The plant general: dindu nuffin edition
Is selling drugs hard? Is the white man's oppression too great? Then drive on down to the Carolinas and steal some fucking 3% of the wild population of Dionaea muscipula.
>trust me it's a good idea
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What's this?
SHIEEEEEET NIGGA I THOUGHT THAT SHIT WO WILD WEED I WAS GON GET SUPA HIGH
>>2178506
>garden security system
WE WUZ PITCHER PLANTS N SHIEEET
>>2178510
Moth mullein,
Verbascum blattaria
Home sprout hass avocado
I can't find any sand in my area that would work so I'm using small driveway stones (the gray ones). Will this hurt my carnivorous plant?
>>2178594
You can't get perlite?
>>2178595
No, can't find it around here.
tese
>>2178596
Not even from amazon? Damn dude, what third world country do you live in?
>>2178594
pic related
>>2178599
Shipping would be outrageous
So will it work or not?
>>2178602
a huge bag of the stuff weighs about as much as a couch cushion man
hell no
>>2178602
Don't use those rocks. Where the hell do you live? How the hell can you not find a fucking bag of perlite
>>2178608
What stores sell it?
>>2178608
The only perlite I can find is Miracle Gro
>>2178617
Seriously, where did you get your VFT? If it was doing fine in that soil, why take it out?
If you bought it from a plant shop, they have the stuff you need.
>>2178617
smaller nurseries will usually have it
I know lowes has a miracle gro sponsorship or some shit
pet shops will also have the sand you need
>>2178623
I never posted about a venus fly trap. I have one I got from Lowes, but Lowes only has Miracle Gro perlite.
>>2178626
Sorry, I saw carnivorous plant and just assumed. But if I'm not mistaken, they're all from similar marshy climates. They're not going to like living in large rocks. All that to say, miracle grow will kill them too. The soil has far too many additive nutrients that'll fuck them up
>>2178630
Should I just put them in regular sphagnum peat until I can get some perlite?
These are my current windowsill babies. Took them outside for a quick photo-op. The King Henry VFT lives in an old high school ceramics project. I know it's not ideal living conditions for them, but I've been keeping on top of watering it and its growing really, really well. New heads sprout every couple of days, and are only getting bigger and farther from the base.
The cactus is the new guy. I don't really know what kind of cactus it is, but it looks nice and I'm enjoying looking at it.
>>2178633
I have pic above in the peat they provided me at the plant store I bought it from a couple months ago. I bought a small bag of sol they said VFT's did well in and added it to fill the mug, but really you'd be fine without adding any perlite, from my experience at least. I don't know much about other carnivorous plants other than VFTs, but anecdotally mine's doing great.
>>2178634
Does anyone know if this perlite is too salty? http://www.walmart.com/ip/Sungro-Horticulture-1490102-8-QT-P-8-Quart-Perlite/38450140
>>2178611
Small nurseries or big box stores.
My local walmart even has it
>>2178634
If that ceramic isn't glazed, it'll kill the flytrap eventually
>>2178639
It seems fine
>>2178580
How did you get it to sprout ? I would be interested in growing this any tips ?
Can someone identify this? Sorry the first image is blurry. 1/3
2/3
3/3
Hello /plant/, I just had a quick question.
I inadvertently picked up a northern red oak (quercus rubra) tree when I was moving, and have finally made the decision to keep it. The sources I read said that you should expect your red oak seedlings to grow around 12-24 inches per year. However, this one is only about 7 or eight inches. Should I expect it to remain stunted in a small pot or will it become root bound and die?
Please ignore the sideways rosemary, and I'm planning to transplant the oak sapling soon.
>>2178657
It's very glazed. Inside and out.
Rate my new terrarium
Its 2 feet tall, there's a drainage layer underneath.
Its gonna be my crested geckos house in a month.
The only one im worried about is the african violet.
>>2178768
Moved the violet to protect it from potential dripping.
Its only 19 inches tall actually.
>>2178778
Just as a heads up it helps a lot to mention where the plant is. It looks like it might be phytolacca americana, which Wikipedia states has "significant toxicity".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phytolacca_americana
http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/weeds/plants/pokeweed.htm
>>2178817
It seems to be it so it's a good thing that nothing bad has happened to her yet since i've taken the parts away from her when she does jt and she only chews and spits them out rather than eating it, i'll commence eradicating every trace of it from the yard even if it turns out not to have been pokeweed
Has anyone tried doing this? It looks like a fun project to try for unlimited potatoes.
What are some good, smaller terrarium plants?
I've just lately been getting into terrariums. I've made a small succulent one and am a bit more confident to make a slightly bigger one.
I've got a small maidenhair fern that hopefully will start getting healthier now that I'm nursing it in the glasshouse, I have a small african violet chick, and I was going to grab a small ground cover we have in the back yard, though I don't know what species it is. I was thinking maybe 3 or 4 plants, so I might need to come up with ideas for another 2 if my maidenhair doesn't come back from the dead.
The vase I have for it is an orb, about 20x20cm, I'd say. I bought it cheap from a dollar shop since I didn't want to invest much in a terrarium for my first, crappy try.
Anyone have any suggestions?
>>2178946
Oh, and also, any tips for growing moss?
It's been raining non stop for the past month or two here, so there's tons around. I snagged some from the side of a footpath in my suburb and have stuck it in a chinese food container on some soil.
Is that enough? It's pretty moist, and I've been moving it onto the windowsill when the sun moves behind the trees in the afternoon.
Is there anything I need to know?
I don't suppose anyone in here has experience with beekeeping, do they?
I'm wondering if mid-summer is too late to start my first bee colony.
>>2179004
it might be worth harvesting from them this year, but there is plenty of time to get them established.
>>2178909
That looks pretty cool
Hello guys, two things regarding my new plants.
This is my ivy. I don't thing it's doing too great and I'm afraid it's getting a bit too much sunlight. However, there isn't any shade in my terrace.
How can I help it be more resilient to the climate? Some stems are getting dry, should I cut them off?
This is my mint. When I bought it, it was in bad shape but it's getting worse and soon I won't have a mint if i don't change something.
However, the symptoms are different.
What should I do?
>>2178756
It will get root bound and die, regular transplants are necessary. That being said, that tiny fucker can probably grow awhile in a pot that size if it was alone
>>2178756
Also I'm not entirely sure that's a red oak
Go back to /pol/ please
>>2179071
>ivy
>dying
>ever
What sorcery is this?
>>2179084
This is 4chan. If you're offended >>>/reddit/ is always an option
>>2179084
Please grow a spine you cretin.
Anyway, does anyone have any experience with grow tents? An opportunity has arisen in which I might not have to sell all my Nepenthes, as a big basement grow tent could be an option in my new house. Any recommendations or info on how to set up automated hydrofogger type shit would be appreciated too.
>>2179077
Alright, thank you.
And the only two nut-bearning trees near my mom's house are pignut hickory, (carya glabra), and the an oak tree that I'm not 100% sure of the species of. My best guess using Maryland's leaf guide ( http://dnr2.maryland.gov/wildlife/Documents/TreeGuide_Common-Broadleaf.pdf ) was red oak. What do you think it could be?
>>2179092
>>2179097
Oh geez thanks guys. You almost made me think like I was making this shit up. If it's so hard to kill those plants can you actually point out how I'm managing to do that?
I'm watering them once every day since it looks dry after all the day on the sun and I try to stop before the water drops under.
They get around 8 hours of full sun and the next 4 of slim shade.
I humidify them during the evening once every two days.
>>2178521
Thought about getting a different variety of Nepenthes, but I can't find seeds and the price for the neater varieties gets crazy.
>>2179190
Actually check whether your soil is dry or not by sticking your finger in it. Also, ivy is an outside plant. Leave it outside unless you have one of those cool indoor trellis thingies.
>>2179071
prune the dead stems off ivy. check if it's dead by scratching the stem with your fingernail: if there's green underneath, it's still good.
I found a super brown ivy plant a while ago... only 1/3 of it made it, but it's finally starting to look good!
Bought this guy today, lady at the store said to trim off the black heads and keep it moist. Should o trim just the heads or as far back as the black goes? Some of the leaves are black almost down to where it sprouts
>>2179197
Join a forum. People will occasionally do giveaways and many will be willing to trade for interesting drosera, utricularia, ect
Terraforums does the yearly NASC benefit auction and that's a good way to get a hold of some more interesting stuff.
>>2179197
Yeah seeds are a little difficult to get hold of, certainly if you're not in the know or don't know the right channels. As anon above said, TF giveaways seem pretty great if you're in the US. Another safe bet is to wait on eBay until viable seed comes up, either hobbyist-made (will be fresh, but might be a shit hybrid) or wild-collected (cool but unethical). Only a couple of Indonesian sellers are trustworthy, hobbyist sellers you probably need to look at on a case-by-case basis. And keep in mind growing Nepenthes from seed is fuckin' SLOW - stuff I planted in Spring last year are barely reaching an inch across now. Only about 5-10% of everything is still alive at this point too (I'm still a bit shit), but what's left is a few very strong seedlings I can hopefully look at in a few years and be extremely proud of.
And regarding prices - what can I say, it's a bit of a rich man's hobby. As a general rule though, the more expensive a species is, the harder to keep and slower growing it is, so if you're a beginner you're not really missing out on the shit-hot attractive toothy stuff! There are boatloads of cheap easy hybrids courtesy of Borneo Exotics these days, I'm sure you'll find something you like that won't break the bank at all. Pic related is a solid example that took my fancy recently.
>>2179211
Just wait until they dry completely and then pull them out. Also do you know how to take care of it, besides "Keeping it moist"? They are picky plants
>>2178768
Bruh you're gonna need to ad more places for it to hide and climb, that's pretty bare to be honest add some more to it and it'll be a pretty sick gecko house
>>2179254
Not particularly, I've been trying to gather as much information as I can though. How often should I be watering them? What's the best way to let them thrive indoors? If they even should be
>>2179265
>Indoors
Well I'll give you a brief caresheet
>They are full sun plants, they need at least 4 hours of sunlight per day.
>They live in marshes, bogs, and swampy areas in general, so they dehydrate fast. The best way to water them is to keep them with a small dish of water under their pot, and refill it when the substrate is -almost- dry (never let them dry completely).
>They go through a dormancy period in winter never deprive them from it.
>They need low mineral content water (distilled, demineralized, osmotized, rain, etc) it has to be <80 ppm
>The ideal soil has to be something acidic and well drained. Non fertilized peat moss with quartz sand or perlite, live or dry sphagnum moss are the best ones for this plants.
>Never fertilize. That'd kill them.
About yours: It's lacking sunlight (you can tell because the new traps are very small) and also it's an all red, red varieties are slower and more sensitive to intense sunlight, so it'll take longer to adapt and old traps will get sunburn and die, but it'll grow new healthy ones if you follow my instructions.
Also don't play with the traps and if you want to feed it, do it with live insects the size of 1/3 of the trap's surface.
>>2179271
I forgot to mention, in spring they'll start growing flower stems, they weaken them a lot, cut them up, because you don't want to be growing them from seed until you have some experience. If well treated, they'll clone themselves.
>>2179279
I'm not even sure I can agree, there seems to have been a mass exodus of knowledgable people away from forums and onto FB groups (for carnivorous plants at least). What were once at the forefront of all discussion are now just buried archives with a handful of wayward boisterous noobs gnawing at each other on the surface.
I finally got some paver sand at Lowe's, and washed it for about 3 hours straight, and finally got my new plants planted. The sticks are to hold up the pitchers, since they got bent in the packaging.
>>2179271
Thank you much! can the four hours of sunlight be emulated by fluorescent light? I've got a "cool white" bulb that's supposedly the right color temp. And as for the water under the plant, should I repot it already? The lady I bought it from said not to for a year but that seemed a little off. Plus if I were to use the Petri dish under it i would need it reported anyway right?
>>2179286
Agree with the carnivorous plant aspect, but with orchids it's a toss-up. I have found orchidsforum and orchidboard to be great. Orchidsforum is where a ton of specialist experts go to for some reason. They grow plants that no one else does. There are also specialists on some facebook groups. Most of the international community is very interesting if you can read in another language.
>>2179199
Calm down blm
>>2179302
Yes, I know people that use them (also you should use it for 14 per day), but if you keep it indoors remember the dormancy period. It can be done in the fridge, get some dry sphagnum, a zip bag and fungicide, hydrate de sphagnum mist, mist it with a bit of fungicide, wrap the vft roots with it and keep in the fridge (about 2-3ºC) for 3 months.
The substrate is dry sphagnum, doesn't look too spoiled. A petri dish won't harm the plant so you can let it be for now.
>>2179334
14 hours*
the sphagnum*
- mist*
Dammit I'm tired.
>>2179279
>or succulents
So do you collect succulents?
>>2179334
Thanks again, this is the makeshift setup I've got right now. I'm gonna try and take care of repotting it tomorrow. 14 hours a day won't burn the fuck out of it though? I thought I'd have to start with like 6
>>2179340
you are cute.
>>2179342
Yea
>>2179338
Yeah. Lots of Mesembs. Conophytum, Lithops, Argyoderma, Corpuscularia, etc.
>>2178506
>What's this?
A plant.
>>2179340
I doubt artificial light burns it.
>>2179345
Oh nice. I've found growing conophytum from seed to be a real struggle, do you grow from seed? If so what's your procedure?
I live in USDA Zone 4. I have a porch that is enclosed so no frost, wind or snow will get in. It also has windows, but it's still as cold as outside. Will I be able to put my Sarracenia Flava, Drosera Intermedia, and Dionea Muscipula out there in the winter and not have to worry?
>>2179345
Also any pics of your collection? I've been meaning to specialise in mesembs but It'd be nice for some inspiration.
>>2179351
They'll be fine I think. As long as they arent frostbitten
>tfw wanted to photoshop a Lithops pepe but instead just got envious of how much better the ones on google images are than mine
>>2179261
The plants are gonna get pretty big pretty fast.
Ive tried offering my crested gecko tones of different kinds of hides and shes never used them. She seems to prefer hanging out in the plants or just lounging on the wood.
I did throw a few in before i moved her though
>>2179377
Show us your Lithops anon!
What is this? I pollinated it so I could keep it. Only 2 stalks.
>>2179405
Is there a large bulb? I think I've seen that plant before but I couldn't give you a botanical name.
>>2179407
Are you saying I am to pull it out of the ground?
No bulb visible, I checked under the leaves.
>>2179411
Well I thought it could have been a hippeastrum but if that foliage is part of the plant then I have no idea what it is.
>>2179415
Thanks. I was thinking crinum but this thing was leafless.
>>2179417
It'lll grow leaves after it flowers
I want to have sex with buggirl
>>2179163
Just looking at those I would say it's maybe a chestnut oak; immature tree leaves are sometimes hard to identify because they haven't reached full size/mature shape. That being said, it's lobes are rounded and shallow enough I don't think it's a red oak. Seed can also travel ridiculously far sometimes so don't limit yourself to what's in your immediate neighborhood. I may also dig around in one of my ID books tomorrow if I remember and try to give you a more conclusive answer.
I'm going into my senior year in forestry so if anyone has any other tree related questions I could try to answer them, it would be a good learning exercise for me at least.
>>2179417
Something important to know with belladonnas is that they will throw a tantrum for 3 years if you move them. They don't like being disturbed at all, and will refuse to flower for 2-3 years if you divide or move them.
They can be moved if you keep a large clump of soil around the bulb while moving, but you may still get them sulking.
Anyone here know anything about Adenium obesum?
Mine's gone all spongy at the base. Visually it looks really healthy, the roots look great, the leaves are happy, it's not got any discolouration on the trunk or anything. But I noticed today that the base of the trunk seemed to have shrunk, and when I touched it it was soft and spongy.
I don't know what I could have done to it. You don't water them in winter, and I haven't aside for the occasional few drops while watering my other succulents. When I pulled it out the soil was bone dry, so I don't think it could be overwatering. It's in the path of an air conditioner, but if that were the issue the leaves would have gone first. Besides, it's from the middle east so it should be comfortable with warm wind.
Anyone know about this plant and have any idea what I could have done to it?
I trimmed my VFT a bit
>>2178506
Just noticed the new thread, re-post from the old one:
As this sprouted from the soil of one of my colous plants I was sure that it was Cannabis from a seed planted by a friend. Now i'm not so sure. If not, what is it?
I think I've overfeed this red piranha, it has grown some deformed traps.
Pls stop triggering yourself
>>2179395
As you can see, they're hardly thriving, need way more light and could do with repotting. They were in even worse conditions last year at uni, but the new leaves coming through seem healthier. Can't remember Lithops species names very well, but that big brown one seems to cope alright in awful Northern Europe sunlight.
>>2178580
My avacado tree. I've been growing it indoors for a year. I surrounded it with purple heart to cover the boring dirt.
>>2179658
Looks like a tomato plant.
Pings
Anyone know much about caring for red mangroves?
I raised one from a propagule for over a year and a half, was just starting to unfurl it's second set of leaves, but it died when I had to leave for six weeks.
I'm kinda apprehensive about getting another.
>>2179610
If the caudex gets wrinkly, it's usually too dry
I never had this problem with A. obesum, so I can't say for sure
>>2179658
are you serious?
thisbis a tomato
>>2179711
Well I put it into a smaller nursery pot after I checked the roots and drenched it. So I'll see in a couple days if it gets better or worse. It should also get a lot more sun where I've put it.
Here's a photo, my phone's camera is a turd, though. The base has definitely gotten less taught or turgid and shrunk in, but it's not really visibly wrinkled.
>>2179649
How's the dc xl
>>2179720
Today I discovered that the one I've been feeding is the Giant Rosette that came with it. The DC XL is very very small still and I think I'm going to put it in peat moss because live moss will engulf it.
The big trap thay has digested an ant is from the Giant Rosette, if you pay attention you'll see that underneath is where the DC XL is.
>>2179743
Btw what cultivar is giant rosette?
The only results google is giving me are pics of some stock dionaea pictures, dead links and the probability of the cultivar being made by Mike King
>>2179714
>
I was just testing you. You passed
Anyone here grow orchids?
Does anyone know if you can resurrect sphagnum moss? I put some dead sphagnum in a container on top of some peat moss and closed it and put it in the shade outside.
>>2179762
Found it, just a big typical. Ok.
>>2179913
Yes. Are those Dracula yours? If so, what is your setup?
>>2179931
no, you can´t
it may get a greenish tint again, but only because of algae growth
>>2179931
It's dead, jim
>>2179913
I grow entry level epiphyte hybrids but I've started collecting terrestrial species like pic related.
Man, I need to figure out some better looking system of putting my indoor ferns out to pasture for the summer than just plopping them on the ground among the outdoor ferns.
>>2179913
Just a black/white Paph hybrid and that coconutty Maxillaria, not had either long enough to flower. I might as well be growing extremely slow exotic grass, that's basically what they are at this point
>>2179913
I'm warming up to orchids but find most of the ones available to me pretty underwhelming because I'm into leaves and the very small orchid circles here are all about flashy flowers. The only species I have is this Dendrochilum javieriense on the left but I'm thinking of getting more. I like clumping leafy species so maybe Maxillarias or Coelogynes or something.
>>2179667
They look fine desu. The red one looks like Optica Rubra but idk. Im trying to grow a couple from seed and its been a real shit show.
Does anyone have cool small terrarium ferns like Microgramma lycopodioides?
>>2180219
Wish I did but I'd have to import them to my country from abroad if I wanted them -- they don't sell shit here.
Do you think this plant can pass as an UK sawtooth II? I see no differences
>>2180199
Yeah optica rubra definitely rings a bell for the pink/red one, I think it's more of a coastal species so needs slightly different conditions. And I can't say I've ever grown any from seed, but it sounds like a massive ball-ache.
>>2180546
It looks more inbred than normal sawtooth so probably
THERE'S A LIME TREE IN THE YARD
AND IT'S NEVER BEEN PRUNED
FUCK, I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A BIG ASS BUSH
There's no need to shout.
>>2180912
I'd be excited too if I found a lime tree in my yard.
>>2180467
lame, where are you? I'm sure you can find some Eastern Euro to mail you some
>>2180917
how the fuck did you not notice the limes fucking growing off of it until now?
What are these strange nodules growing on the roots of my pothos/devil's ivy cutting?
>>2180917
>>2180999
>>2180915
>>2180910
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5mI407Uks4
>>2180990
Finland. And oh, I've been so close to importing ferns, I just haven't been able to justify it to myself yet.
oh god, They're at it again
>>2181362
Jesus fuck. Might as well be sprinkled under a tree because that shit's as good as cremated.
>>2181362
Is that an oven tray underneath the pot? Shit looks freshly Auschwitz'd
Fucking hell, they look like maggots.
>>2181362
O bet they thought it was a sarracenia
It's about time to start wondering about autumn bulbs again. Last year, I sneaked a shitload of bulbs, weird novelty tulips and such, into my elderly mother's garden and quite enjoyed her going "Jesus fuck, what even IS that?". She was endeared by it in the end so I'm thinking of making it a yearly tradition.
Apparently this is the caliber of cuckoldry of our friends over on r/SavageGarden (that's also the same redditor who posted the saltiest response on the roasting thread)
>tfw you get a new plant and think you're going to end up killing it but it starts thriving
>>2181472
Plants are actually pretty hard to kill. Stick it outside so it gets some sunshine, water occasionally. Taking care of living things is not hard.
>>2181483
There's still a lot that can go wrong though. Too much light, too little light, too much water, not enough water, root rot, all kinds of parasytes, some plants need to be sprayd with water regularly, fertilizing, the right soil, repotting, etc.
Sure, that stuff is easy to deal with and adjust accordingly, if you know the signs, but with this many possibilitys to fuck up every amatuer is bound to kill a plant sooner or later. Especially if he moves up to some harder palnts.
>>2181483
Little bit of a sweeping statement... maybe you're just into veggies or garden flowers or some shit but there are plenty of hardcore plants out there, and an endless amount that cannot just sit in a pot outdoors (and I'd be very interested in hearing more about this magical land where everything can grow outside regardless of habitat/country of origin, Siberian firs and banana trees growing together year-round). Don't dampen anon's success, he could be growing something batshit-crazy difficult for all we know.
https://youtu.be/k8hiVv8SRFQ
The corpse flower is open and massive in dimensions.
>>2181498
Speaking of Amorphophalli:
Does anyone know how long it takes for an A. Konjac to sprout? Been waiting for almost 3 weeks now but the new korm I planted doesnt show any signs of life yet.
>>2181502
how big/heavy is it?
Maybe it is/was too wet?
>>2181498
>>2181502
Could be at least a couple more weeks, it can depend on your conditions and how long it's been dormant. I have a couple Amorphos only just deciding to wake up, but it is still summer after all. Maybe yours was a late grower last year and is lagging a bit out of sync like some of mine.
>>2181514
Not big, 2-3 cm maybe. Only been sparingly watering it once a week.
>>2181521
Hm, guess I'll just have to have a little more patience then. Thanks.
What is this? It was taken in the spring, area is michigan
>>2181483
Congrats, you've completed easy mode. Now grow something more demanding than a Chlorophytum when it's freezing outdoors, comfortably warm for humans but uncomfortably warm for plants all day and all night indoors, baseline indoor air humidity is way less than 40%, and there's a whopping six to seven hours of sunlight per day, much of it dusk, for several months.
Remember to stop by your local Lowe's every few days!
They are discounting all of their plants around this time!
I just got $50 worth of plants for $7.50
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fuqNBoCv6I
>>2181682
wew those comments
pretty funny how those people actually value mudslimes over pretty flowers and sexy succulents
>>2181682
>travel a thousand miles from a nursery to Finland to get blown into a thousand pieces under extreme pressure
I'd say it suffered a more dignified death than most normie-owned cacti desu
>>2181690
If we all choose the correct sociopolitical path then hopefully we'll be seeing them join those unfortunate houseplants under the crusher in the near future
>>2181679
What's worth getting?
How does it look? I know the picture is a little blurry ;-;
>>2181825
anything on the clearance rack
>>2181865
Bad, how are you taking care of it?
>>2181865
what am I looking at here?
>>2181966
A VFT
>>2181958
Plenty of sun light, and distilled water. It's potted in moss. It was inside from the first few days of its life, now it is basically outside. I mean it has grown significantly in the past few days. Pic related is from the other day.
>>2181987
It's a pitcher plant. My vfts look lovely.
>>2182149
Newer better pic
>>2182149
Oh, then it must be recovering, in this picture it looks way better. How was it when you bought it?
>>2182159
It was just a root. I purchased one of those bug biting plants products
>>2182158
doesn't look too bad desu
not sure if it will survive it's dormancy though
Just don't overdo it temp. and lenghtwise
also, better put it outside, the direct light is much stronger than the light behind a window
>>2182176
I have read that I could take a chance and try to skip it's first dormancy. I was thinking of doing that and and investing in a proper grow light.
>>2182180
Should I though?
>>2182180
the dormancy strengthens them, it will be a lot weaker after skipping a dormancy
but you can buy a growlight and keep it at about 10°C during the dormancy period
make this last about 4 months
I don't really know how to induce a dormancy manually, because I keep my VFT's outside, so you might want to w8 for a more experienced grower to answer
>>2182191
Wow those are gorgeous!!
I live in Ohio I'll have to figure out the best choice for its dormancy
>>2182191
A growlight?
Pretty sure the low light would kill it. VFTs have their dormancies triggered by decreasing daylight hours, not weaker light levels
>>2182241
Sarracenia pitcher plants*
>>2182191
I made mine fo dormant in the fridge in 2011 because that winter was like spring. >>2179334
They all are still alive and dividing.
>>2181570
Boomp
Have a local landrace mid flower, already seeded 2-3 months harvest time, Datura seedling popped up today, will post pic tomorrow, Bryophillum pinatum also on the go and has survived the scorching summer months, monsoon season is underway so will have to keep it covered.
>>2182308
Here's the Bryophyllum
so if i'm growing my vft indoors with florescent lighting how should i go about giving it its dormancy? just less light each day until i hit like 4 hours?
>>2182329
Keep them in the fridge for 4 months.
how often should I water vft? the soil it's in dries out really fast, i find myself putting a small amount of water in a dish twice a day on somedays.
>>2182331
wrapped up in any particular way? or just put it in a mini fridge in its pot??
>>2182338
Take them out of their soil, wrap them up in moist (not soaked) dry sphagnum moss, pulverize some fungicide and put them in a zip bag. Once a week open the bag and let them out for an hour or so, add a bit more of fungicide and store them again.
I did it once because we had a super hot winter, let's see if I can find some pictures.
>>2182344
Here it is, cut the old leaves and just keep the roots wrapped in sphagnum.
You can do it with sarracenia too.
BTW, the plant of this pic now it's the majority of the plants in the overcrowded pot here: >>2179649 so they'll survive fine with no consequences.
is it normal for pinguiculas to wilt and look like shit after a fresh transplant
>>2182158
Is this a second pitcher growing in?
>>2182495
Are you sure thats a sarracenia
>>2182495
this looks like a flytrap cutting?
>>2182500
>>2182505
...gosh I feel so dumb. The pitcher plant and the vft were in the same product..Does this look more like pitcher plant seedling..?
>>2181411
Damn nigga you got a little blight there
>>2182543
Yeah that looks more like it. And i dunno if thats a new pitcher or just phylodia
Need a good weed killer
Hit me, bitches
>>2182983
weed b gone
>>2182983
Roundup
best wishes,
Monsanto
>>2182983
Pour boiling water on it
Vinegar, salt water, and a little dish soap mixed and sprayed on hot dry days
OTC shit like cross bow and round up, anything with 2-4-D
Personally I get mine from a local farmer with a chemical license. This year I've sprayed 4 gallons of contact killer with great results.
>>2182983
Salt the earth. Enjoy your dead soil.
>>2183188
I love it when this myth pops up.
>>2182983
machete it and then cover with mulch
t. permaculture fuckboy
Where's plont to id my plant senpai
>>2183231
Holy shit I didn't even know there were wordfilters here anymore
>>2183232
wew how long have you been away for?
Anyone have experience growing Sequoiadendron giganteum or big trees grown from seed?
This one is a couple months old.
How long until I have to start worrying about it outgrowing pots?
>>2183429
Also how long until the growth habit becomes more vertical and less branchy?
Bonus image of my shitty strawberry runners.
>>2183429
I have one
The winter burned it a bit, though
it is now about 3 years old
will post pics later today
>>2183429
Get ready for a long ride. Maybe your ghost can come and visit your tree in 5000AD who know
>>2183602
My grandparents used to have one in their backyard and despite being "only" about 50 years old it still was the biggest tree around. Sure, it was still far away from a full grown sequoia, but it could easily spit on the heads of all those pine manlets around it.
My grandfatehr always liked to joke about all the fun the people who'd buy the house would have with taking the thing down and digging up the entire property to get rid of the roots.
It still stands today, sturdy old thing, the new owners just cut down the crown a bit.
So I've been waiting all morning for my plants to arrive but according to the post office I wasn't there and I have to go tomorrow to get them.
Fuckers.
>>2183432
Much happier. The night droop is real.
>>2183894
3 kinds here, newly acquired.
Made the mistake of buying a plant with like 9 runners, might cut all but one..
One of the other plants is just unhappy from being repotted.
>>2183902
Epic.
What might this be?
I accidentally dropped black turtle beans from brand "El Mexicano". Well I just put in a empty spot near my garden and watered. Surprisingly they germinated, however some have a purple color and some have a green tinge (which I suspect is fungus". Is this normal?
Today I finished my giant dionaea pot, it contains:
-Southwest giant
-Towering giant
-Big mouth
-Bimbo
-Fake big mouth
-B52
-4cm trap typical
I didn't want to disturb the DC XL because it's still very small, maybe I'll move it here next year.
>>2184370
Are you the guy with the capensis?
>>2184379
Yes, it's still alive but I don't have any pics of it now. Have a big dionaea instead.
Newfig here
How am I doing?
>>2184477
I'm not familiar with the method, but aren't you supposed to do just the pit and not the entire fruit? Also, I have the exact same paper towel holders.
>>2184478
Yeah that's just a big ass pit I found, its an avocado I believe, can someone confirm?
So uh I don't usually go to this board but I have a question. I accidentally started growing a Lime tree in this random potted plant I got as a gift. I know I have to move it eventually but I wanna know if I could plant it outside or will it be pot bound and have to be inside in the winter months
>>2184592
How big is it?
>>2184594
About six inches. My dumbass didn't notice it until now. Im pretty sure its a lime plant because its where put lime pips whenever I find one
Anyone rate my organic soil? Made up a new recipe. I only need 3 cubic ft so the amendments aren't much.
>1/3 perlite
>1/3 fox farms ocean forest
>1/3 peat moss
>2 cups alfalfa meal
>2 cups kelp meal
>2 cups oyster shell
I'm lost on what micronutrients to amend to it. Also my peach trees leaves are getting a lighter color of green, what do?
>>2184477
Looks good so far. When I germinated a avacado pit it took a month to see a root and another month to see a plant. I love how the whole thing just cracks open from one end to another.
>>2184607
what's the point of putting in the ocean forest? it's already a complete mix that contains most of what you put in there.
I follow this for organic fertilizer: http://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/garden-fertilizer-zmaz06jjzraw.aspx
If you can afford it, get mycorrhizal fungi to add to your soil, it's amazing.
>>2184607
My peach leaves have been kind of pale green too but they're still producing a shit ton of fruit and growing like crazy. I wouldn't be too concerned
>>2184623
Oh yeah its half cracked now, the top part is still bridged tho,will the crack go all the way? That's crazy...
Yeah I didn't track it exactly but it's been 3 weeks or so since It started germination. I've only added a cm of water every day and changed the water every while, is there anything else I should do to assure it's growth? I'm in a tropical climate but the jar's currently sitting indoors...
>>2184722
Oh yeah, that crack goes all the way around until the whole thing splits. Root goes down, tree uncurls up. My tree is about a year old and it still is feeding off the pit.
As for helping with growth, just keep it inside until its big enough for the ground. Rodents love to eat the pit. I lost one to a squirrel I was trying to germinate outside, luckily I had another one on a windowsill. I was trying to experiment. Also, keep it well watered. Avacado trees are super thristy and they grow huge root systems.
I live in a temperate zone (zone 5-6) and I was still able to keep one alive in a pot.
>>2184755
thanks for the advice
also I wanted to know in what recipient did you germinate it and approximately when did you transfer yours to a pot?
>>2184722
>>2184755
>>2185322
>checked
Haven't done much other than weeding. Picked my peaches this weekend.
>>2185322
After sprouting it in water, I let it grow for about a month until the plant was about a foot tall. I just moved it to some regular cheap potting mix.
I've got a prunus mume 'tree' and despite spring being a month away, my 'tree' hasn't shed it's leaves at all. I'm thinking that it might not be old enough yet? It's about a metre and a bit but it's growth for the past two years has been restricted by shit potting/position.
What's a plant which has solitary flowers which look like snapdragons and also has rounded leaves?
>>2185562
Some sort of Impatiens?
>animals board
>top thread is about plants
what does this general mean by this
>>2185565
and nature
>>2185566
>nature
>it in the computer
what do you mean by this
Could anybody help ID the pathogen? The plant is a capsicum annuum.
>>2185565
/an/ means animals and nature
>>2185565
Reminder that your animals aren't shit without plants AND NATURE
>>2185581
looks fungal
>>2178519
Nice~
>>2185786
It's my friends dog. He brings him by all the time to socialize with my dog.
>tfw dangerous pitbulls maul your hosta
>>2185821
Caring about green hostas? What?
>>2185824
The green ones are my favorite, I don't know why. The dog really doesn't even damage them at this point.
>>2185821
Cute dog. Mine's just now discovered that I actually have plants in my backyard and is always trying to eat them and sticking his face in the cactus.
>told best indoor growing method for vft are terrariums
>told they should get atleast 5-6 inches of soil for roots
where the hell do you find a terrarium that deep, with enough room for the plants to be a healthy distance from the light
>>2185949
If it's a small plant and you can ensure fairly cool roots, then don't worry too much about media depth. Otherwise, you might have to hang the lights a few inches above the terrarium (if you can) to avoid frying the plant.
>>2185949
Forgot to add, if you have a very sunny windowsill then it would be perfectly happy on there, and you can just forget the terrarium idea altogether.
>>2185955
i'm trying to take it with me to college so im not even sure if i'll get enough window light. are there any specific terreriums you'd recommend?
>>2185966
Not really man, they're pretty much all the same. I wouldn't personally go to all that effort/cost for a VFT, it'll be dormant over winter anyway so a terrarium could make it too bright.
>>2185969
dope, thanks anon
Anyone know whats wrong with my cactus. It looks fungal but im not sure.
How do you kill and/or dispose of poison ivy without touching it?
>>2186201
Gloves
>>2185949
>Terrariums
No.
The faggot that started the myth of them needing high humidity and low light should die in a fire.
>>2186259
Oh wait, I didn't read the "indoors" part
I just woke up, sorry.
>>2186169
Scale, maybe?
>>2184370
Last and final addition to this pot and my overall collection for the moment, big long red teeth.
I'll post pics of the pot when the plants and the moss have adapted, it looks terrible right now, and since most of them came from the Netherlands they've got sunburn.
>>2185949
Best indoor method for a vft is still a shitty method. You really should try with a low-light tolerant plant first, like a small nep hybrid. I kept a N. x Lady Luck alive using a desklamp in my dorms before moving it with the rest of mine back home
>>2186466
>big long red teeth.
*Big teeth red giant
Dammit I always forget its name.
I hope this isn't too entry level for /plant/, but how can I stop Morning Glory plants from seeding? I have multiple scattered around my house, and several in different places have started growing seeds already (this is in Northern New Jersey); I water frequently, would reducing water and cutting off seed-bearers make them flower again?
>>2182447
What type of ping? My Mexicans looked pretty beat up after repotting but not wilted. They recovered almost instantly though with new growth.
>>2186507
Pour boiling water over em.
Random Nep (not mine)
>>2187054
Nice
>>2187054
>>2187071
Refreshing to see some ventrata with a healthy pink flush. Here's an upcoming sib pitcher looking like a big wax potato.
>>2187091
But does it taste like a potato?
I added a bit of pine needles to this new pot to see how they work
(Also I didn't have enough moss)
Girlfriend and I started a cactus garden after getting tired of our empty front yard planter.
>not pictured are a Devil's Tongue, Beaver Tail, Rose Cactus (I think?), and a trio of barrels.
Anyone able to identify that cluster of upward cactus in the left-most planter?
It's grown like 50% since we planted them last month. I've taken to calling it my dick cluster.
Can someone out here help me ID this plant? It's abou 5 cm in length and was found in Malaysia. I found this while doing quadrant sampling..
>>2187797
looks like ginkgo.
>>2187797
pls no pictures with iPotato
>>2185824
>hating on green hostas
They look best when in bloom
>>2188485
I've been neglecting my garden.
>>2187769
I'd probably have to get a better look at the spines, but it looks like a peanut cactus to me.
>>2188503
I can take a better picture and post it in a bit. Getting ready for work and whatnot atm.
>>2188485
But they're invasive here and it takes a crane to get the root clump out.
Pretty sure that orange/yellow stuff is fungus... what do? How do I get rid of it? Can I just scoop up the top layer of soil or is it going to have spores deep too?
>>2188486
>neglecting my garden.
doesnt look that bad. maybe a little overgrown, but its not like weeds are killing it. you could be in a way worse position.
>>2188891
Spores stay on the surface, so go ahead and scrap the top layer of soil. Then let the soil dry out. A little cinnamon rubbed into the surface helps too, just don't get any on your plant, it burns.
>>2188503
Here. Pic of 'em.
I found what appears to be an albino Linaria vulgaris.
Let's start the dump
Nice spotted patern on a typical dionaea
Sawtooth, bigger every day, very nice clone.
Psittacina underwater
I don't know if you remember the Flava I almost lost to fungi this spring, one of the remaining divisions has died too
>>2189167 but the last one looks like it has recovered completely.
And finally this leucophylla hybrid is doing weird things. It's developing thin pitchers and non carnivorous leaves. It have revised the whole thing, it doesn't have aphids, scalebug or fungi.
Any ideas?
>>2189092
Definitely not a 'peanut' cactus but likely in the same genus. Depending on where you bought it from it's most likely an interspecies hybrid in the echinopsis genus which will have large flowers.
>>2189092
Yep, looks like a peanut cactus. Absolutely beautiful succulent garden, by the way.
>>2189166
qt
also new bread pls
>>2189445
Will start new as soon as I get back onto my computer
>>2182983
Glyphosate. It works for all plant matter, and it's reasonably safe, particularly when compared to other herbicides. Get a bottle and forget till the end of time.
>>2183111
You might not even be supporting Monsanto, to my understanding. They don't sell consumer focused products, as I understand. Not sure about whether that also holds for farmers. They simply manufacture a compound which has had the patent expire and literally anyone can make.™