looking for things to let my vining plants vine- my skeleton is my favorite so far. please share your non-common plant props for inspo. bonus points if it’s halloween-y👀
Hello ! I have had this African violet for about a year now, shes under lights for 12 hours daily and her leaves are great, but I haven't got any flowers. How can I encourage flowering if I can? Or would it be better for the plant not to?
I bought this lovely philo Brasil a little over a year ago as my first houseplant, thinking it was a pothos. I absolutely fell in love with the variegated leaves and lemon lime colors. I've done very little care wise besides repotting twice and fertilizing only once. She gets lots of sun from an east facing door and has grown to be about 6ft long based on the longest vine. This is the plant that convinced me that I can actually keep plants alive and now I have over 20 different plants in the house.
Also wanted to add a disclaimer since I know they're invasive in some areas, but she's 100% an indoor plant. Had to take her outside for a long overdue dusting.
Got this at my local grocery store and it didn't have a name
The flowers on the second one smell like floral basil. The leaves were almost black. It’s probably the most Gothic plan I’ve ever come across and I need one badly.
(Ignore the chair with the terrariums lmao, it’s not normally right there)
My cozy corner, aka my mini sanctuary. I plan to get a new window shelf. Eventually. But for now, the set up is good enough for me. I love to sit here and admire it all sometimes. My cats love to hang out right here too, but they’re not so good to hang out with when you’re trying to relax and they’re feeling mischievous 🙄 I can’t wait to have a bigger space 😊 there’s so much more I wanna do, but I am limited to this apartment and bank account lmao 🤣
Also idk if any of you remember me from a post that said I have spider mites in all of my plants. I was going through it and discovered soil mites are a thing. I did have spider mites, but the soil mites are what made me panic haha. I also discovered, even though they’re beneficial, I also hate them. That would explain the chair with the diatomaceous earth sprinkled around. I just made those jumping spider terrariums that were previously infested with soil mites, and to prevent any from my plants crawling and spreading back into them, this was the solution haha. The plants in the terrariums just need to become adjusted before I add the spoods. I would be fine with the soil mites if they didn’t spread and crawl on EVERYTHING so rapidly. I swear they just show up out of no where, and their population booms are so overwhelming and sudden. If they would just stay in the dang terrariums like the springtails then I wouldn’t be doing all this extra stuff smh. Anyway, I learned the difference between both of them, and everything turned out okay after losing a few plants and almost losing others. It gave me a great excuse to organize and restart everything to improve a few little things here and there. I repotted most everything and upgraded to planting in clear plastic pots to monitor roots easier. A lot of my plants have heavily improved after this, and I am quite proud. I finally got some awesome plant lights, and goodness the difference is night and dayyyyy. I’ve learned so much from dealing with pests for the first time. I’m still experimenting methods, but so far, everything is going smoothly. I’m trying to figure out how to increase plant growth speed, but I’m nervous to switch nutrients. I’ve finally moved my fish tanks out into the plant space, and I’m going to try watering with fish water for a while and see how that does :)
Also if anyone has any advice on how to remove soil mites from isopod and reptile enclosures, PLEAAAASSEEEEE don’t keep it a secret, I’m tired of them 😭🙏
I came home from a 10 day trip. I had watered this guy before leaving. It’s indoors and I’m in Alaska. So it’s not like it got too hot. I’ve had it for probably about 8 years. This has never happened. AI (I know I know) said it was just really thirsty. Do we think that’s the case? I watered it last night and gave it support. Today it’s not less wrinkly. Should I do anything else? Gonner? Pest? Anyway to save?
Thank you!
… and I’ve never done one like this before! eek
Chopped two very long sections, stripped the leaves, and cut the vines into what you see here.
Everyone has been nestled in Black Gold Seedling soil and misted well. Home is in my very warm and slightly humid 3-season room 😊
Any tips would be appreciated, and I’d love to see y’all’s spring props! 🫶🏽🌱
I bought this pothos from a greenhouse last year, and it let me know that my home is a huge downgrade by getting brown spots all over the place for months. After shedding many leaves, particularly up top, it grudgingly accepted its lot in life. Now, here we are.
Just wanted to share my joy, my rose gave its first flower of the year!
I highly doubted it would survive the winter but here we are !
I'm not sure why the plant bends that much though, the flower must be too heavy.. 😵💫
Today I had the unpleasant surprise of discovering a spider mite infestation on my mint plant. As I was doing the rounds to see if it had spread to any other plant, I noticed two velvet mites running around my tradescantia ! I also saw a couple of Amblyseius predatory mites on my pothos, but these are way too small for my Fairphone camera haha. I guess today is mite day in my household 😅
Anyway, this is a friendly reminder that not everything with 8 legs on your plant is a harbinger of despair :)
(Obligatory light, water and soil keywords)
Hey everyone 😅
So my husband knows I’ve been on the HUNT for a Moses in the Cradle (Tradescantia spathacea) forever, and he surprised me by bringing some home from Home Depot today. Super sweet.
BUT… I started looking at them closer and now I’m sitting here going: “wait a minute…” 👀
Please tell me these are NOT wandering - 😭 because I have somehow managed to kill every single one I’ve ever owned. Like genuinely embarrassing failure rates.
Maybe they’re just babies and haven’t filled out yet?? I’m hoping??
This plant was almost dead for months and now it’s back! And has little babies 🥹
I just tried the Babybio plant food & it loves it! Wanted to share the happiness
She bought it at whole foods a few years ago. No moss poles, never repotted, and she only waters it whenever she remembers.
I’m honestly impressed, there’s not a single crispy edge in sight
So I raised this pothos and she’s grown well, been wanting to give her a moss pole so I did so. Put some loose zip ties on some parts to ensure she doesn’t flop over.
However, did I do it correctly? Is the pot too small? I have a bit of soil in the nursery pot to stabilize the moss pole, is that okay? And I’m planning on buying a moss drip thing, but in the meantime, how do I know when to water and how to?
Hi! Why won’t my new leaves unfurl? Got BoP one year ago, New growth stopped growing 6 months ago but still tightly furled. Tried gently helping in case it was stuck but tightly furled. Second growth just finished growing but also not unfurling. Is it a humidity issue? I spray leaves with water but only once a week.
Also there’s black insect-like discs on the stems… they come right off when I touch or wipe gently. It doesnt move or look like a bug. There’s no damage to the plant underneath - what is it?
I’ve had a couple other plants grow too large for my window… I ended up donating the plants to someone. But I’m wondering if the plant on the left is able to be cut down shorter, safely, instead of having to give it away once it reaches the ceiling?