The Plant Thread

[Ponyfan]

Here's this week's pics of the mints.  Mint 2 is really growing. 


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Mint 1


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Mint 2


I'm still hoping to get a strawberry or other type of plant soon, but it's still cold at night.


Ponyfan

[Beldarna]

I finally got around to repot my plants. It took a couple of hours but they all look so much happier now In some pots the earth were so pale and dried out I can't believe how my poor plant survived in it. I said goodbye to a plant I got from Johns best friend when I turned 30 because it looked like it wouldn't make it and I merged some into the same pot so I got a lot more space. I need to pin up the vines but the needles are in the bedroom and John is sleeping.

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The chaos.


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The Kitchen window.


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Kitchen (and Ninja)


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Livingroom


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Livingroom


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The flower on the bench is supposed to be in the bedroom window, but John is asleep.

[BlackCurtains]

Your house is lovely! I like the plants too, of course. Is that tiny bed in the kitchen window picture for your cats? That's so cute!

[Beldarna]

Your house is lovely! I like the plants too, of course. Is that tiny bed in the kitchen window picture for your cats? That's so cute!

Thank you. Yes it is. It's a doll bed from IKEA originaly. The cats love to sleep there in the winter close to the radiator, they all take turns. 

[Griffin]

Beldarna, your house is beautiful!

I wish we had windowsills :/  We have no south-facing windows and in the winter the apartment is quite dark, but so far the few plants I've got have survived winters pretty well. Most of them are in the kitchen, our living room is too dark for plants. In the summer the balcony serves as an extra room, though, and I get to have flowers there.

I should repot some of my plants, too.

[Ponyfan]

I like your house  too, Beldarna.   It looks fantastic.


Here's this week's pic of the mints.

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Mint 1


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Mint 2

Mint 1 is showing new growth.  I guess it finally got over being repotted.


Ponyfan

[Taffeta]

My dad has a bad leg at the moment, so I'm in charge of his greenhouse/propagator and mine. Today I had to rescue my mother's little nemesia plantlets from his as because of his foot, he hasn't been able to go open it to air it out for a day or two. They were very wet and going mouldy - but I removed the mouldy growth and they all seem ok. They're now in my greenhouse with my osteospermum and look ok.

My morning glories are on the road to finishing. Most morning glory seedlings are probably just being planted rn, but mine are definitely reaching the end of their cycle. It's been fun while it lasted

[BlackCurtains]

Here's a pic of my plants from today. I don't think my rattlesnake plant is going to make it. All the leaves turned crispy and fell off and the three remaining are starting to go crispy too

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[Taffeta]

Happy to see the little spider looking positive though!!

[Shaiyeh]

Spider is indeed looking positive Sorry about the rattlesnake though. It's possible to give them too much room when repotting, but if they had the problem before a repot, it could ofc be something else. Do your pots have drainage holes? I assume yes because of the little saucers they're on, but if not, repot in an inner pot with drainage.

I hope to fall back in love with plant keeping/collecting now that we're getting into spring here. Last year, while living in a very very dark house, over winter, I lost a bunch of hoyas - and they're my main plant interest - and I've been struggling to get back into it. My Philo Pink Princess gave up, so I took cuttings. all but one died, and it's hanging on for dear life poor thing, and my albo monstera is also not doing too hot. I'll do a rough cull I think, cut stuff down, and need another thrips treatment, and then maybe I can get back into plants.
we have such great windows now and my plants are all like 'end meee' x'D I feel bad.

also eta because I'm so late to this thread (and I'm sorry fi I'm way too late), but re: Ben -
Herbs do *really* well with pruning. brown stems are sometimes just old. brown bumps could be nodes (like, he's trying to sprout roots). But could ofc be scale, it's hard to tell without super closeups. scale is a bother.
For pruning, cut above a leaf pair. he'll grow several branches from there.
Plus, you get tasty noms for your food. This goes for a lot of herbs like mint, thyme, oregano etc.

[BlackCurtains]

Thanks for the tips about Ben. The one side seems to be dead. I am too scared to try pruning Did you guys see that article and video about how plants make clicking sounds when they are under stress? I knew that sap is basically plant blood and that the smell of fresh cut grass was a distress signal but the clicking is new info. I just know the five of them are clicking behind me for attention and I can't hear them

I read up on the rattlesnake plant and they don't like drafts. I always have my ceiling fan on and I think when the AC comes on it wafts in that direction. So maybe that's why it's crispy. The only thing I could do is put it in a different room.

Yes, the spider plant has lots of sprouts! The curly one on the other hand doesn't have any new growth and Aster has been eating it when I'm not looking. She chomped at least three leaves. It's not toxic, but I still don't want her eating my plants. I've got some grass planted for her but it takes a couple of days for it to grow.

I'll look up how to prune basil. If I can find a step-by-step with pics or a video I might give it a go.

eta: Yes, they all have drainage I usually water them in the sink, so any excess water drains out.

[Beldarna]

Griffin and Ponyfan, thank you. Your mints are really growing well now Ponyfan.

Oh no, BC, I hope they'll start to feel better.

[Ponyfan]

Here's this week's pics of the mints, along with a few extra just for fun.

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Mint 1



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Mint 2


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Mint 2 new growth


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Mint 2 reaching over to Mint 1.

BC, I'm sorry your rattlesnake plant isn't doing well. 

I'm ready to plant something new and not more mint, but the weather here is still a little crazy for new plants.


Ponyfan

[Lady Frostbite]

All chillies are off to their new homes and my two are doing well! Still mulling over tomatoes, but googling for UK sellers for the seeds I want hasn't been promising 

[Ponyfan]

I'm glad your chilies are doing well, Lady Frostbite. 

BC, I'm sorry that Aster ate one of your plants.


Here's this week's pics of the mints. I wanted to get a pic of Mint 2's runners that have actually made their way around the watering can, but I wasn't happy with how the picture turned out.


Mint 1 has some leaves that are yellow and some others that are so crispy that they literally fall off in my hand when I touch the plant.  I'm hoping it's just the older parts of the plant dying as it regenerates.

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Mint 1


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I also want to move them back outside but it's still pretty cold at night.

I want to get a new plant soon, I just need to decide what kind to get.


Ponyfan