first time gardening. please root for my peppers!
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first time gardening. please root for my peppers!

Hiii! This is my first time growing veggies. Just wanted to share my experience so far! Also wanted to share my little gardening space lol

I started with okra, tomatoes, cucumbers, and bell peppers, but my peppers are the only ones that survived🫩 I planted about 9 seeds per plant type so had 36+ good seedlings total (planted some extra when the first ones weren’t growing)

But these peppers have survived low light, long vacations, over fertilization, and a big move between places so I have a lot of hope for them. I am worried cause the new balcony doesn’t get much light but we will see.

For the fall, I’m thinking about growing some shade loving plants like leafy greens and maybe some root veggies? Would love some potatoes, carrots, and onions as well! Hoping those will do well on my shady balcony.

If you made it to the end, any advice you have for shady balconies would be greatly appreciated! Also any edibles that have grown well for those with shady balconies! Happy to join the community! 😊

u/Impossible-Duck2965 — 7 days ago

just moved in. please help me organize my closet

Hi! Just moved in and finally getting around to organizing my closet. This is the whole space right here. I can’t reach the top shelf without a stool and there’s not enough space to hang dresses and pants without them hanging over/touching the floor. Soooo my primary question is, what are some organization things that I could use to hang my dresses since they don’t fit correctly in the closet(I have like.. 10-15) ? Same with the jeans. I have two doors to my closet, one is hanging my bags, the other is empty at the moment. Any advice would be appreciated! (Also the tubs of clothes are just yet to be organized)

Extra:
I have a dresser, but it’s really only big enough for undergarments and tiny tops/skirts and stuff, not for jeans or tshirts/sweatshirts, so if possible I want to keep those on the shelf. Also if I put the shirts hanging in the bottom on top, then it hangs over the shirts and stuff. Also the closet connects to my bathroom, so want to keep the walkway clear, and close to the wall!

u/Impossible-Duck2965 — 16 days ago

attempting strut walk + taking off stoppers

Hi, this is my first time taking off my stoppers, easier transition than I thought. Attempted strut walk which is one of the first “beginner” moves I’ve tried lol. Still working on it and trying to get smoother. Just sharing my progress, but any advice would be great.

Someone on tiktok told me to move my shoulder more which helped a lot. Might just take more practice :)

u/Impossible-Duck2965 — 1 month ago

Orchid Revival, need advice

This orchid was dying at my parents home so I took it with me. I cut off all the dead roots and put it in bark. Now I have new roots growing and a new leaf. They are very small and idk if the bark is helping them grow at all, since they barely touch the bark lol. Should I sit them in water? Or just keep letting them grow how they are? Also any other advice would be appreciated

More context if needed:
So the orchid had some roots when I got it(fourth
pic). TikTok told me to put it in water…andddd the roots all rotted, so I quickly moved it to bark after that. I had to cut off a lot of the roots cause of the rot and basically was left with two small roots and a nub(which is what you see in the first few pics) and those roots eventually died too cause I couldnt water properly while on break…anyways It didn’t show any signs of revival until like 2 weeks ago when I spotted the new roots. My instinct says put it in water since it’s just sitting on top of the bark rn lol. But also I don’t want the new roots to rot. I don’t want to take it from my parents house just to kill it again lol.

u/Impossible-Duck2965 — 2 months ago