Inside a 30-Printer Plant Pot Farm
Thirty-odd printers in a Pennsylvania garage, four hours a pot, spool changes at 11pm. What running a 3D print farm actually involves, failures included.
Plants That Don’t Need Drainage Holes (and How to Water Them)
No plant grows better in a sealed pot. A few tolerate it. Here’s which ones, how to water them without drowning anything, and why every pot we print has a hole.
When to Repot a Houseplant (and How to Tell It’s Time)
Five signs a plant actually needs a bigger pot, four that look like signs and aren’t, and why one inch bigger is the right answer.
How Often Should You Water Air Plants? A Schedule by Season
The honest answer isn’t once a week. Here’s the season-by-season interval we run on a dozen tillandsia, and how to adjust it for your own house.
Do 3D Printed Pots Need Drainage? (Yes, and Here’s the Fix)
A string of pearls went to mush in a pot we sold in 2019, and we spent that winter redrawing every file. Why sealed printed planters are worse than sealed ceramic, and three ways to fix one.
Do Succulents Need Drainage? (And Why the Rock Layer Doesn’t Count)
I killed an echeveria in a beautiful concrete pot with no hole in it and blamed the light for a month. Here is what drainage actually does, and why gravel in the bottom isn’t it.
Desk Plants That Survive an Actual Office
The pothos on my old nurses’ station outlived two managers and a floor renovation. Six desk plants that handle bad light, dry air, and nobody being there on Saturday.
Is PLA Safe for Plants? What 30 Printers Taught Us
Eight years of printed pots, thousands of orders, and one softened planter in a sunroom. Here is what PLA actually does in soil, in heat, and in your window.
Plants You Genuinely Cannot Kill (Tested by Two Night-Shift Nurses)
Eight plants that survived twelve-hour shifts, a garage full of printers, and three-week stretches where nobody thought about them. Plus the ASPCA answer on every single one.
How to Water an Air Plant: Soak, Dunk, or Mist?
Misting is the method most people are taught and the one least likely to keep a tillandsia alive. Here’s what a soak actually does, when a dunk is enough, and what the spray bottle is really for.