One of my kiddos has to buy a plant, take care of it for a couple months and then use it in their art class. Well, he's on his second plant and I think it's looking like we will need to try a third. It would be an indoor plant and we live in the Phoenix area.
Any suggestions on a robust, forgiving plant?
Spending Saturday morning enjoying my jungle ✨🌱💚
I got this in a tiny baby pot with 2 little flowers on it from walmart for $5 and it has definitely grown a lot they bloom every so often and once they start looking sad i’m convinced it’s the end but they always come back absolutely thriving! I transferred it to this pot and it didn’t die so also taking that as a win 😂😂 just need to know do I need to buy more supports for it? is it just gonna get longer sideways how do these normally thrive because i literally did no research and have no idea how its thrived this long bahahah
I suspect I have neglected a Norfolk pine for years without realizing it. How should I care for it moving forward? It is shedding branches that appear healthy. Because this tree carries significant sentimental value, any advice is welcome. Attached photos are included for reference.
Our pink Aglaonema has put out a bud after 2+ years. 😁
My Tom Thumb is looking happy today!
Hace como un año, mi planta estaba teniendo hojas deformes, hasta que por fin me di cuenta que tenía una parte del tronco comprometido con pudrición al cortarla noté que la parte que estabas en el sustrato tenía varios hoyitos que quiero creer. Eran raíces que no se lograron que terminaron pudriéndose entonces si alguien puede guiarme para saber cómo salvar la parte que tiene hojas y la parte nueva que le está creciendo el nuevo brote
Fairly new to the plant game, got a mixture of plants on the go, the vine plants I propagated, the birds of paradise I grew from seed, the tiny dancer I saved from a bad thrips infestation and the monstera and alocasia polly are recent purchases, everything has been repotted within the last month. The seed I have planted are just an experiment got some elephant ears and coffee plants after getting bird of paradise to sprout from seed I’d thought I’d give them a go.
The light is a Sansi led full spectrum grow light. They don’t get much sunlight in the location they are currently in so will this be enough light?
Got some other easy care house plants dotted round the house but these are the ones I’m wondering about. House can get cold in winter as I’m not home a lot of the day.
Let me know your thoughts no anyway I could improve this winter set up
Based off these leaves what would you do first?
For reference ive had the tree for roughly 5 weeks, its been watered once since.
I noticed spider mites on the tree a few weeks ago, and have been wiping the leaves off with 70% alcohol, spraying need oil, and showering the tree to knock off any mites weekly.
My house is between transitions between 69 and 74 degrees depending on night or daytime.
Every time I go on holiday, the same problem comes up: the person watching my plants doesn't actually know them the way I do. They get a rushed verbal rundown or a sticky note, and inevitably something either gets overwatered out of anxiety or just forgotten entirely.
I ended up building a feature into a plant app I've been making (Digital Garden) to deal with this: a shareable schedule so whoever's watching your plants can see watering/fertilizing reminders per plant without needing full access to your account.
Worth being upfront about the limitation though: the suggestions are species-general, not tuned to your actual plant's real condition in that moment. It won't know the soil's still damp and you should actually hold off a day. For someone who lives with the plants daily, that's a real gap. But for a short stretch where no one's paying close attention anyway, a decent general schedule beats a sticky note or nothing at all.
Curious how everyone else handles this, do you write out instructions, just hope for the best, or has anyone found a system that actually works well?
Hi, im planning on putting this cutting in leca and add a moss pole..
Is this the side that needs to be in touch with the pole? First time with a moss pole so need advice.
Thanks
Every week I am able to spend some time with these beauties!
In filtered light, watering when almost dry. Had for 3 weeks and she started turning brown. What do you think, could it be the potting mix?
Thank you
All my plants are in for fall and winter and I love living in my home even more.