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Can you successfully keep house plants alive?

I feel as though my apartment is a plant hospice. Easing transition so plants can go to Jesus.
Have done in the past - when I lived in a warehouse on the edge of the Thames in London, UK.
I needed the greenery to have some feeling of connection with nature in such an intensely urban environment.
I kept them on a wide window ledge where they faced south to the sun.
At that latitude, with only 12 sunny days per year, they needed every bit of light they could get.

I started with a spider plant - so tough that it's almost impossible to kill. Nevertheless, I very nearly did kill it, until I learned to just give it a tiny sip of water every day and check for the slight degree of dampness with my finger. Then it became so prolific that it grew pups and needed repotting. I potted up the pups and gave them to friends. And it just kept on...
Then I started with colourful coleus and other plants.
Bratt · F
@hartfire A beautiful green thumb you have. Thank you 🙂🌻
FreeSpirit1 · 51-55, F
I have a green thumb.
@FreeSpirit1 That sounds like it may be severely infected. Make sure to have that checked out by a doctor. 😅
Bratt · F
@FreeSpirit1 My thumb is just sad 😔
Bratt · F
@AntisocialTroll Wow!!! Beautiful!!! 😲
summersong · F
I have a ton of houseplants. Start with something easy and work your way up. Snake plants are truly nearly impossible to kill and they’re cool-looking too 😊
Bratt · F
@summersong A friend just mentioned the snake plant. I'll have to check that out. I've kept bananas ripe longer than plants alive. 😔
ginnyfromtheblock · 26-30, F
get a snake plant they are so hard to kill!!
Bratt · F
@ginnyfromtheblock Have to investigate. If a brick was a plant I'd kill it sure enough.
ginnyfromtheblock · 26-30, F
@Bratt lolol i feel u, i have killed a cactus before! they don’t need sunlight and only need watering once every two weeks so like... very brick-like
Bratt · F
No, they usually die within weeks. I guess they need sunlight or something. 😅
(In the summer I need to keep the curtains closed day and night to keep the temperature below 30℃/86℉ so I can stay alive myself.)
Bratt · F
@NerdyPotato my apartment is Completely sunlight deprived. I feel ya.
Ynotisay · M
HA.
You know what kills houseplants the most? Caring too much. And that usually means overwatering. Find the right light, don't drown them, and they'll have a little more time on this planet.
Bratt · F
@Ynotisay *takes notes*
Elessar · 26-30, M
I grow cacti that don't complain too much if sometimes I forget to give them water
I'm part carrot so I do well.
Bratt · F
@canusernamebemyusername The more I pondered that response...the more oddly afraid I became. 😲
@Bratt 🤣
JoePourMan · 61-69, M
I have pretty good luck with mine .
My African Violets are my favorite
HellfireandCandy · 22-25, F
Yes easily, plastic never dies lol
Bratt · F
@HellfireandCandy Thinkin' bout maybe just an old hair brush sticking out of a roll of TP.
House weeds are stronger survivors
AlienZipper · 61-69, M
Only if I buy plastic ones...
JohnOinger · 41-45, M
@Bratt So what do you think of Mike Colter & Would You Do Him
vetguy1991 · 51-55, M
not in a long time
Harmonium1923 · 51-55, M
😂😂😂
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