The most popular type of plants for indoor gardening are tropical plants. They work so well because they are beautiful, easy to care for, and drought tolerant.
Tropical plants are used to sandy soil, which naturally drains well. Because of this, it is important that you give the same conditions in your pots. Using loamy soil with pebbles embedded in it is a good option. There should be at least one hole at the bottom of the pot to help with drainage. To keep the soil in while letting water out, you can cover the hole(s) with wire mesh. If the mesh is too small, however, it will clog up.
It is easy to water your tropical plants. They don’t need very much water. In fact, in the winter a ZZ plant may be able to go two months with no water. The tropics have a hot, dry season followed by a very moist, wet rainy season. They can do fine, therefore, with long waits between waterings. It is fine to allow the soil to dry out between waterings.
The plants don’t need much fertilizer. Providing it with a low nitrogen fertilizer will help for most species. Micro-nutrients are more important, however. These chemicals are essential for your plant. It is similar to fertilizer, but the plant needs just a very small amount of the micro-nutrients to be healthy.
