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smiley
True Blue Farmgirl
650 Posts
lea
pea ridge
arkansas
USA
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 Posted - Apr 14 2012 : 5:40:56 PM
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| In the midst of the vegetable garden frenzy I finally got around to the rootbound houseplants. Some made me feel so guilty! I clipped and repotted and cme out with 7 new pots of plants after dividing and conquering! Who else loves indoor jungles lol? |
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acairnsmom
True Blue Farmgirl
1319 Posts
audrey
cheyenne
wy
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Posted - Apr 14 2012 : 9:27:58 PM
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Lea, I'm a jungle lover. When we moved up to Cheyenne we moved into a teeny tiny apartment at first so I had to take my indoor babies to the office. They love it there so even though now I have plenty of room for them I've kept them at the office. I guess if I ever lose my job I'll be scrambling getting them out of there. I've got a large gardenia (which is horribly pot bound and I need to tend to it desperately but it's blooming), a huge scheffelera, a large mother-in-laws tongue, two african violets, a arrowhead, a very old flowering plant (the name escapes me right now) and a rosemary, oh I'm forgetting the dracena. I also had 4 slips of forsythia that I rooted from my plant in Colorado and never got them in the ground last year so I overwintered them at the office. I've since brought them to the house and an hardening them off in hope of transplanting them in the landscape this spring. Just recently I had a friend give me cuttings from her spider plant and geranium that I'm trying to get to root.
Audrey
.jpg) Good boy Hobbs! I love and miss you. |
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rphelps4
True Blue Farmgirl
620 Posts
roxanna
westport
indiana
USA
620 Posts |
Posted - Apr 14 2012 : 9:29:50 PM
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| I too love indoor jungles, I've had the same spider plant for over forty years.. can't stand to see someone throw them out so I bring them home!! |
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smiley
True Blue Farmgirl
650 Posts
lea
pea ridge
arkansas
USA
650 Posts |
Posted - Apr 16 2012 : 5:50:59 PM
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| 40 years wow! That is awesome. |
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crittergranny
True Blue Farmgirl
1096 Posts
Laura
Lindrith
NM
USA
1096 Posts |
Posted - Apr 17 2012 : 6:57:23 PM
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I think my houseplants have a suicide pact going. I should send the poor little souls to you ladies. Actually I might give them to my vet, they get all my money too anyway. And her office has a glass ceiling and her plants love it! So I would get to see them. I think my house just doesn't get enough light. I would miss them though. I have one plant that my Mom gave me right before she died.
Laura
Horse poor in the boonies.
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rough start farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3331 Posts
marianne
The Beautiful Pacific NW
Washington State
USA
3331 Posts |
Posted - Apr 17 2012 : 11:06:24 PM
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I don't have any indoor plants... but, I had to say 40 years is remarkable for a spider plant!
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Calicogirl
True Blue Farmgirl
5216 Posts
Sharon
Bruce Crossing
Michigan
USA
5216 Posts |
Posted - Apr 19 2012 : 07:21:34 AM
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One of my goals this year is to NOT kill houseplants. I am proud to say that I have kept an African Violet going for 3 months now and it has grown so much and is putting more and more flowers out :)
Does anyone know if I need to use African Violet Potting Mix instead of regular potting soil for starting violets?
Can you ladies give me advice on what plants are hardiest? I would love to have more but I think I need something easy :)
By His Grace, For His Glory
~Sharon
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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
9093 Posts
Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
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Posted - Apr 19 2012 : 07:54:00 AM
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I have 17 houseplants and always having a fight with myself not to get anymore, but I usually give in when I see one that needs saved or that I just can't resist.
Nancy Jo
www.Nancy-Jo.blogspot.com |
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acairnsmom
True Blue Farmgirl
1319 Posts
audrey
cheyenne
wy
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Posted - Apr 19 2012 : 1:51:20 PM
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Sharon, yes you need to use AV potting mix to start new violets. Don't remember know why (menopause is a terrible thing to do to your memory) but I remember that mine always did better when they got the special mix. I always thought the arrowhead plants were almost fool proof. Mother-In-Laws tongue don't need much light or water so those are pretty hardy.
And for those with less than adequate lighting, I saw a light stick you can put in your plants to give it the extra light it needs. Saw them at our local Sutherlands (lumber/home improvement store). Thought those were a fabulous idea!
Audrey
Good boy Hobbs! I love and miss you. |
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crittergranny
True Blue Farmgirl
1096 Posts
Laura
Lindrith
NM
USA
1096 Posts |
Posted - Apr 20 2012 : 2:16:05 PM
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Thanks Audrey for the light stick idea. Are the lightsticks some sort of growlights or does regular lighting help plants some too?
Laura
Horse poor in the boonies.
www.nmbarrelhorses.com |
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