The Plant Thread

[Ponyfan]

I'm glad it's a good sign for Mint 2 to have the little mints.   I've been a bit worried since it was repotted if it was going to be okay.

Mint 1 desperately needs to be repotted.  Hopefully next week the weather will cooperate and it can move in to a bigger pot.  Here's this week's pics.

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Mint 1


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Mint 1 top down

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Mint 2


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[Lady Frostbite]

Has anyone tried to grow tomatoes? I'm tempted to try this year with either Indigo Rose or Bosque Blue

[BlackCurtains]

I'm going to try growing Everglades tomatoes this year. They're native to Florida and can get huge if you let them.

[Beth3346]

i've been tempted to try tomatoes. my grandmother used to grow them.

[Ponyfan]

Mint 1 finally has a new pot to grow in.  


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[Gator]

We're scrambling to cover plants outdoors right now.  Here in Georgia, the southern US, we had abnormally high temps a few days ago.  Everything is blooming/growing.  Now tonight we're having a freeze.  We're covering our blueberry bushes and some other plants.

[Stellaluna]

We're scrambling to cover plants outdoors right now.  Here in Georgia, the southern US, we had abnormally high temps a few days ago.  Everything is blooming/growing.  Now tonight we're having a freeze.  We're covering our blueberry bushes and some other plants.

Hey! I'm in Georgia as well and work at a nursery. We had to close all the walls in the greenhouse and run the heat. As for all the plants we have outside that's not under cover we just have to pray, haha. If there's frost on them tomorrow morning they should be okay as long as we spray off the frost with warmish water before the sun touches them. If the sun gets to them with frost then they will burn, or so I've been told.

[BlackCurtains]

Yay for Mint 1

All my new plants have yellow dying leaves I know yellow can be from overwatering, but last time I waited until the soil was dry to add some water. My curly snake plant is growing at an angle too, I think it wants more light. I'll try moving it to the window where Ben is. I just don't know if I should give all more water or not.

Also, should I cut off this stem? I looked closely and there aren't any sprouts on it.

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[Taffeta]

I would take off the withered branch if it has no sign of growth

I gave Poinsettia a trim today. I hate doing this, because poinsettias 'bleed' white milk sap whenever you cut a branch or even a leaf. It makes me feel guilty, and yeah, it got a bit messy. But I think, in the longterm, it's a good decision. She has a bunch of small leaves coming up behind the branches I took off, and I want to encourage some of her top growth as well. So hopefully she'll forgive me...eventually.

[Ponyfan]

I know I already shared a pic of Mint 1 this week, but I thought I would take another pic for it today.   I found a runner that is dead at the end, but it's showing new growth on the same runner.

I really want to start looking at more plants, but it turned cold this weekend, and I don't think it's a good time to try to plant something new.


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Mint 1


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Mint 2



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[Beth3346]

my plants got here yesterday. which was about a week earlier than expected. i potted them and watered them. it's oregano, basil, and mint. i've never grown oregano before. i'm still waiting on more plants. i'm still getting the flowerbeds ready. it didn't get below freezing last night so i think they'll be ok. it's going to get warmer and today should be sunny.

[Ponyfan]

I'm thinking about buying a strawberry plant.



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[Marshie]

Does anyone have plant recommendations for extreme low light conditions? I have a bathroom that could use a plant or two and I want to keep them on display a majority of the time, but willing to take them out and let them get some sun here and there.

[BlackCurtains]

I looked into that exact thing for the same reason What's recommended is air plants. I looked into it and there is a large variety of them in different sizes, some are really cool looking. What I was going to do (and still plan to) is get some driftwood and put the air plants on it and hang it on the wall. Best part is they take water from the air so you don't have to water them, especially if you take showers in the room.

I would look on Etsy.

[Beldarna]

Zamioculcas is a plant you can have in darker spots. In Swedish it's called wardrobe flower because of it's ability to live in semidarkness. They are supposedly easy to care for and don't require much water. I've managed to kill two.