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All about plants and their cultivation.
See also:
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- They're like plants that move!
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- Flowers
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Food >
- Gardening
- Turning plant samples into plants
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Trees?
- Indoor trees
- 2005-10-10 -- Ginkgo biloba leaves are pretty. It strikes me as something I'd like to plant near me.
Some plants ∞
Which I liked ∞
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Kalanchoe
- Light: Bright room.
- Water: Water thoroughly then allow soil to dry between watering. Do not over water.
- (Food?)
- (Soil?)
- Grooming: Do not remove spent flowers.
- What an astounding plant! It's like a permanently blooming cactus of a plant. With its thick leaves it retains water very nicely.. it's extremely rugged and forgiving.
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- Light: Bright, indirect
- Water: Moist soil.
- Food: Not needed.
- (Soil?)
- Grooming: Remove spent flowers to encourage other buds to open.
- What an awesome plant. I had one of these for the longest time and it bloomed and bloomed. I over-watered it and it died a horrible death.
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- Epipremnum pinnatum -- A very well-behaved plant!
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Gardenia -- Also very nice. Smells a bit too strongly, but seems to be cool.
English Ivy ∞
I had a gigantic pot of English Ivy with three stakes of bamboo forming a spire from it. The ivy was bushy and weaved into the bamboo. It was so tall that it barely fit in my place.
It cost only $40! Not bad for the whole shebang.
Though I hoped the late winter berries wouldn't piss me off too much, the plant died probably from mold from over-watering.
Which I did not like ∞
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- Light: Bright
- Water: Evenly moist soil.
- Food: Liquid fertilizer for blooming plants.
- Soil: All-purpose mix.
- Grooming: Remove spent blooms at base of plant to encourage new blooms.
- These are amazingly picky, and my experiences with them have been terrible. I buy them when in bloom, and they die a horrible death even though I try to keep them in good condition. Can be planted in the garden during warm months. 10-21°C
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Bouvardia
- Light: Sunny
-- 18-22°C. - Water: Twice weekly. Moist soil.
- Food: Once a week.
- (Soil?)
- (Grooming?)
- A beautiful plant, but boring when not in bloom. It gets a shine on its leaves (probably from pollen) which I really dislike. When under-watered, it wilts a little and will bounce back when watered properly again. I rather dislike this plant.
- Light: Sunny
Stores ∞
Resources and notes ∞
- Sustainability > https://web.archive.org/web/20191025235234/http://www.dynamiclist.com/?node=12fe24bf-2be6-4975-8a37-a5874f996a67
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- "The Amazing Dinosaur Plant"
- How we can make crops survive without water - (2016-01 TED talk), by Jill Farrant.
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- Use geoponic (hydroponic?) fertilizer for optimum health of plants and cacti
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Tropical Plants: Water every two weeks
Things that live in the desert that is a house:
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Succulent plant (Houseplant#Succulents)
- Aloe
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Bamboo
- Add water once a week, no fertilizer required
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Cactus
- Water once a month
Check out Houseplant for some ideas.
Concepts ∞
I might be wrong, but I'll note some stuff..
- Removing flowers and buds forces the plant to focus on other activities, such as root development.
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A smaller pot will inhibit root growth and stunt plant growth, keeping them shorter and narrower.
Low-Light Plants (more than five feet from a light source)
Medium-Light Plant (within five feet of window with a northern or eastern exposure, no afternoon sun)
High Light (close to light source, receives strong afternoon sun)
Last updated 2021-12-02 at 12:57:41
2019-12-29 -- This was a comment on an earlier content management system:
I am beginning this new topic because I have an interest in plants. My interest in them is from a few factors, I believe. I like cultivating and tending plants, and I like the idea of surrounding myself with quiet life.
The bulk of my experiences with plants has involved their horrific demise.. maybe with some research I can improve my abilities. With some plants I'm a natural, but with others I seem to have black luck.
Plants has been updated a bit, with some pre-research on indoor plants.
completely ported, with a couple of sections spun off into their own topics for future use.. maybe.