{"id":1529,"date":"2014-12-07T00:25:17","date_gmt":"2014-12-07T07:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1529"},"modified":"2014-12-03T09:57:55","modified_gmt":"2014-12-03T16:57:55","slug":"bright-bromeliads-indoors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/bright-bromeliads-indoors\/","title":{"rendered":"Bright Indoor Bromeliads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Try a bromide &#8216;oops&#8217; I mean a Bromeliad.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1530\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/bright-bromeliads-indoors\/attachment\/bromeliad\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1530\" title=\"bromeliad\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/bromeliad.jpg\" alt=\"bromeliad\" width=\"300\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/bromeliad.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/bromeliad-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This Bromeliad is a relative of the pineapple and as it is easy to grow indoors it makes a fine house plant. There are a wide range of Bromeliads and a society dedicated to there culture <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bsi.org\/\">the Bromeliad Society<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Bromeliad Tips<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Grow the Bromeliads for their <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14399\">coloured leaves<\/a> that spring from the plants center.<\/li>\n<li> If flowers are wanted try a dose of epsom salts or magnesium sulphate as this promotes healthy growth, cell structure and the production of chlorophyll.<\/li>\n<li>As the inflorescence or coloured spike starts to go brown cut it down to encourage off sets called &#8216;pups&#8217; and get a new generation of plants.<\/li>\n<li>It can be good fun growing from seed as different Bromeliads pollinate one another and you can&#8217;t be sure what you will get.<\/li>\n<li>For water holding Bromeliads keep the center topped up with soft water.<\/li>\n<li>For more data try a reference book\u00c2\u00a0 on <a href=\" http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1869621271\/richardpettin-21\">Bromeliads<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1869621271\/richardpettin-21\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/1869621271.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"Book Cover\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Try a bromide &#8216;oops&#8217; I mean a Bromeliad. This Bromeliad is a relative of the pineapple and as it is easy to grow indoors it makes a fine house plant. There are a wide range of Bromeliads and a society dedicated to there culture the Bromeliad Society Bromeliad Tips Grow the Bromeliads for their coloured leaves that spring from the plants center. If flowers are wanted try a dose of epsom salts or magnesium sulphate as this promotes healthy growth,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/bright-bromeliads-indoors\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,10,45],"tags":[106,71],"class_list":["post-1529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-flowers","category-house-greenhouse-plants","tag-exotic","tag-houseplant"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1529\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}