Guess the plant
A party game on paper that secretly teaches you to identify plants.
- · 24-page PDF
- · Print-at-home
- · Personal licence
€15
Field guide · PDF
The soil recipe book
Every mix your plants actually want, written like recipes you cook from — ratios, method, and what feeds what.
€15incl. VAT
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Prefer the lot? The sprout person's pack for €35 — save €10.
Not a soil course — a recipe box for your shelf. Seven ingredients, eight mixes, and zero bags of "houseplant soil" required. Each recipe gives the ratio, the method, how long it keeps and what it feeds, plus the honest substitution matrix for when the shop's out, bag honesty (cheap vs premium), and the gnat problem. By someone who bought the wrong bag many times so you buy it once.
- · 18-page PDF
- · Print-at-home
- · Personal licence
What's inside
- The pantry
- How to cook from this book
- Which mix does your plant want?
- The recipe cards
- When the shop's out
- Bag honesty
- Storage & the gnat problem
- The recipe box + write-in pages
Who's behind this
I'm not a botanist, and I don't have 150 plants — I keep a windowsill's worth, and I've killed a few learning how (a Calathea in eleven days is how this whole thing started). When something goes wrong I go down the rabbit hole: the studies, the extension-horticulture pages, the 2am forum threads, and every horror story plant people send in on @leafjournal on TikTok. These guides are that mix — hands-on experience checked against the research, cleaned up and told straight. No lab, no sponsorships, no “trust me.” Just what actually keeps a plant alive, so yours isn't the one that learns it the hard way.
Best value
The sprout person's pack
Everything a first plant needs — and the red flags before you buy.
The beginner's ten · The unkillables · Plant red flags
€35€45
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The aroid family guide
The plant family everyone collects without knowing it's a family.
- · 19-page PDF
- · Print-at-home
- · Personal licence
€15
The graveyard
Everything I've killed, filed by cause of death — and the exact lesson that would have saved each one.
- · 18-page PDF
- · Print-at-home
- · Personal licence
€15
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Do I need an account?
No. Your email address is all it takes — that's where the download goes.
What if it's not for me?
Email hello@leafjournal.app within 30 days and you get your money back. No forms, no questions. I'd rather refund you than have you own a guide you don't use.
If this guide doesn't help you, I'll refund it — email hello@leafjournal.app within 30 days and it's done.