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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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Lacrosse posted:This is my experience with collecting succulents: I'm so happy someone else calls them butts, my friends say it's juvenile of me. You can also look into caudex-having plants like Dorstenia, they have basically the same care requirements and have hilariously fat bulbous butts. I have a dorstenia foetida that looks like a weird little alien. Sometimes it makes weird alien flowers and then shoots seeds all over the kitchen at high speed. Check out these good thick boys: https://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/266
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Nov 11, 2018 06:24
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These all look super rad, thanks!
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Nov 11, 2018 14:25
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Beachcomber posted:Hi! Post (lots) of pics please! I'm always excited to see lithops, conophytum or living stones because they're hard to grow around here. Red flames (crassula capitella) are pretty. Big old burro tails in hanging pots are sweet. Bunny succulents are ridiculous (monilaria). Really anything that has been repotted and grown beyond the little 2-4" crappy-might-not-grow succulents you get in grocery stores. Big old jades that aren't moldy and are loved are by far my favorite. Eves pin or needle I would say have been the most exciting to watch grow. I HIGHLY rec this to any succy lover. I make little marks next to my window sill with the date as it grows. B33rChiller posted:Pearl necklace is pretty unique, but I don't know about rarity. I've heard them called string of pearls, maybe a little Freudian slip?
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Nov 11, 2018 19:15
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Harry Potter on Ice posted:Post (lots) of pics please!
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Nov 11, 2018 21:18
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B33rChiller posted:Pearl necklace is pretty unique, but I don't know about rarity. That... might not help
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Nov 12, 2018 14:59
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fuzzy_logic posted:I'm so happy someone else calls them butts, my friends say it's juvenile of me. 
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Nov 12, 2018 21:33
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Thicc
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Nov 13, 2018 00:24
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Looking for ideas on how to keep thorny cacti from dying in the cold. Specifically I have this ~6ft cholla cactus by my front door that whenever we have our mild freezes (central texas) ends up 'wilting' somewhat and I have to cut most of the plant off and let it regrow. Which isn't always the worst thing because it can get pretty unwieldy, but for once it'd be nice to keep it in tact through the winter. The barbed thorns make plankets and the like a no-go. I could use some huge stakes and make like a 'tent' around it i guess so the fabric wouldn't touch the plant, but the plant is big enough and the freezes are short enough to make it not worth going through all that. Mostly I'm wondering if it's a horrible idea to use some kind of electric heater I could stick out there on cold nights. Like a heat lamp or chicken coop heater or something. The fact that I can't find any products specifically for this purpose makes me think it's not a good idea, but i'm not sure why.
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Nov 13, 2018 20:52
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Stick some Hot Hands on the spines
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Nov 13, 2018 21:03
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When I had a grapefruit tree I would cover it with a blanket and plastic sheet and hang a 100w incandescent light bulb or two in the branches as an easy heater, and I’ve built a little tent on the same principle to cover some little baby gingers so they could get established. Without something to contain the heat and keep the wind away, a heat lamp is going to be heating the entire neighborhood and not do any good. At some point I got tired of it and decided if a plant I didn’t just adore couldn’t take a little freeze it didn’t have a place in my yard, and now I don’t have a grapefruit tree. So, you probably can save it but it might also be a huge pain in the butt that isn’t really worth it.
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Nov 13, 2018 21:42
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How about some incandescent twinkle lights? It’s like wrapping the cactus in a bunch of half-watt heaters. I imagine then you could tent or wrap it with something if you needed further heat retention. I use it to prevent die-back from light frosts for my tropicals in an emergency when simply tenting it may not be enough.
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Nov 14, 2018 15:15
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 Just about finished moving everything inside and rearranging, so how bout some spring-now progress pics? Hens and chicks. Going to leave these outside, actually, they're pretty hardy. Though ratings are always for 'inground', not pots, so who knows. I have more inside anyway   One of my weirder lemons, which kept sending off offshoots from 1 specific spot so I just let it do its thing   I think this is a sedum palmeri, which has taken off from some cuttings I took from the finance's great-aunt's house   Makeshift succulent incubator. That's some Purple Pearls, a Moonstone, two random green leaves that had fallen off at a hardware store, and some Stonecrop in the top right  The supervisor 
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Nov 22, 2018 16:23
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There's something so satisfying seeing a perfect little rosette growing at the base of a parent leaf. I'm going to have to try propagating succulents at the store! Speaking of propagating, we got a huge spider plant with a shipment. She was super pregnant and had hundreds of babies on her. We're surprised no one's purchased it, 250 plants for the price of one? I've since removed and planted most of them and they're just about ready to be moved into bigger growing pots now. Also my boss gave me two Philodendron 'Selloum' because one of the two was a bit rotty at the crown, I also snagged a cute Arrowhead Plant that I've always loved but no one else did. Now I'm at 17 houseplants in my smallish apartment but I feel as if there's room for quintuple that
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Nov 26, 2018 16:47
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Plant MONSTER. posted:Also my boss gave me two Philodendron 'Selloum' because one of the two was a bit rotty at the crown, I also snagged a cute Arrowhead Plant that I've always loved but no one else did. Now I'm at 17 houseplants in my smallish apartment but I feel as if there's room for quintuple that Neat, looks like this (what I think is a) Monstera I got hand-me-down and has done very well 
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Nov 27, 2018 14:33
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That's definitely a philodendron and not a monstera. The leaves remind me of a xanadu, but there are probably so many varieties I'm not familiar with.
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Nov 27, 2018 14:50
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Isn't Monstera also a sub variety of Philodendron? Hard to tell, the internet overlaps these a ton. See also: Silver Pothos and Silver Philodendron have pictures that look exactly the same. But yea, actually, I think I misremembered and should have said Xanadu
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Nov 27, 2018 15:18
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Oh! If you ever need help differentiating between Philodendron scandens and Pothos (Epipremnum and Scindapsus), Pothos' leaves do not come out of and leave papery sheaths like those of the philodendron do. : D
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Nov 27, 2018 15:28
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Nosre posted:Isn't Monstera also a sub variety of Philodendron? Hard to tell, the internet overlaps these a ton. See also: Silver Pothos and Silver Philodendron have pictures that look exactly the same. Philodendron and Monstera are both genera in the Araceae family. They're pretty similar.
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Nov 27, 2018 15:35
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That they are. I at least thought they'd be closer to each other taxonomically than they actually are, though. Surprised to find out Philodendron in a different subfamily of Araceae than Monstera. Plants, man.
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Nov 27, 2018 18:52
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I have some kind of philodendron (imperial red?) that I came home to one day seeing a half opened flower bulb thing. It’s been a couple of weeks now and I’ve never seen it open again, and there are two of them. 1. Why don’t it open and 2. Do I need to do anything, like cut it off? Do I just leave it and let nature handle it? Also, is there a go to database/knowledge base that I can use to properly identify my plants? All I see are blob posts and stores that want to sell me things.
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Dec 2, 2018 10:25
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Philodendrons only flower for 2 days or so when they do, and normally in the middle of the night I've found.
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Dec 7, 2018 04:54
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Beardcrumb posted:Philodendrons only flower for 2 days or so when they do, and normally in the middle of the night I've found. So what do I do with the two flower bloom things? They look just like the closed one here in the middle. It kinda sucks too because it looks like this particular plant has stopped growing leaves. Not sure if that's related to the flowering though.
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Dec 7, 2018 13:03
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Boris Galerkin posted:So what do I do with the two flower bloom things? They look just like the closed one here in the middle. Pretty sure you can snip them off no probs. Should see more leaf growth after that point too.
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Dec 7, 2018 16:13
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My wife has been keeping a basil plant in a pot out on our patio for fresh basil. Are there any good christmas-present type things that I can get which are good for herb gardening? We don't have the ability to do a full on garden in our yard since we rent, but I could get a small planter and potting soil or something for it? Is there technology I can throw money at to like, automate watering the plant or something? I did some googling for growing herbs, but found a lot of "so you want to start an herb farm and sell herbs at the farmer's market to get rich? You've come to the right place!", which seems a little intense for what I'm thinking of.
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Dec 8, 2018 00:55
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An Aerogarden might be a neat idea: https://www.aerogarden.com/ I haven't used one myself, but I've seen them around; I'd be tempted if I knew where to put it in my house.
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Dec 8, 2018 03:06
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Depends on how much space you have, and what the climate is like. My first thought was some kind of greenhouse tent like this one to prevent your herb plants from dying over the winter, but honestly I've never used one so I don't know how effective they are. I do know that when I was a kid my mom would rig up something similar with plastic sheeting from Home Depot to protect her plants, but we were in a part of California where it doesn't often gets to freezing temps anyway.
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Dec 8, 2018 12:35
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Hirayuki posted:An Aerogarden might be a neat idea: https://www.aerogarden.com/ These things are pretty nice if you have the indoor space. Someone gave us one as a gift, and even though we grow most of our stuff outdoors, we still have various herbs and salad greens growing in it. They stay clean and pest-free, the water/fertilization refilling is easy, it gives you more winter flexibility, and the light panel at the top actually puts out enough light to support some other potted plants on the side.
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Dec 8, 2018 19:16
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Any good recommendations or suggested reading for plants, botany, etc.? Technical books, interesting reads, histories; I am interested in a lot of different types of texts on the various innumerable forms of gardening, plant biology, and that sort of thing. So if you've got anything you've read personally that enlightened you or that you thoroughly enjoyed or learned from, let me know.
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Dec 8, 2018 22:31
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McSlaughter posted:Any good recommendations or suggested reading for plants, botany, etc.? Technical books, interesting reads, histories; I am interested in a lot of different types of texts on the various innumerable forms of gardening, plant biology, and that sort of thing. So if you've got anything you've read personally that enlightened you or that you thoroughly enjoyed or learned from, let me know. "The Forest Unseen" by David George Haskell-University biology professor tells you everything you never knew about that happens in a square meter of Appalachian cove forest. Not just about plants, but it has a whole lot about plants and is an excellent excellent book. There's a cool chapter about how fungi mate that blew my mind. His other book, "The Songs of the Trees" is good too, but more specifically about trees and a bit preachy at times. "The Tree" by Colin Tudge-Pretty exhaustive look at the trees of the world (and you had no idea how many wildly different types of trees there are in tropical forests) but also great stuff on tree biology. Some of it gets a bit technical, and he describes about every major family of trees which can get a bit exhausting, but also very fascinating. "Dirt" by William Bryant Logan-Its a book about dirt, and some of the different things that happen in dirt. Not very technical, very enjoyable to read. His book "Air" is also great. He wrote a book "Oak" which I wouldn't really recommend. "Second Nature" by Michael Pollan-His first book, and one of my favorites. More a philosophical musing about gardens and gardening and funny stories than a technical or how to book, but it's always an enjoyable read to me. "Botany of Desire" is good too if you haven't read that. "Native Trees for North American Landscapes" by Guy Sternberg and James Wilson-Sort of a tour of native North American trees with their culture requirements and use in the landscape, as well as a bit about propagation and uses/cultural facts about trees. More a guide for a gardener, and kind of an expensive book, but beautifully photographed and it will make you want to go plant some trees (which you should do!). A good one to borrow from the library. Gardening in the Humid South" by Edmund O'Rourke and Leon Standifer -Two very folksy retired LSU Horticulture professors talk about gardening in the unique climate of the hot, wet, humid Gulf Coast of the US. Very useful for me personally because that's where I live, but more broadly it is a superb book. I've learned more practical stuff about fertilizer and plant nutrient requirements from this book than anywhere else. They've taught farmers and nurserymen and county extension agents, and are very good at explaining complex, technical stuff about plant biology in layman's terms, and they've got a good sense of humor. They're scientists that know their stuff and have done the research to back it up but still can explain it to folks with a high school education. They have a great explanation of the air-soil-root continuum that I've never seen anywhere else. I can't recommend this book highly enough, especially if you live in the Southeast. You can get it used on Amazon for like $4 so there's no reason not to own it.
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Dec 8, 2018 23:20
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The most interesting book about plants I've read is 'The Hidden Life of Trees' by Peter Wohlleben. It's just an absolute joy to read - exploring all the unexpected processes that happen in forests.
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Dec 8, 2018 23:42
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Kaiser Schnitzel posted:Very interested to see what other folks post-I love books in this category as well. Great, now I have to read all of these. I can recommend American Canopy: Trees, Forests, and the Making of a Nation by Eric Rutkow. It's essentially everything there is to say about the history of trees in America, from the importance of trees in early colonization to famous trees to famous people who interacted with trees. Just.... trees. It's a fun read while still being pretty thoroughly researched. Another good one is the definitive guide to cultivating carnivorous plants, The Savage Garden by Peter D'Amato. It's got lots of great pictures, so it makes a good coffee table book too.
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Dec 9, 2018 00:53
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Braiding Sweetgrass -- a book about botany written by an indigenous woman who is also a professor. I've heard her book about moss is also pretty good.
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Dec 9, 2018 02:17
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I remember liking this a while ago https://www.amazon.com/Wild-Trees-Story-Passion-Daring/dp/0812975596
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Dec 9, 2018 03:10
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Harry Potter on Ice posted:I remember liking this a while ago https://www.amazon.com/Wild-Trees-Story-Passion-Daring/dp/0812975596 It can be exhausting in its detail, but it's fascinating to me. Much better on western and northern trees than southern-I think all the southern pines combined get about a paragraph and each species of western tree gets pages. It was written in the early 1950s in the real golden age of much of American lumbering, and he has lots of statistics about timber reserves and harvest rates. I come from a long line of foresters and its incredible to read about virgin redwoods/sequoia with hundreds of thousands of board feet of lumber in a single tree. There's lots about the industrial uses of different tree species at that time which is neat to me. A better reference book than one you want to read straight through. elgarbo posted:The most interesting book about plants I've read is 'The Hidden Life of Trees' by Peter Wohlleben. It's just an absolute joy to read - exploring all the unexpected processes that happen in forests.
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Dec 9, 2018 03:50
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Harry Potter on Ice posted:I've heard them called string of pearls, maybe a little Freudian slip? Sir Lemming posted:That... might not help I realise I'm way behind on this, but let's just call that one a little oopsie ok?
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Dec 9, 2018 04:53
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Found this bad boy on Gumtree for $30, RIP trees:
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Dec 10, 2018 10:07
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Hirayuki posted:An Aerogarden might be a neat idea: https://www.aerogarden.com/ Aerogardens ARE fun. I have three, sadly a the lights are spent and I have yet to buy replacements. I find them great for growing miniature roses, actually. Unfortunately the lights faded in strength and so to did the roses but I want to try again with different colors and textures of mini roses. 
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Dec 10, 2018 17:19
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I want to get some privacy film for my north windows where my plants live, but the stuff I'm looking at boosts that it blocks UV light. Will the UV blocking hurt my plants and if so does anyone know where I can get privacy film that doesn't block UV?
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Dec 11, 2018 01:12
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Lacrosse posted:I want to get some privacy film for my north windows where my plants live, but the stuff I'm looking at boosts that it blocks UV light. Will the UV blocking hurt my plants and if so does anyone know where I can get privacy film that doesn't block UV? If I remember right from first year biology, plants use mostly the red and blue parts of the spectrum (reflecting the green). I don't believe they get much from UV except DNA damage, so you're probably good.
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Dec 11, 2018 04:37
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The AeroGarden Harvest in Grey is on sale for US$80 on Amazon today!
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Dec 11, 2018 14:52
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