Verte Rx Organic Houseplant Food - Chive Ceramics Studio - Chive US
Verte Rx Organic Houseplant Food - Chive Ceramics Studio - Chive US
Verte Rx Organic Houseplant Food - Chive Ceramics Studio - Chive US
Verte Rx Organic Houseplant Food - Chive Ceramics Studio - Chive US
Verte Rx Organic Houseplant Food - Chive Ceramics Studio - Chive US
Verte Rx Organic Houseplant Food - Chive Ceramics Studio - Chive US

Plant Vitamins

Verte Rx Organic Houseplant Food

Gentle enough for the plants growing closest to where you actually eat.

$15.85
Easy to Use
Super Concentrated
Made Just for Them

Verte Does the Work. The Pot Takes the Credit.

Feed your plants with Verte, then set them up in a pot that makes it look like you've always had a green thumb. Nobody needs to know it was mostly the plant food.

Organic liquid fertilizer earns its keep on a specific kind of houseplant — the ones that end up on a plate. A fern will tolerate almost anything I hand it, because a fern will never be part of dinner. A windowsill basil plant is a different arrangement: whatever goes into that soil is, a few weeks later, going into a pesto. Verte Rx Organic Houseplant Food exists for exactly that category — herbs, mini tomatoes, anything indoors you're growing with the eventual intention of eating rather than just admiring.

One concentrated bottle stretches to thirty litres, dosed with a printed-measurement dropper, so a formula built on restraint never turns into guesswork at the sink. It's gentle enough for an african violet at half strength and honest enough for anything headed to the kitchen. Feed on a normal houseplant schedule and the growth comes back fuller and greener — without introducing anything you'd have to think twice about before harvest.

How to Use

DILUTE BEFORE USE: Mix 2-3ml per litre of water.

Once diluted, use this solution to water your plants as needed.

*Keep out of reach of children. Do not ingest. Rinse well if contact to skin or eyes occurs.
When to use

Once diluted, use this solution to water your plants as needed.

**Keep out of reach of children. Do not ingest. Rinse well if contact to skin or eyes occurs.
Ingredients

Bat Guano, Kelp Extract (Ascophyllum Nodosum), Soy Extract, Molasses, Worm Castings, Yucca Extract
Mission & Guarantee

Let’s be real—healthy plants make everything better. That’s why at Verte RX, we’re on a mission to give your green babies the science-backed, eco-friendly nutrition they deserve (without the synthetic nonsense). Whether you’re a seasoned grower or just trying to keep a houseplant alive for once, we’ve got your back.

We use premium natural ingredients, sustainable practices, and cutting-edge formulations to pack maximum power into every drop—so your plants get stronger roots, lusher leaves, and bigger blooms with zero fluff (or weird chemicals). Because when your plants thrive, you look like a plant genius—and honestly, isn’t that the goal?

We’re so confident Verte RX will turn your plants into thriving, leafy showstoppers that we guarantee it. If your green babies don’t look happier, healthier, and downright fabulous after using our plant-powered formulas, let us know—we’ll make it right.
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Shipping

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  • International Ships: to 40 countries — rates at checkout
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Returns

We accept returns within 30 days of delivery on unused items in original packaging. If your piece arrives damaged, contact us within 7 days with a photo and we will replace it at no charge.

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Why Choose Verte RX Organic Plant Food?

The reason to trust an organic plant food is the same reason to trust a dinner guest who cooks: they eat what they serve. Verte Rx Organic was developed on real kitchen herbs — basil, mint, mini tomatoes living within arm's reach of a stove — by people who fully intended to eat the results, and that standard is stricter than any label. What makes it special is where the bar was set: nothing goes in the bottle that you'd have to think twice about a few weeks before harvest, because for edible plants "organic" isn't a premium upgrade, it's the only defensible option. The formula is genuinely plant-derived rather than a synthetic base with organic garnish, and it behaves the way an edible-plant feed should — gentle enough at half strength for an african violet, steady enough at full strength to keep a windowsill herb garden producing instead of merely surviving. Like every bottle in the line it's a concentrate with a printed-measurement dropper, so restraint stays measurable: one bottle stretches to thirty litres of ready feed, sized for the frequent, lighter feedings edible plants prefer over one strong monthly dose. Two years of testing went into the ratio, all of it on plants that ended up in actual meals, which remains the most honest quality-control process a fertilizer can be put through.

Pro Tip: Little Goes a Long Way

Feed during active growth (spring through early fall) for the best results, since that's when plants are actually putting nutrients to use.

Well-Fed Plants Need a Home Worth Growing In

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Not Everything Indoors Needs to Be Organic

Herbs and edibles deserve the organic treatment, but the fiddle leaf fig in the living room doesn't have the same stakes, and the balanced 10-15-10 formula is built for exactly that kind of purely ornamental houseplant. It's a stronger, more concentrated everyday feed for anything you're growing to look at rather than eat — the monstera, the pothos, the plant that just needs to be green and full, no dietary restrictions required.

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The Full Verte Rx Lineup

Organic covers the edible windowsill plants, but the rest of the house runs on a wider range of appetites — succulents that barely eat, fish emulsion for anyone avoiding synthetics entirely, and a propagation dose for cuttings still finding their roots. The full Verte Rx collection was built around the idea that one bottle was never going to cover every plant in the house, so it doesn't try to.

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A Kitchen Herb Still Needs a Proper Pot

A windowsill herb fed on organic formula still needs a pot that won't turn the kitchen counter into a permanent water ring, which is where a proper cache pot earns its place. The Liberte is a 4-inch porcelain pot sized for exactly that kind of countertop herb — basil, mint, anything small enough to live within reach of the stove. Feed it right, pot it right, and the kitchen garden stops being an experiment and starts being a routine.

Made in the Studio Kitchen

Chive Studio has made things for daily use rather than display since 2004 — pots you actually plant in, dishes you actually eat off — and an organic feed for plants you'll actually eat fits the same instinct. It was tested on the herb pots in the studio's own kitchen first. The studio has shown at Chelsea consistently since 2012, and stepped back onto Philadelphia's show floor this year, a decade after last doing so, supplying thousands of shops wholesale along the way. Somewhere between the kitchen counter and the trade show floor, a formula meant to keep basil alive turned into something the studio was comfortable putting its name on for anyone else's kitchen too.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best organic houseplant fertilizer?

A liquid organic fertilizer formulated specifically for indoor use, rather than an outdoor garden product diluted down, tends to work best for houseplants. Verte Rx Organic Houseplant Food was built from the start for indoor edibles and ornamentals rather than adapted from an outdoor formula, which matters more than the word "organic" on its own usually suggests.

What is the best organic plant food for an african violet?

An african violet does well on a mild organic liquid feed applied at half the usual strength, since violets are sensitive to overfeeding more than most houseplants. This formula's dropper-measured dosing makes it easy to cut the ratio down for a plant that wants gentler, more frequent feeding rather than one strong monthly dose.

What makes a plant food genuinely organic?

A genuinely organic plant food derives its nutrients from plant or animal-based sources rather than synthesized minerals, which matters most for anything destined to be eaten. Ours is formulated specifically around that standard for edible houseplants, not labeled organic as an afterthought on a formula built for ornamentals.

Is liquid organic fertilizer better than granular for houseplants?

Liquid organic fertilizer is generally easier to dose precisely for container plants, since granular products release unevenly in the small soil volume of a pot. A dropper-measured liquid concentrate like this one gives you control over exactly how much and how often, which matters more indoors than it does in an open garden bed.

How many litres does one bottle of organic houseplant food make?

One concentrated bottle makes thirty litres of ready-to-use feed once diluted per the dropper markings. That's a solid middle-of-the-line yield — more than the everyday 10-15-10 formula, since organic-fed edibles like herbs typically need slightly gentler, more frequent feedings rather than one strong monthly dose.

Is organic plant food safe for pets and children?

The diluted feed poses low risk once mixed and applied as directed, and the organic base means there's less concern about synthetic residue on edible plants specifically. Still, store the concentrate itself out of reach the way you would any bottle in the house you wouldn't want a curious child or pet investigating directly.

How does Verte Rx Organic compare to other fertilizer brands?

Most organic fertilizer brands are outdoor garden products with an indoor dosage note added afterward. This one was formulated in-house specifically for indoor edibles and houseplants from the start, tested on the same windowsill herbs Chive Studio actually cooks with, rather than adapted from a formula built for a backyard vegetable bed.

Is organic plant food worth the extra cost over synthetic?

For anything you're going to eat — herbs, mini tomatoes, edible windowsill plants — the organic premium is a reasonable trade for not thinking twice about what's in the soil. For a purely ornamental houseplant with no edible stakes, the standard 10-15-10 formula does the job for less, since the organic distinction matters most when harvest is involved.
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