r/IndoorGarden

Hi! I've done a lot of research on how to cat-proof my indoor plants as best as possible. You see, this cat has a passion for indoor plants, unfortunately. Everyday I tell her that without her, the flat and windows would be full of plants. Yuccas, calatheas, money trees, pothos, spider plants, she loves them all. I woke up to 2 chewed up monstera stems this morning. She broke off maybe 5 stems of the poor pinkstripe calathea I'm trying to bring back to life. She destroyed my smallest pinkstripe calathea, took a bite from my peace lily within 5 minutes of bringing it inside.

You'll understand I now try to get all of my plants out of her reach, but as the fireplace mantel is now hosting a new fish tank, I have to find new spots for my plants.

I wish I could show you around my flat, but that's not possible. Please note we live in a 50m2 flat that's dating back from pre WWII, and all windows are tall but narrow. My partner built a console that's sandwiched between the sofa and one of the 3 windows, you can see it in pics 10 and 11. That console would be the best spot for my plants, but it's unfortunately too accessible to my demon cat. The mantel of the fireplace was a great spot too, as I could clip my grow lights onto it, but that place is getting requisitioned.

There are shelves (you can see a bit of them in pic 9) in the bedroom but unfortunately, the demon cat can find its way there and eat at my plants on them. The other day, I woke up in a jump to the sound of her munching on my spider plant.

I don't want to invest in other shelves or furniture that'll take up even more floorspace without being sure that she won't be able to get her dirty little paws and sharp teeth on the plants. She's very young and an excellent jumper and I'm sure she'd manage to get her 4 destructive lil paws on any shelves we'd put up, and she might knock all the plants down while trying to, as it happened in pic 4. I even tried using aluminium foil around the plant pots - that did nothing! She doesn't care.

I'm getting very frustrated because we already don't have that much light in our region and in our flat, and yet I can't make the most of the little light that we get as I can't put the plants in the best spots for the light but the best spots for safety.

So I'm getting frustrated and desperate. Not only does she eats and chews on my plants, but she also digs up the soil. I thought about using chicken wire around some of my plants? What about buying or making a citrus scented spray? Anything else? Voodoo, spells, rain dances, anything?

Any help would be appreciated. Please help me give a better life to my beautiful plants.

My mom bought me this money tree for my birthday along with some expensive soil only for the bag to be waaaayyyyy to small.

Do most people have tiny money trees or did she get duped with soil?

The tree was $50 and the bag of soil was $65.

I feel so bad for my mom spending so much on this minuscule bag of soil.

I tried to make it last by mixing it with some miracle grow potting soil, perlite, and orchid bark.

But this is crazy.

I post a lot lol just excited always open to hear tips n tricks Only my 2nd year growing my 3rd grow

These amaryllis’s have finished flowering and now they’re just floppy and taking up space.

It is way way way too cold where I live for them to go outside.

How do I safely put these guys to sleep for the next year without killing them?

Does anyone really wear gloves when working with their plants???

I was given these clippings that stayed in the water for too long and the two species (leaves are different sizes) roots are now mixed. Should I just cut them off and start from scratch in water before I plant them in a pot? I’m new to growing indoor house plants in general so any advice would be appreciated.

I picked up this Monstera from my neighbor today for £10 — it had been sitting in a hallway for a long time and looked pretty sad.

This is my first time ever dealing with a Monstera (and honestly my first proper repot), so I might have gone a bit chaotic here…

The root system was like a massive tangled nest, so I ended up splitting it into 4 separate stems. The roots looked long and alive though, so I repotted everything into fresh soil mix and a slightly bigger pot. I also trimmed off anything dry or dead-looking.

Now I’m lowkey stressed that I might have done too much and made things worse 😬

I also put one of the cuttings in water to try and propagate it.

Does it look okay? Should I fix anything right now, or just leave it alone and see how it does?

Any advice appreciated 🙏

I need some help with this hobby, planning on giving up but never reached out for help and I'm hoping someone can shed some light on my shitty results as my last resort.

Tried to grow herbs and vegetables in house and plan to have some indoor and outdoors. My aerogarden is successful and the main reason to branch out to taking this more seriously (no pun intended 😅)

I have been using tap conditioner in my water, I use a moist meter, I try to water only when they need it, I have investing in grow lights and still no happy results. I use miraclegro very lightly on the larger more successful plants but always get curled up leaves or browning (over watering). Most are planted in Promix Vegetables and Herb Mix, and some are a three part potting soil, pertlites, and orchid mix. I use plant parent and picture this apps to help identify but with those suggested diagnosis and remedies, I end up killing the plant. One of my pepper has the whiteflie investation recently but most of my poor results were months before that happened.

What is the missing piece??

Pic 1 is the rootball halfway through repotting; pics 2-8 are the journey from the pot it was in to where it’s at now

The plant is a bit sparse and the leaves are quite small. Any tips to make it fuller? Open to any and everything (aside from planting it outside because I don’t have a yard haha)

did some plant repotting yesterday. lol my plant corner looks kind of sad now because the three biggest pots go outside but its too cold last couple nights

honestly, my pots are a bit messy and chocked full, but I enjoy a maximalist style soooooo,, teehee

the coleus, purple shamrock and the little green and pink plant(forgot name) is all stuff i got last year when shopping for mothers day! so almost a full year! and the tiny one in the white and black stripe pot was a self seed of the coleus that just started popping up so i gave it its own home😇

last two pics were the pots i did last year, my coleus was so tiny💖 really proud of my plant progress:)

I am doing something wrong but I don’t understand what. My tomato seedlings are weeks old and barely hanging on. The false leaves are yellowing with some purple and even blue. The seedling to the left is jalapeño for reference.

just wanna share this beautiful flower and want to ask if I should pollinate it and how?

I've posted my jungle cohabitants before, but due to the interest, here's an semi-updated tour of our space!

Thanks to my girlfriend's over the top patience when it comes to my plant obsession.

Also, this video was made in the fall so there has been significant gains in a few of my guys: the monstera in my boys' bedroom has since been repotted and is now 8', the Thai con has been repotted and moved and has blown out several new leaves, and the living room and one of the bedroom FLF have many new leaves. I'll try posting pictures in the comments.

A few questions answered:

Humidity levels are between 50-75% with plenty of airflow and I've never had a mold issue. There's a humidifier in every room when needed.

Contrary to some belief, watering doesn't take all that long. Roughly 10-15 minutes/week. All watering is city tap water and gets happyhappyhouseplant plant food.

Systemic granules and periodic neem has kept pests at bay for the past several years. There have been some incidents but everything seems to work out. I have looked into predatory bugs but I feel I haven't really done enough research yet.

3 south-facing windows, and a plethora of GE PAR38 and Sansi bulbs hang from pendant light cords that are on timers 12-16hrs/day.

And our newest addition is our betta's 5.5g planted quasi-black water tank that doubles as a terrestrial plant prop station, and a planted 2.5g shrimp and snail beverage dispenser. Both double as plant water sources.

My first plant is the 9' FLF next to the TV. It's been chopped several times and has given life to several other FLFs scattered around.

I typically use driftwood that I find by a dam nearby, cleaned with bleach and dried, but I use cedar planks for my larger monsteras... All of my climbers seem to do well grabbing onto these (including catching the random pothos and monstera clinging onto the drywall (thankfully without damage).

My oldest is a 27 year old parlor palm

Also no, the cow rug is not real

Purchased this plant with no description. A leaf broke off and the plant had white sap.

Recently ordered this Meier lemon tree half a month ago. since then, it’s been dropping lemon buds like crazy (there where 12, now there’s 2) and it’s leaves have been curling and falling as well. I routinely water it on a weekly basis when the top inch of soil is mostly dry. Am I under watering, over watering, needs to be placed somewhere else, or is this just from the stress of shipping?