002