Plant Care

[davemailcall]

I need a reminder here. I think I read this once, but I'm going to ask again.

Is it true that if you have indoor plants that you take outside on a fairly irregular basis can actually be harmful to them?

I think that I read plants have issues adapting to sunlight changes and that they ended up dying after a period of time. And does this apply to all plants?

I ask only because one of my umbrella plants has recently lost leaves like crazy. My two pothos plants also go outside, but they are growing like crazy!

 

[Aquaseafoam]

It depends on the plant's ability to acclimate to new lighting situations. Plants that are not used to direct sunlight can get scorched. This has happened to my dwarf palm. I bought several umbrella plants and they all died on me- i think that was b/c of water issues though!
anyway, I guess the pothos are just less sensitive than your umbrellas.