Q&A for How to Care for a Croton Plant

The size of the light depends upon how large your plants are. The most important thing is to make sure you get a full-spectrum fluorescent or compact-fluorescent bulb.

Add fertilizer to the watering water every 8 to 15 days.

The less you prune a croton, the more it will grow. You should prune the plant only if it loses many leaves after the winter.

In the spring and summer, keep the soil humid but never wet. In the fall and the winter, wait until the soil is dry before watering.

Yes, you can plant two different crotons in the same pot. Just make sure that both have enough room. Most types of crotons have similar water, light, etc. requirements.

Yes, that would be fine. I have a Croton indoors by my sliding balcony door. It likes the direct sunlight and has done well in that location. It probably gets about 6 to 8 hours of direct sunlight, which is from early morning until late afternoon. So with the bright indirect lighting you have asked about, your plant should be good too.

My croton has done this to me a few times-dropped all its leaves with only the stem left. Your plant is in shock from the move. My advice is to put it by a sunny window, don’t move it and put it a place it can stay for awhile and make sure you water it about once a week or week and a half if it’s winter time, more often if it's warmer. It should come good with care over time.

You will know if you can see the roots peeking through the plastic pot, it has started to shift to one direction and the soil is getting dry too fast (compared to before). Also its age: you can estimate if you need to repot if you see growth signs. Remember that if you want to stop the growth, repot to the same size pot. In spring is the time to repot.

Yes, you can use coffee grounds, they help with growth. Try not to use a lot, as coffee grounds hold in a lot of moisture and can become moldy.