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What type of plants are you interested in growing? This poll is closed. |
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| Perennials! |
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142 | 20.91% |
| Annuals! |
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30 | 4.42% |
| Woody plants! |
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62 | 9.13% |
| Succulent plants! |
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171 | 25.18% |
| Tropical plants! |
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60 | 8.84% |
| Non-vascular plants are the best! |
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31 | 4.57% |
| Screw you, I'd rather eat them! |
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183 | 26.95% |
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Speaking of the Norfolk Pine from the last page, any tips on keeping one smaller/shrub sized? I have one that I got a year or so ago that's thriving, it was maybe 2 feet tall when I got it and the main stalk is pushing 4 now. Ideally I'd like to keep it this height (or prune it back a bit?)
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Aug 17, 2013 16:26
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unprofessional posted:....Haven't heard of anybody doing this with a norfolk, but you don't lose anything by trying, and most conifers act pretty similar in this growth pattern.
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Aug 22, 2013 22:45
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Costello Jello posted:Beautiful. That cactus must be very proud. Ditto what he said. Wanna meet the cactus. Only two (well, one, since the other succumbed to scale bugs before I knew what was going on) of my cacti bloom, just once a year. 
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Sep 28, 2013 03:21
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unprofessional posted:Nice arrangement. You should get pretty consistent blooms on the optunia, the euphorbia, and the hawarthia (these always bloom in the winter for me). Where are you at? You might be able to plant out your optunia for much better performance. Thanks, that's actually a picture from a couple years ago when I first got most of those plants, my phone's camera refuses to work quite often. Apartment living (which is pretty terrible for sunlight) in Austin, TX, so outdoor planting was out of the question, the optunia was a gift but I suspect it was the one that brought the scale bugs. It and another of the small cacti in the photo died before I knew it was bugs and not disease/lack of light  , but I am saving the small blooming cactus (toothbrushing off the bugs). Some of those plants (the madagascar palm) are on the verge of being too big for that gigantic pot now. The hawarthia and the euphorbia in the green pot bloom? I've never seen the hawarthia bloom but it seems to be healthy and getting bigger, I have no idea what to do with the euphorbia, it's been in that little pot getting taller and taller without branching off and puts out leaves in the Fall. It's almost 2' long and stick thin at this point, probably need to take a cutting and put it in a proper pot.
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Sep 28, 2013 16:28
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Looks vaguely like croton to me.
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Oct 17, 2013 21:16
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Not gonna lie, pretty adorbs little planter right there.
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Mar 19, 2014 23:30
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As far as I know, skinny cacti result from a lack of sufficient sunlight, and skinny bases never fill out. Instead, when you do give them more sun, the new growth will get fat and top heavy and break off or bend over.
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Jul 9, 2014 14:08
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Somebody can correct me, but as I understand it, the colored part of the cactus is a strain of cactus that doesn't produce chlorophyll. It's then grafted onto the top of a healthy green cactus so it can get the chlorophyll juices from the other plant. Without the green cactus graft, it doesn't sound like the red shoots can survive.
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Oct 9, 2014 00:20
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Thanks Plant thread, now I'm wondering what cum smells like. edit: I guess it wouldn't be too hard to find out, either. 
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Jan 15, 2015 02:12
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And give it more sun because it looks pretty etiolated to me,but you'll want to do it gradually and avoid sunburn.
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Mar 3, 2016 10:42
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I'm having a devil of a time with my herb planter. It's currently rosemary, greek oregano, and creeping thyme, but the thyme and oregano have been experiencing some die-back. I'm assuming I've been watering them too much, but I also tried giving them some regular old Miracle Grow around that time. Any tips on care for this kind of planter? Rosemary is doing great but I feel like I'll need to grab new thyme and oregano plants this summer. Also, pictures of my succulents: [  Aloe Aristata circa 2011-2012  Same plant, 4-5 years and many pups later  Same planter, one of the pups  Random succulent planter  One of my propagations, random leaf plucked from a friend's plant. Smugworth fucked around with this message at 22:26 on Apr 9, 2016 |
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Apr 9, 2016 22:22
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I've definitely killed a rosemary or two by over-watering. The rosemary is a recent addition earlier this year but it's been doing well for the last month or so. I took out a fennel plant that was in the planter when it was gifted to me because it was getting huge and noticeably causing etiolation in the oregano and thyme, but that thing was a water hog and let me know it needed more water by wilting. I wonder if it sucked up excess water? I really need to just sit down and do more research into the needs of these plants, I just thought I read somewhere they're all Mediterranean plants and like less water/more light. They were really doing well until I moved the rosemary in. Hopefully when it really starts warming up they'll push out some strong new growth.
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Apr 10, 2016 05:01
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Speaking of carnivorous plants, someone's post here has made me want to try a sundew + growlight setup in our kitchen to control fruit flies. Does anyone have a preferred online source for plants? The local nursery I like here in Austin was barren of carnivorous plants, let alone Home Depot.
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Sep 18, 2016 19:43
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Kenning posted:That was probably my post, since I tell people to do the whole desklamp-and-sundew thing all the time. I also happen to work at probably the best online source for carnivorous plants, Predatory Plants. Let me know if you order anything and I'll make sure you get the illest sundews in the greenhouse. Thanks! Pretty sure it was you. Put in an order and sent you a PM.
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Sep 18, 2016 22:41
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They'll survive in low light for the most part, but they don't go into stasis, they etiolate. They grow long and spindly. It's annoying if you want big healthy plants, but for someone like me who has been moving apartments for a decade or so, you can take a spindly cutting and grow a healthy plant when you finally can give it good sunlight.
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Sep 22, 2016 02:54
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Alright, I've killed 3 generations of thyme and oregano I've been trying to grow in an herb planter pot. The first generation died when I removed a fennel plant that had gotten huge, but they were thriving before that. Led me to believe the fennel, which was a water hog, kept the soil dry enough for the thyme and oregano. I replaced the fennel with rosemary and new thyme and oregano, but the rosemary has outlasted two generations now. I must be overwatering, right? I don't water until the soil is dry, even waiting until the thyme looks crispy, but the stems brown and die eventually. Happened to a couple of the rosemary limbs as well, but that has abated. Also, I believe these herbs are averse to fertilizing, correct? I'm really not this bad at keeping plants alive, my porch is growing into a forest of various things. Here are a few of the plants I've managed NOT to kill: Drosera aliciae sundew, care of Kenning and http://www.predatoryplants.com/. This little guy is putting out 2-3 new leaves a week.  Progress of my "three amigos," a propagation from a mystery leaf plucked from a friend's succulent in late December, first pic is 7 months ago. And yea, they've been overwatered as well...  A half dozen 1.5 month-old castor bean saplings grown from beans from my grandfather's garden that really need to slow their roll until Spring. 
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Nov 4, 2016 21:47
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robotindisguise posted:Looks like the saddest-ever, wandering jew. Not sad, just ambitious. It's got a long way down to wander.
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Apr 14, 2017 22:13
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Holy poo poo y'all. I just noticed someone stole my herb planter off my patio at my apartment complex. I've got a buttload of decorative plants and a slightly psychoactive cactus that is waiting to be stolen, but I have a hard time believing someone who wants fresh oregano, rosemary, or thyme for their home cooked meals would walk by and think, "hm, maybe I'll steal this doofus' herb pot." Who the hell steals herbs?
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Apr 15, 2017 02:17
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How have I never thought of that?
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May 17, 2017 14:36
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Adding to that, cacti and succulents are happily grown on sunny Texas patios. You can experiment with tomatoes, herbs (rosemary seems especially suited), and all sorts of stuff. My advice for growing at a Texas apartment is to take a good look at how much light you get if you have a porch to grow on. Full sun vs partial shade makes all the difference for the plants I've tried growing. Oh, and water your non-desert plants often, you've messed if they've wilted.
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