I have a small collection of plants mostly from supermarkets and b&q - not fancy.
I've been using AI to give me care tips. Pretty much every plant health check comes back as having not enough light. With limited window space and UK weather that means grow lights are needed.
Do they actually make much of a difference and are they worth investing in?
Does AI own shares in grow lights??
Which ones is everyone using? I’ve just used up my last bits of crap supermarket one I got in a rush and want something good now.
Here are some photos for reference.. some background:
● They get indirect sunlight being opposite an east facing window, theyre about 2.5m from the window so I dont believe its burn.
● When I water, I use a splash of a fertiliser called "house plant focus" not sure if this is doing damage.. its being doing great added to my propagations of a different pothos but could still be the case.
●They're relatively new to my collection, had them roughly 1 month. The first pothos was reduced to £2 and I knew i could save it.. its put out 2 new leaves of good size in this time with no issues, this 3rd unfurling leave is the first to have the browning. The second plant also gave me 2 new leaves in this time, one new the top main "bush" of the plant being perfectly fine, the one at the end of the longest trail browning and missing a chunk. There is new furled growth again on the end of this trailing stem which clearly is already brown before its even unfurled... further making me thing it is not too much sunlight and possibly due to the fertiliser.
●I water when the pot feels light, I've had pothos before and this is what works for me.
Thank you!
String of hearts, golden pothos and monstera deliciosa. I’m so excited!
I have 3 BOPs in one pot. I want it to look lush and full so I kind of want to keep all of them. Although I'm worried that it would look too chaotic when it gets matured. I'm quite hesitant to repot now. I've only got her 3 days ago. The stems are too closed to each other, I'm worried that it would get bruising if I don't repot soon?
PS. Could you guys show me photos of your BOPs with multiple plants in one pot? Just so I know what I'm signing up for!
I've had my yucca plant 6 years, never had any issues with it. It's in good draining soil with drainage holes, get's watered once a month in winter and every 2-3 weeks in spring/summer. The other day noticed the stems started flopping, at closer inspection it's a little soft (not mushy) and wrinkly and part of the upper stem has turned brown. Thought it was root rot but after inspecting, all the roots are fine and healthy as well as the trunk. No pests either. Really not sure what is wrong with it.
I bought this plant from B&Q around a month or so ago and these things are living inside, some have even died around the pot on the floor. I’m very new to plants so would appreciate any help!
In my other plants I’m finding small white looking worms too..
This plant is growing a lot lately so I'm thinking of cutting it. I can't see any root nodes etc ..how do I cut this? Can I just anyhow cut in between and replant in water? TIA!
I just acquired this amazing plant but it looks like it needs some love, what can I do? repot? split it? tie it up?
I’m no expert when it comes to plants. This is a plant I have had in my office for a while at work, when we had the first super hot heatwave I wasn’t in the office as I couldn’t get into work, meanwhile my window shutters were open and this poor plant got cooked. Is there any hope left? I’ve been giving it water when the soil is dry roughly once a week, it looked better than this the other week and more green and red colours started to show and some of the leaves were staying upright, but it looks like it’s dead now. There is an inner pot that has drainage holes inside too. Any advice would be appreciated, it’s so sad seeing this after it was such a lovely plant to start with.
hi so i repotted my pothos two days ago with some pretty in depth cleaning of the roots. she had millipedes and im scared of bugs. shes drooping like crazy though and i feel like its getting worse rather than better. not sure what to do. plz advise! she doesn’t need to be watered and gets plenty of light. i also sprayed her with neem before the repot.
I've had most these plants for a year or two but never really took care of them. i know the cheese plant and lucky bamboo are not in the best condition but I don't really know much else, i don't water my plants often i think i've watered them maybe like twice this year, the ones not on my windowsill get almost no sunlight. do any of them need like actual care besides that?
Good morning all,
Apologies if this post is incorrectly tagged, or not allowed in this sub.
Since repotting my peace lily with compost that’d sat outside for a while, I’ve been finding these little guys on the outside of the pot. I couldn’t tell you which type of compost it was.
I can get rid of 6 of the bugs, and later there’ll be more on the outside of the pot.
They’re quite active, if I spin the pot to see them they’ll start to walk around. Otherwise, they’re just stood there.
This pot is inside, and near other indoor plants, but I’ve not seen any sign of them on the other pots.
New to this subreddit and hoping this is the right place to post!
My string of hearts is flowering (yay) but it has also dropped loads of leaves and 2 vines have completely died. So its long and mostly bald until you get to the ends which still have lots of leaves and about half a dozen flowers.
I'm confused about what to do about this situation, it's flowering so it must be happy but it looks like it's dying. I'm thinking about repotting into a smaller pot now that its more sparce so I really just want to get it right. Please give me as much advice on how to get it to thrive again as possible! This summer has been awful for my plants, I've lost a miniature rose that I was planning to move outdoors and my peace lily has managed to scorch a load of leaves but is now flowering and putting out lots more leaves so hopefully good signs. My rubber plant also had a weird growth complication so I need to chop the top off and I really dont want to lose anymore plants.
If anyone has a good source for bladderworts or butterworts please also let me know because the fungus gnats this year are driving me crazy!
Thank you for taking the time to read!
I’m ashamed to say, but I hate everything about this plant. I’m new to the plant parent life and I can’t tell if I’m doing something wrong or just am not a fan of this particular type of plant.
She’s so leggy, leaves sticking out in different directions and just damn ugly. Also when I bought her the leaves were a lighter green and now have become darker. I’m not ready to give up on her, so please give advice/suggestions
Care:
North-east facing window supplemented with grow light
Chunky soil mix with perlite, coco coir and bark
Watering when the top few inches of soil are dry
Fertilising approximately once a month (it’s summer here)
I found what I assume to be mealy bugs (pictured - I think this is correct) and some small greyish thin worms in the soil of my snake plant when I was repotting. I couldn't capture a decent picture of the worms - does anyone have any idea what they are? The plant looked healthy and had no blemishes at all so I was surprised.
hi peeps!
my grandma passed away at the start of the year. grandpa has been taking care of all her plants and has decent know-how about making sure the soil is dry before watering it, stuff like that.
im making this post mostly to show off this magnificent beast. i love her so much!! no idea how old she is, but definitely older than me.
im also making this post to see if anyone has any care ideas. it’s in a porch that receives a lot of light, so know it’s been baked by the heatwaves. unfortunately there’s nowhere else to move it to, really. she’s still putting out very healthy new growth so eh, she’s tolerating it. there’s no blinds or anything to get it more shady on the hotest days.
Im most concerned about the shrivelling bits, in pics 3-5.
we just turned it 180°, so in the pic the right side has been on the left by the window for an age and the left side has been more shaded.