Do your plants hate you?
No. You just hate crappy advice.
You've bought lights, sprays, fertilizers... and yet you're still staring at an empty pot. The problem isn't you. It's the absurd advice you were given that more was better.
The LITFA philosophy was born out of exhaustion. Out of being fed up with watering out of anxiety and killing out of love. Out of understanding that control is not care, and that growth happens when you step back.
“You bought a baby plant... it died in two weeks.”
“You watered it every day. You drowned it with love.”
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The Revelation: The LITFA Philosophy
(Leave It The Fuck Alone)
It's not about neglect. It's about minimal conscious intervention. Your job is not to grow a plant, but to create the conditions for it to grow on its own.
Think, don't act
This book is a mental manual, not a to-do list. Learn to think, not react.
Light:
The factor that changes everything
Your home is an ecosystem
Every room is unique. Understand your light, humidity, and environment before taking action.
Look but don't touch
The key is patience. The plant doesn't need your anxiety, it needs your calm attention.
Inside the book
What you'll discover when you stop fucking up your plants
Before worrying about water or nutrients, understand light. It is the engine of plant life. Without it, nothing grows.
Water and Humidity:
Stop drowning them
Overwatering doesn't kill plants, but lack of oxygen does. Learn to observe before acting and let them breathe.
Dirt:
The inconvenient Truth
There is no such thing as perfect soil. Every “eco-friendly” choice involves compromises. Learn to make conscious decisions without guilt.
Nutrients and microbes:
The dirty secret
Don't feed the plant, feed the soil. The magic happens when the ecosystem stays alive and works for you.
Problems and pests:
Observe without conflict
Don't declare war on every yellow leaf. Pests are not enemies, they are messages. Learn to read them without panicking.
Adam Cotorceanu
Accidental gardener, writer, and advocate of conscious inaction
Adam is not a guru. He is a gardener with a past full of dead plants and a present full of peace. From his apartment in Berlin, he writes and teaches about how patience, observation, and irreverence can save both his plants and his mental health. His tone is brutally honest, his humor dry, and his message liberating: stop trying to fix everything. Plants (and you) just need space to breathe.
“When in doubt. Just leave it the fuck alone and observe the hell out of it.”
What Those Who Stopped Acting Say
Real reviews from readers who learned to relax (and leave their plants alone).
The club of those who don't act
Welcome to the only club where you don't have to do anything to belong. Just breathe (and let the plants breathe too).
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Observe more.
Take less action.
Leave your plants (and yourself) The Fuck Alone
