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So, I have never grown anything by myself but I recently got a plant as a gift and even though it basically doesn't need much care I kinda liked caring for it at least a bit.

Now, what would be a good start for getting into this as a hobby? I would actually like to grow something that needs a bit of attention (like every few days I could take care after work) and gets "results" quickly, as I don't want to get bored too fast. Maybe some edible things like beans or tomatoes?

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Alright, so I am now a plant owner. I have purchased plants and I do not want them to die.
I have bought a Sweet Potato Vine, an Asparagus Fern, "Herbs for Pizza" (they only herbs they had left; has basil at least), and Sedum Reflexum. I'm not sure if that's a big start, but I purchased four because I'm impatient and plants are cheaper than I thought.
So the herbs and the Sedum seem to be pretty simple, but I gotta repot the sedum apparently (I thought I could just keep 'em in the plastic thing they sold them in) and so I think I need to buy some soil or something. Had trouble finding specific recs on that for the specific type of sedum. So aside from that the slightly more care-necessary ones seem to be the vine and the fern. I have compiled a word document of things I need to do for them based on google searching, and I present it here unedited:
"Sweet potato vine:
-Lotsa sun
-keep soil "evenly moist but not drenched"
-fertilize the plant weekly??
ALT: "use balanced houseplant liquid fertilizer twice a month form early spring to mid-autumn"
-ALT: fertilizing is not really necessary????
-peat-based, well-drained potting soil not garden soil
-remove dry leaves
-gravel at bottom of pot
ASPARAGUS FERN:
MIST PLANT DAILY
OBTAIN PEBBLE TRAY
soil slightly acidic
problem with direct lighting?
purchase a liquid all-purpose fertilizer and dilute it to 1/2 strength from march to August fertilize every three to four weeks
Water plant "regularly" (every time soil is dry)"

As you can see the information based on fertilizing for the vine is somewhat inconsistent. If anyone can clarify this for me then that would be appreciated. In general, though, if anyone wanted to clarify some of the vagueries in my document on stuff like the specific type of soil I need to buy and just anything that I might have the wrong idea of, that would be great.
I just realized I need to put something under the herb box. I think I might just use a plate for that.

>>2424074
OK dude this is heaps easier than it seems.

Firstly soil.
Is not dirt. Soil is decomposed plants and bugs and shit, organic material technically called hummus? Not the dip, doesn't matter names are for faggots.
Dead shit mixed with stuff, either clay, sand, gravel, sticks or Coconut husk whatever,this shit gives the soil its shape. So a sandy soil has sand and dead shit. A clay soil has clay ect.
Peat is just dead stuff, best soil but maybe too damp or compacted for some plants, then you'd mix in sand or something to air it out.
You can buy it or make your own, general cheep potting soil is fine for most shit, not great but don't over think it.
I'd recommend making your own, experiment.

Fertilizer is extra dead shit for people with bad soil, you can go hydroponic and have no soil and just use fertilizer and water or you can use really good composted soil and it should be fine just with water.

I prefer not using fertilizer but you'll need a few square meters for compost bins and its a whole big thing.
So buy some seaweed based fertilizer, that should be fine for now, only add a dash every ~months?

Pt 2
~schedules and shit
Are in my opinion retarded. You'll be much better at this and get a "green thumb" by paying attention and thinking about things.

So repot your plants, herbs can be in pots slightly bigger than the ones they came in up to fucking huge. It all depends on you and what you want to do. The plant wants a roughly equal amount of space for its roots and its branches, so if you trim the herbs to no more than a foot high they'll be good in little pots, your sweet potato too, they've got nice flowers and you can eat the tip leaves. Could be an ornamental hanging thing? But if you want potato's you need to give it enough room for 5 or so big sweet potato's with plenty or room to spare, a dustbin is not too big at all.
Half fill new pot, hold plant upsidown and shake pull it out, put it in new pot, more soil on top, pat down firmly and always be gental.

Mulch is a good idea, pine chips or small sticks and leaves. Rocks even. It keeps water from evaporating and is good for the plant, can't be too thick or mat together like grass clippings would, water won't get through.

Water the plants when they look like they need it, they can start to go brown and come back to green when watered. That's probably abit harsh on the plant but over watering is more of a danger for beginners. Water until it comes out the bottom slightly, but go slow, if you tip it in and wait till it pours out the bottom it'll take a while to stop coming out. Practice practice practice.

Sorry for my incoherent phone post, ask for clarification on things if you want

>>2424111
The food is hummus, the soil is humus.

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>>2424044
Peppers kickstarted my interest in growing stuff, and they can be beautiful too. It's the memeplant of the homegrowmen thread on /out/, they usually talk about them and other vegetable stuff.
You can even turn them into bonsai at the end of a season, when they have a bit of a stem.

I also like the meme plant of this thread, carnivores. They almost feel alive, and there's quite a few kinds that are very newb-proof. Venus Flytrap and Drosera Capensis for example are very easy, they just need sunlight, regular waterings (rainwater or distilled water only), and you can feed em bugs or fish food flakes.

>>2424031
>I had to google this plant that I don't own
>no more tomatoes edition
>carnivorous plant care sheets

I'll be enjoying my profits and food while you keep crying like a bitch for 4chan credit, op.
I'm glad I ruined your unpaid 4chan career with tomatoes. Pretty funny.

>>2424275
Haha but at least I am not literally autistic

>>2424272
Thanks mate. That both actually seems interesting.

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>>2424031
I have one paphio, have it for almost 3 and a half years and never seen it flower.
Is like i love fucking orchids and own quite a few, miniature, natives, ground orchids, epiphytes, and all of them have rewarded my efforts showing me some flower booty, but never this one
Feels bad man

anyone know what to do with excess blueberries? Mine usually stagger but our weather has been bad and 6 fruited at the same time.

>>2424300
http://www.hgtv.com/outdoors/gardens/garden-to-table/pass-the-pectin-homemade-blueberry-preserves

>>2424282
You seem upset, did the big bad orchid in the OP hurt your feelings?

Maybe a big bowl of tomato soup will calm you down.

>>2424305
Keep right on crying you fucking baby.

>>2424304
Seeing as I just bought a canner, I should have searched this up haha.

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Can someone help identify these little red and black bugs on my hostas? I'm in Michigan.

Are there any orchids other than Catasetinae that can do well by a south facing window (quite warm and often direct sunlight)?

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>>2424340
sure, vanda, brassalova and miltonia might work just right there, but how many hours of direct sun will they get?
Are you the german guy?
pic related is brassalova tuberculosa, such a delightful flower my friend

>>2424332
Be careful friend, hostas are very rare and expensive. They can cost nearly two dollars to replace!

>>2424347
They get up to 12 hours of direct sun, though 8 to 10 is probably more realistic. It's also quite warm in that room, and not only when there is sunshine.

Thanks for all the suggestions. And yes, I am that guy. I was never really interested in orchids since they have they're seen as old people plants, but that tiny little Fredclarkeara has sparked my interest (it has doubled in size again since I posted it two weeks ago!). I'll definitely get more Catasetinae but I want to know what my other options are as well.

>>2424352
>not getting emotionally attached to your plants

can someone give me a quick rundown on making cuttings root

>>2424367
Water, magnesium sulfate (includes sulfur), nitrogen pellets and used, dried tea leaves in a clear glass cup is working fine for me. The tea even starts producing air bubbles after 3 days.
Don't use coffee or even potting soil in the cup, those don't work.

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>>2424275
>I had to google this plant that I don't own
I have about 15 Paph. species and primary hybrids mate.
>carnivorous plant care sheets
Nope... did you even look at the caresheet?

You know, you can simultaneously grow fun, interesting ornamental plants AND edible utilitarian ones. It's a shame such a simple concept seems to offend you so much, but you'll just have to deal with it if you insist on coming back here.
>>2424299
Iktf m8, they're slow as shit to get flowering. Yours does look a little beaten and battered to be fair though, is it growing outdoors?

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>>2424372
Nah your shit thread popped back up after I his the old one and I thought I'd take you down a notch since you're such a fucking prick.

And a straight faced liar. That's not your image, you fucking phony.

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>>2424376
the OP image is always something you find on the first page of google results, and it has been that way since the plant general started

the only thing you showed with that post is how much of a newfag you are

lurk more

>>2424370
What do the tea leaves do? Don't you rooting hormone?

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>>2424387
I don't know I thought I'd try them and the cuttings are quite happy. The tea produces air bubbles and I suppose it leaches minor nutrients.
I don't have rooting hormone or powder. These are beefsteak/cherry tomato and a raspberry top I stuck in today to see what would happen.

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>>2424361
if thats the case there are some vandas who thrive flawlessly in direct full sun they are the tubular leaf ones (terete or teres), like for example pic related is a vanda terete that a friend gave me early this year, here is winter now and he gave it to me in fall, so far it hasent grow very much but it shows a little improvement (it was al dried and pruny when he gave it to me), i cant wait till spring to see it grow nicely.
Also im one of the guys who talked to you when you were getting that catasetum, its great to see it grow like that, is a really beautiful orchid and im very happy for you dude

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>>2424372
recently there was a big storm here, and i wasnt around to take care of the damage, so my wife let it on the fucking ground for a fucking week, because you outta know a shitload about plants to repot a fucking orchid that fell, right? .
I came back and found my garden wind raped.
Aint marriage a delightful adventure?

What do you use as soil? i keep mine i a mixture of big pieces of bark, peat and some coal
pic related is a zygostates alleniana

>>2424390
you need to trim way more leaves than that

>>2424366
Can you post your tomatoes?
I want to see how great of a hoticulturist you are.
Because the only thing you do in these threads is repeat the same 4 things over and over, and overall, you are an unpleasant fucker, autismato.

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>>2424376
>4ch users are now only allowed to post their own images
Wow man you really took me down a notch. Nice to see you enjoying this thread anyway.
>>2424410
Ah shit mate that sucks, hope it recovers. I use bark/perlite mix for mine, I keep them well-watered though so over-drainage isn't an issue.

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So the water in my area is shit, like pH 8, and I'm using vinegar to down it to 5 to water my roses, is this a good solution or am I doon goof'n?

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>>2424420
Yes. Four tomatoes coming in out of the trash can, all on individual plants which means the entire pot is fruiting. Weight looks like it'll be 1.5lbs each.

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Cherry

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beefsteak, garlic, empty slots.

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Beefsteak

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Beefsteak, beefsteak, onions and slug food.

>>2424332
I don't know what they're called anymore but they're pretty cool, they have sex by putting their butts together and then walking around anally connected. I think the two big ones in the middle of your picture (the visible one and the one that's almost fully hidden behind the leaf) are, in fact, doing just that.

>>2424452
Those are called shih tzus. They are disgusting.

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Sup beauties,

Not sure if I'm in the right place, but I'm trying to identify this tree. I'm in southern Ontario.

Here's one of the leaves, it seems like it's asymmetric based on which side of the branch it's on. It's blooming right now, so I'll add pictures of the flowers and bark in a bit.

Thanks friendos

>>2424466
You have to have a picture of the growing branches.

Also rich people have no time for plants, give it up and enjoy your luxurious 500 square foot kitchen without worrying about the plants growing in your yard.

>>2424332
Jadera spp nymphs. Also called scentless plant bugs, they feed on soapberry plants, not hostas, so you should be in the clear. They're never very destructive in any case.

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>>2424469
>Rich

#notallsouthernontarioers

Anyways is this good?

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>>2424475
Uh this is what the full tree looks like, if it makes a difference

>>2424426
Thanks mate, it might take her a while but she shall rise again, like the south

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I trans/plant/ed this jade plant cutting to its current pot mid May. The internet tells me a cutting has produced roots if you see new growth. Is the thing in the middle "new growth"?

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>>2424495
I thought this was jade, what the fuck is it?

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>>2424500
did someone say Jade?

>>2424495
>>2424500
>>2424503
Now I'm confused. I know there is more than one "money plant" (my pic being one of them, the other the twisting one a.k.a. money tree,) but which one is the real Jade Plant?

>>2424509
There is no "real" jade plant. Use scientific names if you want to be understood.

>>2424509
you think botanists are using latin names just for kicks?

>>2424521
Yes

>>2424521
Nay, but can you picture regular Jane going to the nursery and asking for Dracaena fragrans instead of saying I want a fucking corn plant?
Not in this century duderino

>>2424528
regular Jane does not post in a plant thread on an Ugandan paper marbling forum

>>2424531
How do you know? Are you fucking her? Can I see some books?

>>2424513
>>2424521
so which one is more commonly known as "jade plant," and more importantly for my purposes, is the node on >>2424495 "growth"? I'm thinking of repotting the thing in a proper SUCC medium but I've read that it's better to wait for the cutting to produce roots before doing so.

>>2424534
Damn it was boobs, damn this keyboard

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>>2424534
>>2424537
You could certainly use some books if using scientific names seems so outrageous to you.

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Anybody water thier bird today?

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>>2424535
Did somebody say SUCC?

>>2424546
Wait, your birds are back?

>>2424535
>so which one is more commonly known as "jade plant
Strongylodon macrobotrys

>>2424544
No Man, i was being ironic with the first post, like is Highly unprovable regular Janes around the globe start using scientific names anytime soon.
Scientific names are the only thing I use, I'm one of the orchidfags

>>2424561
And I was being funny with the post you're replying to. Or at least I attempted it.

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>>2424564
Sorry dude I'm dumb as they come.

Here, have a hairy buttplug as an apologie

>>2424558
>Strongylodon macrobotrys
>jade plant

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>>2424554
Yeah, it's the same pair.
Doves like to fuck, so two more eggs.
I'm not moving them this time.

>>2424431
most people have like a ph 8.2 or something like that. the other forums i'm on suggest not to fucking worry about it because things like your soil, amount of particles in your water and fertilizers all change that shit. you would have a hard time getting a straight answer from anyone. Basically if you don't see damage you don't have a problem. And I just asked a guy who has been competing in flower shows since the 70s.

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Please someone tell me what this is? I want more of these. It's in Michigan.

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Hi folks, this is my first time posting on this board. Some of my tomatoe stems are curled and looking burnt, as a fertilizer I've used aged horse manure and a little Dr.earth tom,veg & herb fertilizer, could this be nutrient burn?

>>2424620
Pretty much just over exposure to sun and deficiency in magnesium sulfate (Epsom) so clip the shitty growth, treat them with magnesium and go on your way.

>>2424620
Also your cage could be poisoning the plant. Maybe replace it with a plain steel uncoated cage if this keeps happening at the edge of the plant where it touches the cage.

>>2424636
Thank you!

>>2424663
If your Mr Johnston's magical plant growing formula doesn't have magnesium, then add it, I mean. But it probably does.
It's magic. Who the fuck questions magic?

>>2424535
Crassula ovata is the only actual 'jade plant'.

>>2424476
it looks like it's from the genus Tilia, i'm not familiar with new world species though.

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>>2424777
>Crassula ovata
I gave one of those to my mom when I was a little kid. I was in kinder garten iirc, and for mothers day we each had to decorate a flower pot, and wou could choose from 3 little plants. I remember picking that one because the teacher called it a 'money plant' and I hoped it would help my parents get more money.
It has grown pretty big, it's about 25 years old now I think. I'll try to remember taking a picture next time I visit my parents.
>some of my moms' succs

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>>2424850
And one of her orchids. I know nothing about them, but they usually thrive with her, she has a glass veranda that sort of works like a greenhouse, with partial sun.

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>>2424852
My old nep loved it too, I'm still ashamed I let it die when I moved out ._.

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My succulents

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>>2424858
Yesterday grandma gave me a 1-year old lemon, so I'll try not to kill it this time.

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>>2424860
What are those called?
And what are the sister species called? This.

>>2424865
Aren't they echeverias? The one in the bottom right corner of the first pic is also an echeveria.

>>2424866
>thousands of shapes
Well fuck, they're probably both the same thing.
I won't have a clear picture for a year because these grow so slow.

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>>2424869
Could be, anon. Just take a look at this beauty.

>>2424870
They flower too? Can't wait for repotting in 7 years, grabbed that piece from outside of the church.

>>2424871
I'm keeping mine on the balcony facing north, so mine might not bloom any time soon. I fear the sunlight is not enough, even for my big cactus to bloom.

>>2424873
Most plants are fine on north/2 hour sun, but so are slugs. They fucked 9 pepper plants outback but I have 12 surviving out front. West side/5 hours got ravaged too.
Succulents probably should go on the south side.

>>2424873
Yeah, they want as much sun as you can provide, not only for flowering but also for the leaves to color up like that.

>>2424876
>>2424878
The heat during the summer months often reaches 40C/104F, but that's okay, I suppose? I know the plants have evolved to survive in these conditions but still, I don't want to lose them.

>>2424881
They are basically pet rocks. You can pull them up and replant them 2 hours later and they won't give a shit. They can easily take that.

>>2424883
Thank you. This is why I decided to take care for succulents.

Is my flytrap doing ok? How much do I water it? Can I keep it in the sun?

>>2424881
That's not only ok, that is ideal. Full sun, hot as fuck and a sharp nighttime drop in temperature is what they want.

Without direct sun and heat like that you'll never get those leaves colored up.

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>>2424909
Post a picture mang

Also, cute h15

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>>2424912
How do I water my flytrap?
I am not good at this.
Pls help before it dies.

>>2424914
Given that I can't actually see any flytrap in that picture, I think you dun goofed. It should be grown outside in full sun, and the soil should be kept moist (which seems to be the case). Is your soil peat or something else?

>>2425065
Haha good one autismato ;)

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Seedlings from 2016
Maybe next year some of them will be adults!

>>2425162
Looking good! After four months my seedlings STILL only have cotyledons, what the hell. Thanks, Chinese seeds.

>>2425195
>Buying from chinks
Dude, no. Dude, what are you doing? Do we need to put "DO NOT BUY FROM ALIEXPRESS IT'S A SCAM" in the OP or something? Because you got chinked, my friend.

>>2425199
I paid 99 cents for 500 seeds on eBay (it was 95 cents if you only wanted 50), not like I was expecting much. My overall experiences with cheapo seeds from eBay are good, though. I've got a whole bunch of healthy plants from €1 seed packets.

The seeds are actually Dionaea seeds, but they must be ten years old. Still, how does a plant stay in seedling stage for so long? If I didn't know any better I'd think I got a temperate Welwitschia.

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Just placed an order for some extra carnivores, all except the regia should arrive next Tuesday
>D. regia
>D. madagascariensis
>Dionaea 'Triton'
>Dionaea 'Switzerland Giant'
I wanted a B52 first but it sold out, the seller suggested this one for the same price (€6) even though it's listed for 8€, so I'm not complaining. I've only known the regular Dionaea up until now, I'm very curious about these new ones.

>>2424495
this is a kalanchoe
>>2424500
this is barely a jade plant

>>2424866
>>2424865
>>2424860
these are not echeveria they are sempervivum

>>2425265
Thanks. It actually is jade.

>>2425268
Thanks.

>>2425203
Triton is a very good cultivar, the biggest and most efficient spoon-shaped dionaea.

>>2425265
No it isn't. I can see you're thinking of Kalanchoe tetraphylla/thyrsiflora because of the red leaf edges, but first of all it would then be more likely to be Cotyledon orbiculata, but it clearly isn't that either. It's just a regular Crassula ovata that's seen a bit more sun than the average houseplant.

>>2425203
I'm not very interested in the million different Dionaea cultivars, especially not in those that are basically indistinguishable from a normal one, but I got a little 'Triton' as a freebie (in a pretty small order, too) and I really like it.

>>2424546
how the fuck did you revive that dead plant

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>>2425201
>"oh well it was only cheap"
That's precisely how the business model works, and how gooks manage to weasel so much money out of these scams. Spend a little more and actually get real, fertile and fresh seeds, and you'll stop supporting 3rd-world opportunists in the process.

>>2425541
It's another tradescantia

>>2424619
Ligustrum. Privet.
L. obtusifolium or L. amurense

>>2425543
They hide all the fertile seed in those buzzy seed growing cups and sell them to kids. Joke's on them, I'm propagating their non gmo, 100% germination seeds.
Chinese seeds are ok, way better than US seed, but get them at the dollar store and not online.

>>2425612
Chinese goods bought through the Chinese via sites such as AliExpress or Banggood or whatever = You get what you pay for
Chinese goods sold to you through US retailers = generally decent quality

>>2425624
Yup the germination rates in those childish looking buzzy cups are fucking astounding.
"Put all the seeds in" they said. "Guaranteed to germinate" they said. Fuckers landed me with 150 beefsteak plants in a 12 oz cup, completely threw me off.
Those dirt pucks are pretty cool too.

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Can someone help me identifieing this plant?
It blooms with dark blue / violett blossoms.
I've gifted it to a friend and it's in a pretty bad state and we are not sure why. She watered it regularely, but not too much. What could be wrong?

>>2425633
campanula

>>2425644
That doesn't even look remotely similar.

>>2425633
Another decent plant kill't by the 'gro.
Shame.

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>>2425633
Campanula Medium

>>2425633
>plant with the 'gro

>>2425670
>plant without the 'gro

???

>>2425633
>>2425670
Looking at the Wikipedia article it's a biennial temperate plant, so it's only natural that it's dying off. If she's lucky some of the flowers will self-pollinate and net some seeds, so she can start growing one from seed again. Best to put it outdoors, though, because temperate plants don't enjoy indoor conditions (which are usually subtropical).

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I want to copy this but don't know where to start. What kind of flowers are these to begin with?

>>2425679
https://www.todayshomeowner.com/flower-containers-for-beginners/
I imagine any sort of hanging plant that flowers would work as well. Unless you want exactly those flowers.

>>2425683
>>2425679
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/special/containers/hanging-basket-plants.htm
For flower ideas.

>>2425683
I really like the flowers there, especially the purple, but I guess I can try to find my own swagger with it.

>>2425688
Try heliotropes?

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>>2425688
I also love purple blossoms. I found these beauties and have to get them soon.
They have very dark leafs (almost black looking) and pink / violett blossoms

>>2425677
Looks like it is Campanula Medium indeed. But the plant is a few months old at max. so I don't think, that it's natural cycle is ending.
I guess it just didn't like the climate of the room, since it was in an office. So closed windows at night and weekends.
Very unfortunate, I really loved the look of it

>>2425364
Good to hear!

>>2425463
Me neither, and I don't have the room for too many, but I only have 1 small one right now, I wanted a few more and some variety.
I used to love vft the most, but I've noticed drosera are fascinating me more and more, they are so pretty~

>>2425688
I think the purple ones are petunias

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>>2425699
Might be. Best thing about petunias is that they come in tons of designer colors.

>>2425694
Cross a red with a purple and see what happens. It's easy, just put the red sperms on the purple vagina stick in the middle.

>>2425695
How do you know? The article claims it only flowers in its second year of growth.

>>2425748
Ah true. Perhaps you are right and it's just a little grandma

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Installed some water sumps in my undrained pinguicula trays; I wish I had done this before. Makes watering so much easier

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sad times
one of my orchids, an Slc.Jungle gem has decided that it hates roots.
any tips? Is this even saveable? if not it'll be a sad loss but I do have a Cymbidium cali night 'geyserland' and a dendrobium hybrid heading my way this week, so it's not all bad.

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Anyone ever tried one of these? Thinking about ordering it.
>https://www.amazon.com/Best-Choice-Products-SKY1917-Tunnel/dp/B014JPGG1S

Seems like a good amount of space for the price, just worried about it shitting the bed.

>>2426140
I have one for my nepenthes.
The main worry you have with this thing is the wind. you have to secure every part of it or it will explode in a million pieces if it gets stormy.

>>2426148
You got that exact big ass one for just nepenthes? How many do you have man?

But ya, how much wind (speed wise) you think it can take?

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What's this thing, and why do spiders like it? Crassula species? I found it near the garbage about a year ago. Just switched it to a grittier mix, because the wooden half barrel it was in rotted and it was living in straight soil with some perlite. It's very ugly.

Godddamn amazing microenvironment in there though. Tons of spiders and isopods.

>>2426214
I just tore 20 square feet out of the yard and have 30-40 more.
The flowers are generally pink-white and spiky, but I don't want to google things right now because it's pretty much a weed that was once considered ornamental. At least they're easy to pull up.

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>>2425463
This reminds me that I never uploaded a pic of my dionaea with weird shapes pot.

>>2426214
Money plant?

>>2426151
Oh well I got an smaller one, and it was destroyed by 135 km/h winds.

>>2426217
>money plant

Holy fuck how do I get money from this weed and how do I reclaim my tossed material?

>>2426217
> it was destroyed by 135 km/h winds.
Ya thatll do it lol

Fuck it ima give it a shot, my main worry is its one of those "it works small but when trying to upscale the Chinese quality takes hold and it implodes" things.

Since I have more size to work with, I should branch out and get a bunch of new cacti and succulents to grow.


Ill wait till monday, maybe itll be on sale for prime day, who knows.

Does /plant/ hate aloe vera?

>>2426218
Never mind it's actually just a weed and/or a meme that everyone has decided to call every plant they can find.

>>2426220
Yes. Very much so. Please do not post.

>>2426223
Does /plant/ hate me for having like 80+ alove vera plants?

>>2426218
Sell them on etsy.

Maybe I shouldn't have tossed a bunch of the leaves from this thing on the ground. Oh well. That area doesn't get much light.

>>2426222
Crassula ovata? Jade meme?

>>2426226
No. Post all 80.

>>2426229
I have a jade plant and 3 giant patches to cut from.
It actually looks like it, in the 10 year stage of life.

>>2426226
Yes.

>>2426218
Well I just learned that if a plant has a retarded name in your language it doesn't necessarily have it literally translated in English.

Plectranthus verticillatus is what I meant.

>>2426231
>It actually looks like it, in the 10 year stage of life.

Yeah, it's got a thick, almost caudiciform base now. The leaves just seem much larger and irregularly shaped than the other C. ovata I have in pots.

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>>2426229
Heres some of them, dont have any recent photos of any but my table of medium/small ones.

>>2426233
That's not what I tore up. I'll post it in a while when it's light outside.
No money for me.

>>2426240
What do you do with all of them?

>>2426240
You bastard. What are you doing to the porches of america? Stop that.

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>>2426229
>>2426240
plz no bully, I just like the way aloe vera looks and I find it fun to separate off all the new pups every year and watch em grow stupid fast.

My original ones got a good 35-40ish pups that should be ready within the month.

>>2426244
Oh, just plant pineapple tops. Way cooler plant.

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>>2426240
>>2426244
>>2426243
>>2426229
original plant, every one of them has come from this one, pups grow stupid fast on it.


>>2426242
idk, just enjoy the simple pleasure of watching them grow.

>>2426245
Man I hate pineapples though.

I like Succulents and Cacti, any suggestions on "entry to medium" level ones to try?

>>2426256
Prickly pears (aka paddle cactus). Find one growing somewhere, break off a piece, and put it in some soil.

>>2426256
Carrion plants are cute

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>>2426256
Get a Dorstenia.

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>>2426012

whenever I have root troubles either with keikis I leave them standing vertically over some wet dried moss for a couple of days, after a few they start developing new roots without the risk of having those rot again.
Usually with thick rooted orchids this works flawlessly but is not a sure thing, yours look rotten, what kind of substratum are you using?
Perhaps with this one you should consider mounting it on a piece of wood with bark.
Also next time check the focus on the camera, because thats a nice shirt and all but you cant see the details on the roots.


Im having trouble with pic related, it is a miltassia royal robe and its all covered with brown stains and all of the leaves are wrinkly and kind of dried up.
I have it on peat mos bark and coal.

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My dying Sempervivum

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>>2426477
Leucanthemum × superbum
Rudbeckia hirta
aka mom plants

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>>2426454
Trimmed the roots. It's been living in a bark mix that it was sent in, which also includes seramis, sponge and charcoal chips

>>2426477
>dying Sempervivum
>dying Alwaysliving
Talk about false advertising.

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>>2426477
I plucked one this morning.
It isn't going to give a shit about the tiny pot or pleurocarp misting, is it? I don't really give a shit, as long as it looks cool for a little while, they grow everywhere here.

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>>2426140
I have a small version of that because I live on the first floor and only have a big balcony.
The sail is secured with little straps, I suggest you put tiewraps on those, right behind the knots, because they'll work themselves loose. And wrap the frame connection points in tape, for the same reason. So far it's keeping up pretty well.

>>2424031
Guys, what the fuck do I do to keep squirrels from eating my sarracenia

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Went to the zoo with my parents today, have some pics.

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>>2426518

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>>2426538
Last one, Antwerp Zoo, most pics are from the indoor 'butterfly garden'.

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>>2426498
Made a kitty just now.

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>>2426498
>It isn't going to give a shit about the tiny pot or pleurocarp misting, is it?
nope

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>>2426573
>tomato posting
I grabbed a volunteer cherry tomato from our family garden for shits and giggles.
Going to keep them around, they go great with a beer.

>>2426577
Definitely the most profitable tomato, I'm saving every seed from tomatoes I eat and next year will aim for 200-300 stalks. Shit will be cash. These slow growing varieties are a pain in the ass to carry around until they fruit.

>>2426573
Good. I will start selling these now. I can get clay easily but I don't have a wheel and can't work with it too well. All types of tiny containers to plant in at the thrift store though.

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>>2426514
>And wrap the frame connection points in tape
This, also I used these plastic things that I don't know how are called in englishto keep it together
And I put heavy tiles on the base to prevent it from moving.

>>2426608
zipties!

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>>2426608
I think it looks neat now.

>>2426609
Thank you man!

>>2426608
Twist ties
Zip ties
Dong loggers
Putter togetherers
Attachment strips
Bread ties
Tape alternative
Finger wranglers
Temporary cock rings
Heroin shooter uppers
Enemy of duct tape
Pipe wranglers
Garden tools
Rolled holders
Straight shafts

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>>2426577
Said garden, my part.

Hi I'm >>2425679 and I was about to be off to the garden center but then I had a thought. Can I put together the pic in >>2425679 this time of year? Do people usually plant the mature flowers or do they grow them from seed? Like if I go to the garden center will they have these kinds of flowers or other kinds ready to go where I can just transplant them and have a thing, or is the idea that I plant such things earlier in the year so that they grow and bloom into mature plants?

This feels like a dumb question but I'm wondering if I'm too late to try to have something like that in my yard.

>>2426638
Everything has to be planted from seed, friend. You're fine planting flowers now but don't expect results unless that cold ass chemtrail cover weather modification this year pushed summer back into September. It was 40 degrees every night until fucking mid June so why not keep planting?

>>2426611
Very nice man! I hope my new neps will thrive and get as big as yours (and the one old me let die ._.)

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>>2426483
I have never used sponge or ceramis, nor I let them on the same substrate they arrive on, so in thinking perhaps the medium is a low quality one or worst.
My advice is the same that in the last post, grab a container (if it has holes on the bottom better) and put a bed of dry moss and wet it, not very much thought, after that grab a pulverizer (I'm not entirely sure this is the name in English, but you know is that thing with the trigger that pulverize liquids) and make a fertilizer mix with 1/4 of the recommended doses, then pulverize some of that over the bed of moss.
after that just place the keiki in standing position, if you want make a little hole with your finger so the base gets covered but just a little bit (baby's gotta have sum oxygen).
Place it where it gets the light it needs and check it every day or so.
Is very important that you check it periodically because (mostly if the container doesn't have holes on the base) if you let it to much it will root again, and also because if it gets completely dry you'll kill the little one.
I almost always have gud results with this method, and I've tried it with vanda, dendrobium (moschatum, nobilis and bellatulum), red Steem epidendrum, oncidium and some miltonias.
Hope you can save it, and sorry if my syntax is hard to read.
Pic related is one of my orchid tables, besides the two pots with miniature cattleyas all of the plants there were saved with the moss nursery method

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>>2426517
get a cat and then figure out how to keep him from eating it
Or you can use pic related to build a cage around them

I went to the local garden center.

First off the place was fucking amazing. It was literally the size of a supermarket except filled with plants. Praying hands emoji , I feel blessed that such a place exists within 15 minutes of me.

The staff there were able to identify all the plants in >>2425679. I deviated a bit in terms of colors but got mostly the same plants. Also got some shade-tolerant plants for this flower box that's outside of my garage. I wish I could remember the species.

Blew like $120 at that place but I'm stoked to get this shit potted. I'll probably be back to blow more money there as I get more into this hobby. Would like some indoor plants, but my cart was full.

>>2426755
Welcome to the green side. It never stops.

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>>2426755
I hope your wallet is ready. Please be sure to post pictures, there's nothing I love more than a pretty flower. Also, speaking of, my geranium finally stopped blooming. Do I just leave the dead flower stalks on? Also, how big should I wait for it to get to start mutilating it so I get more stems? It looks all sad and lonely with just one stem.

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>>2426739
I know that feeling

>>2426695
Thanks, the miranda is still recovering from the greenhouse destruction (you can see it has broken leafs still on it) which was in... January I think?

Just be patient and don't overthink about it, they'll adapt and grow.

>>2426854

Yeah man, I witnessed one of my cats repetitively bite one of my cactus, flinch in pain for a few seconds and then bite the cactus again. But harder this time.

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BRRAAAPPppft...

>>2427017
Needs an African bullfrog to complete it

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What is the purpose of grafting Astrophytum and similar? Is it only for propagation or are these nipponese cacti not strong enough to thrive?

Should I graft my super kabuto and onzuka so that they become more powerful?

>>2427161
Astrophytum species and hybrids don't need grafting but it speeds up their growth and makes them less susceptible to disease and cold.
For example instead of growing them from seed for 5 years to get a small plant, it can take 1-2 years instead to get a much larger plant. Problem is they can look terrible depending on the rootstock.
I've grafted astrophytum seedlings before on selenicereus with mixed results so I'd suggest choosing a mainstream rootstock rather than just what you can get your hands on.
How familiar with cacti collecting are you though?
I've seen horror posts on garden forums where people have grafted incompatible plants because they didn't know any better.

>>2427169
Not the same person. But do you remove graft when it grew to a reasonable size?

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>>2427017
Will this setup work for my Nepenthes?

>>2427171
Definitely.
But depending on the species you might not be able to.
I'd suggest looking at this page if you're interested.
http://lophophora.blogspot.com.au/search/label/Grafted%20cactus

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I just trimmed the dead traps

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Are my flytraps ok?

>>2427232
Where'd you get your seeds?

>>2427235
The dollar store.

>>2427236
Not big surprise.

>>2427231
They look so happy.
You missed one in the middle tho.

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It the hottest part of the year but the plants seem ok so far.

Looking for some nice plants for a new flat. Eastern & southern windows. Does /an/ have any favourites?

>>2427341
I woukdn't do anything in eastern windows. Nothing really works there. South is alright but you still have to move your stuff outside daily.

>>2427344
>South is alright but you still have to move your stuff outside daily.
What? No.

>>2427348
Windows are designed to block UV rays. I have never had a plant successfully grow indoor south side, just on west side afternoon light.

Who the hell refuses to move the plants they care for outside? Get a spine, you're dealing with 40lbs max for vegetables and two handfuls for other plants.

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>>2427351
Oh I forgot to say I have a porch blocking the south side light coming indoors. This explains everything.
But still move your south side plants out.

>>2427344
I'm in Poland, does that change things? East and south are ones where there actually is a lot of light most of the day, never had any luck with west or north.
>>2427351
By the time light reaches my western window it's usually 5 or 6pm and sun is pretty low, In the past I could only ever grow some jade plants there.

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>>2427351
>I have never had a plant successfully grow indoor south side

Nice anecdotal evidence.

>>2427355
I give jade full sun. Indoor growing is circumstantial, not ideal. You should be able to move your pots to where the sun is, 4-5 hours is all anything needs per day.
I don't mean a cactus or a "here's a fly, buddy!" reddit plant, most normal plants are fine with 4-5 hours, but I put out full sun plants in the gardens too to see how ideal my directional planting is working.
My west is doing well, north is shitty slug infested garbage, my south is growing plenty and has very few pests or bothers and the best dirt is up there, and I don't plant on the west.

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>>2427354
So you're saying that NO south facing window can grow plants (even though that is where almost everyone grows succulents, cacti or anything that needs a lot of light) because YOUR south window gets no light?

Are you fucking serious? No one, absolutely NO ONE can be THIS stupid. Words can not express how dumb I think your post is, so have this picture instead.

>>2427341
You should probably get your information elsewhere. You've just seen why.

>>2427361
>Indoor growing is circumstantial, not ideal.
As close to natural as possible conditions are ideal. If indoor conditions are closer to natural than outdoor those are more ideal. Indoor growing is not circumstantial if the plants you choose to grow simply do not have the conditions they need when you put them outside.

>4-5 hours is all anything needs per day.
>most normal plants are fine with 4-5 hours
You contradict yourself within 2 sentences.

And then you just tell the guy the situation of your plants in your specific conditions. This does not help him at all.

Are you the tomato retard?

Christ.

Can somebody just tell me what are some interesting plants that fare relatively well indoors? I guess they can spend the summer on the terrace.

>>2427391
Not happening.
These people are linguists and only work to track down autistic people on the internet so they can attempt to piss them off, they don't actually own any plants.

>>2427391
Ignore the people arguing about mom plants and tomatoes. Succulents, ornamentals like African violets, orchids, small palm trees, snake tongues, and several carnivorous plant species grow well indoors. A lot of ornamental plants are cultivated for their low light tolerance. As long as you don't autistically insist that everything you grow must be useful and provide vegetables for the homestead there are a lot of options.

>>2427402
>ignore people
>knows there are tomatoes in this thread

Fucking tardo. Honestly.

>>2427403
Hey I like all plants, including vegetables. The question is what are you doing getting mad at people on the internet on a nice day like this?

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>>2427391
What do you think is cool? Interesting plant or leaf shapes? Big, beautiful flowers?

There is so much choice you really need to give us something to work with.

If you're just asking what we like, I'm partial to tropical arums, like Amorphophallus and Arisaema. There are also many interesting succulents that aren't cacti. Certain orchids can also do well in high light.

Are there any carnivorous plants that actively hunt? I'm sure I read about something like a walking pitcher plant with a sting a long time ago but can't find anything about them now. Did they go extinct?

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>>2427418
yeah, sure

there's also that man eating tree on new guinea, I'm sure you'll find plenty of picture on google

>>2427421
Those don't walk. The ones I'm thinking of kind of shuffle.

>>2427391
Orchids.
my personal favourite desu. I keep a lot of different species, I specifically really enjoy tolumnias. Highly recommend odontoglossums, or dendrobiums, and cymbidium hybrids thrive well indoors. Though that does also depend on where you live as they're partial to cooler temperatures.

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>>2427423
yes anon, those surely exist too

and since they're real you should easily be able to locate info about them from a reputable source (i.e. not 4chan)

>>2427423
>>2427427
They're called Triffids.

>>2427432
Thank you. I thought they were real, I guess not.

>>2427416
>>2427426
Suggesting orchids is like saying "get a plant". Orchids are the largest and one of the most varied family of flowering plants with around 30k species, maybe more. And a shitton of them are in culture. And then there are all the hybrids.

There is an orchid that strives in almost any environment you could have, you just need to put in a tiny bit of effort.

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>>2427453
dude did you not read where I said about odontoglossums or dendrobiums? also I came into keeping orchids because of a couple of phals, which are the go to "beginners orchid".

I dont really know what this guy is after. Does he want miniatures? something with a lot of foliage? something that blooms almost constantly? Something with a scent? Without knowing that I can't really recommend anything.

>>2427458
Well yes, that's exactly what I meant.

We can't recommend anything without knowing what he wants.

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My handyman says this isn't a crape myrtle but it looks like one to me.

>>2427287
Thanks anon, to be honest I didn't expect them to grow this much in one season, they are going to suffocate the live moss I use as a substrate

Also what the fuck happened here? These generals used to be the chilliest of the chill

>>2427487
Show the trunk, that's the best way to tell if it is a crepe myrtle.

>>2427524
The tomato guy who keeps trolling and the other guy who keeps responding are equally bad. Just report (or at least just hide the posts) and move on.

>>2427511
>live moss
How hard is it to breed this? At the moment I only have the small patch of moss that was in the original pot, part of it died but it seems to be spreading a bit. I'd love to have it properly filling up my pots asap.

>>2427534
It's easy and slow.
Go outside and get new moss.
Pleurocarps are pretty cool.

Just came back from the nursery, went there for a gardening scissor.
Came back with a tasty succulent and this Platycerium bifurcatum.
Dammit

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>>2427538
Forgot pic

I hate slugs so fucking much.

>>2427583
Polski?

>>2427596
not him but probably romanian

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A ping going into its succulent form

Less arguing and more plants pls.

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>>2427603
I wish some more exciting things were flowering at the moment but all I have is my den. 'polar fire' and oncidium kartin zoch

>>2427603
How are things there in the southern emisphere?

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What's this?
I forgot what I planted.

>>2427647
looks a bit like gladioli

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>>2427647
This bird has really got comfy with me now

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>>2427611
That is pretty exciting to me. I'm not too well versed in orchids so anything besides the regular supermarket phals is great.

>>2427612
I'm in the US actually. Pinguicula are weird and go dormant at the wrong times of the year sometimes it seems. They are great plants though. Easy to grow and make cute flowers.

>>2427650
I think you're right, thanks.

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>>2427665
kartin zoch is actually scented! And it has these teeny tiny flowers.

>>2427169
>How familiar with cacti collecting are you though?

Not very. More familiar with caudiciforms but still new to actually trying with plants in general.

I'll spare my existing Astrophytum, but trying from seedlings sounds interesting and relatively low cost.

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What is this? Found in Maryland in a wilderness area

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>>2427725
So pretty

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>>2427728
So

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>>2427734
Pretty

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>>2427308
Nice one mate, what is that? I want to say singalana but the wings and pitcher body colours don't quite feel right.

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>>2427740
It is in fact singalana 'Berilang'. The colors are a bit light because it's a young plant and a freshly opened pitcher. I'm excited for when it'll look more like the picture in a year or two.

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>>2427740
These are fucking cute, I wish I could keep them, but they'd explode in a brown goo when we reached 90% humidity in winter. (Happened with cacti)

Btw here I have another dionaea bowl, these are thw ones I allowed to flower to get some seeds.

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When transplanting my D. Alicae from its cramped gardencenter pot, I found this tiny babby. I stuck it in some soil with the rest of em, and it's finally producing dew and curling around food.
That white thing is a matchstick for scale.

>>2428268
How do you like that species? Any more pictures? I've been thinking of grabbing one of those and a binata.

>>2428276
Not that guy, but definitely get a binata. I really like the giant varieties with multiple forks, very impressive plants. I didn't think much of the T-form varieties, but I recently saw a picture of a pot full of those 10cm long forked leaves full of dew, and it looked great. Personally I'm not much of a fan of any of the rosetted species, there's just so little to look at! Although I might get a hamiltonii sometime, because it unfurls its leaves like a carpet.

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>>2428286
This is what the seller's image looks like. Extrema variety. Looks a bit sparse, but I like the leaf form.

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I bought some plants for a box that's attached to my garage window. Thought I was clever getting shade-tolerant plants since the garage itself obstructs the plants from the sun for most of the day. The problem I just realized is that the roof of the garage hangs over the box such that it's not getting any rain. Unless the rain is blowing in the right direction, the plants are going to dry out. Are there any plants that can tolerate shade and drought? I don't want the plants to be reliant on me watering them to survive.

I wish there were some clever way to direct rain water to the plants, I Google'd this general concept but couldn't formulate what I was thinking about into something coherent enough to search for.

Plants in question are Solenostemon and White Licorice but I guess I'll have to find a new place for them.

>>2428352
What's so hard about hitting them with the hose every couple of days?

>>2428364
Nothing, in theory. I'd prefer they not be completely reliant on my presence for survival, though. Let's say I go on vacation for a couple weeks, they'd probably be burnt up by the time I got back.

>>2428276
I haven't had it for that long yet, but I think I'm leaning towards the stemmed(?) species like >>2428286
It is pretty though, but I don't have any other pics at the moment.
I should have a madagascariensis tomorrow, I'm looking forward to growing that one.

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>>2427341
Succulents are always a good answer. Personally I have the little pot in back with a mish-mosh I picked up on sale, an African violet (split thrice), and a supermarket variety moth orchid that someone gifted to me during the winter so it lost its spikes and is only now figuring out it should probably spike again.

I would really suggest ignoring the dude saying ""utilitarian"" (the quotes really cannot get sarcastic enough here) plants don't grow indoors, I've grown rosemary, basil, and thyme indoors; not enough to cover all my needs mind you, but enough to provide a treat for special occasions.

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>>2428449
And my dumb orchid that I love nonetheless.

Also I forgot to mention that enough sun gets through the windows that when I forgot to rotate the leftmost violet it actually started getting sunburned. I really wouldn't listen to a word that guy is saying and just do what makes you happy.

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>>2428449
what is this in the circle?
Also nice phalle in >>2428451 have any photos of the flower?

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>>2428471
It is some sort of Mammillaria that was very unfortunately dyed hot pink. It was also a gift, so I don't know much beyond that, sorry.

No photos of the flowers also, it went into shock too quickly. They were white with purple streaks if I'm remembering correctly. Hopefully it is feeling kind enough to remind me soon.

the lower leaves on my ghost plant are starting to look a little shriveled
should I actually think about watering it?
Its outside, is it possible its getting too much sun?

>>2428495
well thats sad friendo, it looked like a very nice cacto.
>Hopefully it is feeling kind enough to remind me soon.
Are you feeding it something in order to help it flower? I own a few orchids and its always a good idea to fertilize them in growing and flowering seasons.
please upload some photos if it does

>>2428451
>dun't lissen to him he's a liar!

>ask for suggestions
>get them

I'm sorry, but you've probably been asked this a million times: Are you fucking retarded?

>>2428605
I hadn't given it any fertilizer yet, I'll be sure to pick some up this weekend though. I've never cared for an orchid before, but I assume it doesn't need much, right?

>>2428609
Every time you reply to me I'll just quote these two posts because they inform everyone of how little they should listen to you.

>>2427351
>I have never had a plant successfully grow indoor south side
>>2427354
>Oh I forgot to say I have a porch blocking the south side light coming indoors

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Anyone else?

>>2428716
I don't kill people or grow plants

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>>2428699
which season are you on right now?
in vegetative growing you have to give them fertilizers rich in nitrogen, in floration you go for higher levels of potasium and phosphorus.
I always use a quarter of the recommended dosis and put that in the water every time i water them, stop this when they go dormant. This works very well in oncidiums, miltonias and dendrobiums.

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I have acquired tree seeds. Now I need mycorrhizae.

How do I get started with plants? Could I just plant a potato in a pot and eat the potato?

>>2428727
Amateur

>>2428873
Potatoes are easy but the plant itself is kinda ugly

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>>2427813
Ah ok, interesting. My youngest Mt. Belirang clone always starts by darkening the peristome before the pitcher body, and my biggest one starts entirely lime-green before darkening altogether. Yours is a very nice pinky specimen anyway!
>>2428108
Yeah they're very nice to see in huge clumps like that. Unfortunately mine are very small and many years from looking that good, but they're trundling along nicely on my windowsill. Lovely VFTs as usual mate.

>>2428857
>Planting anything but food trees
For what purpose?

>>2428873
Do you want food plants or decorative ones? If you want to start a food garden, >>>/out/ has a thread too. This thread tends to be more ornamental oriented.

>>2428971
>For what purpose?
Shade, curb appeal, wind breaks, drainage, and privacy just to name a few.
Fruit trees are a lot of fucking work. I know because I've removed all mine (about 18) and will be replacing them with ornamentals eventually.

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Aw yis, package arrived.

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>>2429022

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>>2429025

>>2429027
Spider? Towering giant? DC XL?

Also I have that same sarracenia that's in the background. A shitty hunter but grows fast anyway.

>>2429030
Switzerland Giant.
And indeed, that one on the left (S. Tygo) catches a whole lot, the newest pitchers are almost full and they're just a week or 2 old, while those big ones (S. Eva iirc) barely catch a thing.

Never really been interested in carnivorous plants desu, but I looked up some pictures of diverse Sarracenia and I gotta say, some of them are really fucking aesthetic.

From what I know they all want peat or sphagnum as substrate, very soft water and shitton of light. The first two are no problem but the last one is. The only place I could put them outside is a south facing balcony, but that doesn't get light the entire day because there is another balcony right above it. I have a south facing window that gets full light though.

Are there any noob Sarracenia that I could get that would be ok in those conditions? And where do I best get them (in europe)?

>>2429035
Oh, just another tall giant then.
I think the sarracenia on the right is S. Fiona, at least it looks just like mine.

>>2429038
I think S. Purpurea would do better with less sunlight (As it is canadian) but it's the most primitive and least aesthetic.

How many hours of sunlight do you have? I think most of them would do well with 6 hours anyway.

>>2429044
there seem to be some nice S. purpurea
also they're THICC which is always a plus


>How many hours of sunlight do you have?
the window gets about 9 hours of direct light, the balcony mabye 6

>>2429048
Then maybe you can grow any of them inside and take them outside for winter. Or grow purps outisde.

Anyway I had them outside with 6 hours of sunlight in summer and they grew fine. If you want something beautiful, S. Leucophylla and S. x wrigleyana are the most colorful in my opinion.

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>>2429040
Just checked, I remembered correctly, S. Tygo catching very well, both S. Eva just being big n pretty.

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I put some black gravel on top of the peat/perlite mix, I hope it doesn't get messed up by heavy rain. It looks a whole lot better than bare soil, I don't have any moss going yet.

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Brought home some Eastern prickly pears after camping in January and have been collecting cacti since. I replanted them in a bigger pot around a week ago, what do you anons think?

>>2428971
>For what purpose?

Interest in trees. I also have fruit trees.

>>2428976
We've got a couple of pecans, a mulberry, a fig, and a black walnut and we don't do anything for those. Then again, they're all either natives or naturalized here.

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Hello, a couple of days agobI posted several pictures of my succulents, that did not receive rnough sunlight. I moved some of them onthe southern balcony and my little jade received a burn mark on its leaf.

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>>2429153
Will it heal with time? Is it due to the new environment? I'm sure the leaf has not made contact with water. help

>>2429154
>Will it heal with time?
no

>Is it due to the new environment?
yes

plants have to "tan" the same way people have to before they can manage full sunlight. New leaves which grow in full sun will have the protection from the get go but old leaves don't.