Your houseplants and gardens - Yellow leaf means underwatered AND overwatered?! What a country!

[AfghanBlue]

Forgive this for ignorant af question but-
I want to print a whole arm and head off this plant. Maybe two.


It’s just too heavy. It leans and twists like mad for the sun, cos there’s so much competition ig. And it’s not growing, sustaining it’s size. Think it needs splitting up.
Don’t know wether to take one or two of the top heads off. There’s three high ones.
I’m obv gonna replant them.
I found it in the back lane yers ago, it was taller and looked a mess, turned out it wa majorly root bound so I repoted and reduced it and it’s done well.
It’s too top heavy now tho, so th question is( cos I can’t recall how I did it a few years ago)

When it comes to repotting the amputee limbs, can I just shove em in some compost?
Or do they need to sit in water a while to encourage roots?
I can’t remember at all wether I just shoved it in the soil, or prepped somehow last time. Maybe even bought some plant food.
Am generally very hands off with them, but..
It’s the small, bottom sprig. Still doing well.
(this plant is bigger than it looks, 6 ft high. maybe more, I just have hella high ceilings/curtains- so its wuite a task to replant the long arms, lot of room to fail)

 

[one_time_user]

houseplants really are addictive lol. i'm not at the point of rearranging stuff to make room for more but will be soon. and they clean the air so its not an unhealthy vice.

i will be at your point soon so its good to hear that you've found a way to make more room for plants.

i look forward to the pics of your new additions. if you could post info about the conditions where you've placed them for the plant-curious-but-retarded (i.e. me) like how much direct light, whether they're in a drier or more humid part of the house, that would be appreciated. so far i'm mostly filling windowsills indoors but am going to have to start figuring out where else i can put them where they'll be happy.

I unfortunately am not a good one to ask because I make my surroundings match my plants needs rather than putting the plants somewhere that fits their needs. I get ZERO sunlight in any window in my house. I have grow lights (both hanging and wall strips) and I place them to fit the plants where I want plants lol. I have a humidifier in each room that I run like, 5 days a week especially in the winter. I am a 'forcer' not a nurturer

 

[NoReturn]

I have been informed that I am not allowed to steal a large kombucha jar to make a terrarium and this is most unjust indeed.

My frizzle sizzle is blooming

Youtubes because uploads are broken

and my ric rac is 2x the size of wh3n it was delivered a few weeks ago.

I 'stole' a large Moonshine Snake Plant from work today. By that I mean I told the receptionist to cut all the dead leavesoff it, stick the whole thing, pot and all in a bag and give me it. Quite the heist!

Philodendron Tiger Tooth

Philodendron Silver Sword

Alocasia Zebrina

Croton Magnificent

African Milk Tree 'Rubra'

Sansevieria Moonshine

See above.

Alocasia Pink Dragon

 

[NoReturn]

Alocasia Red Secret

Alocasia Silver Dragon

houseplants really are addictive lol. i'm not at the point of rearranging stuff to make room for more but will be soon. and they clean the air so its not an unhealthy vice.

I've heard "grow only practical things" but I'm pretty sure I could make an argument for a lot of plants being practical. Many, as you said, keep the environment nice and keep the air clean even if they're not medicinal, edible, or revenue-generating.

When it comes to repotting the amputee limbs, can I just shove em in some compost?
Or do they need to sit in water a while to encourage roots?
I can’t remember at all wether I just shoved it in the soil, or prepped somehow last time. Maybe even bought some plant food.
Am generally very hands off with them, but..
It’s the small, bottom sprig. Still doing well.

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Skidoo skidop, give 'em the chop:

Personally, the water + leca tactic worked best for one of mine that's similar in form (but not the same species) so I recommend it but ymmv.

 

[one_time_user]

I have been informed that I am not allowed to steal a large kombucha jar to make a terrarium and this is most unjust indeed.

Well, you know that I absolutely support any heists!

 

[AfghanBlue]

I've heard "grow only practical things" but I'm pretty sure I could make an argument for a lot of plants being practical. Many, as you said, keep the environment nice and keep the air clean even if they're not medicinal, edible, or revenue-generating.


Skidoo skidop, give 'em the chop:

Personally, the water + leca tactic worked best for one of mine that's similar in form (but not the same species) so I recommend it but ymmv.

thanks! <3
i didn't know its name, to look up see, being a found plant.
basically looks hardy af, by those videos, dont it?
hard to fail!.. just to jinx it.

 

[Gay Mouth]

All my best plants were heisted, borrowed or given as gifts. In fact the only one I’ve purchased outright is a fern in a hanging basket I got a month or two ago, and I only gave in after a fern baby transplanted from my mom’s yard didn’t take to its new conditions. I think 90% of my plants are propagation clones.

In bad news, the weather has officially switched my houseplants over from my winter watering schedule to summer. In the winter I only water every one or two weeks as needed to keep soil moist, now that it’s warm the soil dries out in days and if I’m not really on top of it my plants will start to die if I miss even one watering every 2-3 days or so. Bad since I've got used to lazy winter watering. I may have killed back my poor tortured peace lily which I barely nursed to health this winter. Strangely my rattlesnake plant has been fine, probably since I have it in a silver dish without drainage so it’s infrequent watering isn’t as much of a problem.

The garden is chugging along. My tomatoes have grown 8 inches since planting and my jalapeño is doing well. I got some cucumbers in the ground as well, and I sprouted a red bell pepper seed in my aerogarden and just transplanted it into a small pot to grow and get strong under the grow light for a couple weeks before it goes outside. I’m sprouting some luffa goards inside under the light as well. Of the 6 seeds I planted, only one has sprouted so I just pushed another couple seeds into the soil to try again. I’d like at least 3 plants growing to get enough luffas. I might use them to make Christmas gift exfoliating soaps this year.

I purchased some mature asparagus crowns and since I was waiting til a payday to pick up some bags of dirt, they sat wrapped in plastic wrap next to the aerogarden for a few weeks. They liked the light because when I finally planted them in a large container this weekend, I noticed 3/6 had pushed out little green asparagus. I’m hopeful that means they’ll produce quickly, this year or next instead of waiting 2-4 for a good crop.

My raised bed got a nice layer of mulberry logs and branches that filled up the bottom foot, and I filled in the remaining volume with straw that I watered down really well between layers. That was topped with a pretty thick layer of cardboard. I’m waiting til another payday for more dirt, because I estimate I’ll still need between 10-20 bags to fill up the remaining 18”x4’x6’ of cubic space. Maybe even more. Once I finally have the dirt in place I’ll be putting in salad greens, carrots, and baby bok choi.

 

[ExsanguinateHorizon]

Accidentally dropped 1/3 packet of oxheart carrot seeds into the lettuce patch, decided I meant to do that. Having a hell of a time fighting off aphids and I think fungus gnats, they aren't yet harming the vegetables much but leave shed garbage all over them. Looking forward to a patch of dragonhead balm but the seedlings definitely need to be separated, so hoping they tolerate their roots being disturbed.

 

[Biggimus Bettimus]

Hi guys, I was starting some tomatoes in egg cartons and they were doing really well but after putting them outside in the sun and 26+C weather, they've decided to just give up and all flop over. That was the only thing I changed, I put them outside in the sun for some hours the other day. Does anybody know what this could be?

 

[56 others]

Some asshole animal ate all my sunflowers

Now it's freezing out

 

[NoReturn]

All my best plants were heisted, borrowed or given as gifts. In fact the only one I’ve purchased outright is a fern in a hanging basket I got a month or two ago, and I only gave in after a fern baby transplanted from my mom’s yard didn’t take to its new conditions. I think 90% of my plants are propagation clones.

Bad since I've got used to lazy winter watering. I may have killed back my poor tortured peace lily which I barely nursed to health this winter.

Strangely my rattlesnake plant has been fine, probably since I have it in a silver dish without drainage so it’s infrequent watering isn’t as much of a problem.

My tomatoes have grown 8 inches since planting

and my jalapeño is doing well.

I got some cucumbers in the ground as well,

and I sprouted a red bell pepper seed in my aerogarden and just transplanted it into a small pot to grow and get strong under the grow light for a couple weeks before it goes outside.

I’m sprouting some luffa goards inside under the light as well.

I purchased some mature asparagus crowns and since I was waiting til a payday to pick up some bags of dirt, they sat wrapped in plastic wrap next to the aerogarden for a few weeks.

Accidentally dropped 1/3 packet of oxheart carrot seeds into the lettuce patch, decided I meant to do that. Having a hell of a time fighting off aphids and I think fungus gnats, they aren't yet harming the vegetables much but leave shed garbage all over them. Looking forward to a patch of dragonhead balm but the seedlings definitely need to be separated, so hoping they tolerate their roots being disturbed.

Buy a shitton of ladybugs and release them all in the garden.

Hi guys, I was starting some tomatoes in egg cartons and they were doing really well but after putting them outside in the sun and 26+C weather, they've decided to just give up and all flop over. That was the only thing I changed, I put them outside in the sun for some hours the other day. Does anybody know what this could be?

Heat/light stress? Too much of a jump from indirect sun or only a few hours of direct light a day to a lot?

 

[ExsanguinateHorizon]

Hi guys, I was starting some tomatoes in egg cartons and they were doing really well but after putting them outside in the sun and 26+C weather, they've decided to just give up and all flop over. That was the only thing I changed, I put them outside in the sun for some hours the other day. Does anybody know what this could be?

I always start with just an hour or two for their first day outside, it's fussy but I've never had issues going slow. Sounds like they're in shock but might recover if you let them chill for a week or two inside, don't water too much and let them have some indirect sunlight at a window or something.

Buy a shitton of ladybugs and release them all in the garden.

The ladybugs I released seem to have some issues navigating the denser patches, they seem to prefer staying on the top leaves rather than finding food among the stems. Maybe I have to get even more lol. No idea if they're actually managing to grab fungus flies though

 

[BulletSpongeRTR]

Hi guys, I was starting some tomatoes in egg cartons and they were doing really well but after putting them outside in the sun and 26+C weather, they've decided to just give up and all flop over. That was the only thing I changed, I put them outside in the sun for some hours the other day. Does anybody know what this could be?

When transferring plants from an indoor grow space to outdoor they need "hardening". To do so give them limited direct light the first day and gradually increase the time they spend in it until they can handle it all day.

 

[BulletSpongeRTR]

Nematodes are more effective for controlling mites, fungus gnats, etc than ladybugs. Not very useful for aphids, I admit, but they only need to be reapplied to the soil every 6-8 weeks for other pests that go through the larval stage in the soil. Apply at sunset or right before lights off if growing indoors as they are sensitive to UV light.

 

[Biggimus Bettimus]

@NoReturn , @BulletSpongeRTR, @ExsanguinateHorizon , they came back to life! Thanks for all the info for later, too!

 

[retard strength]

I achieved total aphid death by spraying them with diluted castille soap (the hippie soap brand people never shut up about with the schizophrenic bottle labeling). Would recommend unless there is a significant drawback that I missed.

 

[AnOminous]

I achieved total aphid death by spraying them with diluted castille soap (the hippie soap brand people never shut up about with the schizophrenic bottle labeling).

I used to know someone who would use that shit for everything, even brushing his teeth with it. Killing aphids with it too? It's a miracle product. ALL-ONE.

 

[DatBepisTho]

Got the rose moss seeded, but sadly it looks like my ebony glow and bronze crepe myrtles didn't survive the winter. I'm thinking of replacing them with flowering quinces or mock oranges because og granny garden plants are my jam.

Just wish my black leaf/flower plants would survive for once.

 

[Freya]

>put delicate tomato seedlings on front steps to get sun and heat
>call cat inside
>she jumps and lands directly in them

 

[AnOminous]

>put delicate tomato seedlings on front steps to get sun and heat
>call cat inside
>she jumps and lands directly in them

>have cats
>be amazed when cats do what cats do