House plants like to be in groupings, perhaps they create their own little garden atmosphere that way. Try to have several plants together instead of isolating them. I have an old apartment that has a planter as a room divider and I have my group of plants there.
That is what I do with my plants also. I have a 6 ft. bay window that faces the east and my plants have gone wild with grouping them together and keeping them fertilized with fish emulsion. The two together has made a great difference in the way they have grown.
I even have a tomato plant that my sister-in-law gave me that I was suppose to put in our greenhouse because it is so big (we haven't got the water in the greenhouse yet) that it went from about 3 inches tall into about 3 foot now with tomatoes on it, so they do like to be grouped together. I keep updated on all of the feedback here is it is so informative when it comes to gardening and plants.
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12/15/2011
Good idea. Plants seem to like being with others, as long as they don't have to compete for soil & water, and get just enough light for each individual. Thanks.
By DVG (Guest Post)
02/17/2009
I do this as well. Plus I have some tall plants that I plant in a container with low growing plants like ivy, etc. So the 'dirt' is covered with the low growing plant! Looks really pretty!