Flowerception

I made a mistake when I planted 3 sad cuttings and all of the beans that fell off in the process. There are waaaaaay too many in the is pot, but also I cant bring myself to separate them because I will inevitably end up with another thousand loose beans that I'll feel obligated to plant.

Also, I'm aware it needs/wants more light near the lower portion. It's in the works. I recently moved it from directly under a shared 18W T5 to a dedicated 8W bulb with shade that sits directly over it - which it seems to like better (finally sun-stressing and less etiolation), so I'm still experimenting!

Anyway I wish I was a little bug that could live in this weird little forest lol.

PNW, house. I've got a bad fungus gnat infestation and it's getting worse, not better (photo: yellow sticky traps covered in them).

What I've tried:
- Yellow sticky traps — they catch a ton, but new gnats keep appearing
- Magic Gardener Fungus Gnat Larvae Killer

What actually broke the cycle for you? Mosquito Bits tea, letting the soil dry out fully, repotting in fresh mix, sand top layer, something else? Open to whatever works — just want them gone.

I love my city. A woman boarded the train carrying a lovely plant, and when I complimented it she said “Thanks! Do you want it?”

Turns out she’s a florist and this one wasn’t deeded for a display installation she’d just finished. It was very funny to explain why I showed up to a networking event with a big plant.

I thiiink it’s a Chinese evergreen, but would love confirmation. If anyone could confirm I’d appreciate it, also if has tips I’d be happy to hear them!

This shit is really freaking me out, I’d hate to throw out the plant but idk what to do about this

This is the first time my holiday cactus flowers and I'm stunned by her beauty!

Thrips are one of those common pests - granted. But it sure does seem like nearly all the houseplant related subs have pics of sad plants with itty bitty rice-grain-shaped bugs on them right now. What's up with that? Is a major distributor having thrip problems, maybe? Are thrips finally making their big move to take over the world, one house plant at a time?

Before I bought plant twist-ties, I'd use actual scrunchies. I never tie them tight, just enough to keep everybody's leaves from getting tangled. 🥰

Today I got home to a couple sad plants left at my driveway gate with a note. There was no name for me to know who left them, so I can't ask them what this plant is called. One was a golden pothos and the other was this one pictured. I need to get it healthy, but I don't know what it needs until I know what it is. All of my plants are cactus or succulents other than my pothos and my hoya, so I am no good at IDing other types house plants.

Thank you for your help.

Right now I just have it in my enclosed porch area, but I will get it to a proper spot and potted in the correct medium once I know what that would be. The dirt is wet right now, but I think it was watered right before they were dropped off at my house.

I bought it a year ago when I moved into my first apartment (it was blooming) and I eventually repotted it over the summer and left it outside all summer. I brought it inside probably 3 weeks ago and it started blooming about a week ago. I want to turn this into an heirloom!!!

I don’t know why all my begonias keep dying and it’s really keeping me from enjoying the only hobby I have access to (yay depression)

Someone please help me. Please. I can’t keep crying over plants. If I can’t figure this out I have to be done with this hobby (can’t keep replacing my favorites $$$)

My daughter insisted on bringing home a sad fiddle leaf fig from the curb and wants to nurse it back to health. It’s big and I’ve never had one and know nothing… what is the best approach here? Should I try starting it again from a cutting, or work with this spindly dude as he is? No idea how long it sat outside in the cold weather either.

Currently it is plopped here because I’m not even sure where to place it, probably need some light augmentation anywhere it would fit. Oh, plant adventures!

Hi all, earlier this summer I put a pot up about my spider plant. After reading the comments I decided to give it an ultimatum, adapt or die

Its decided to adapt 😂

I cut off all the leaves and its decided to cone back thicker than before with extras

Just wondering should I be doing anything about the tall bits that have stuck out as they were never there before hand 🤣

Cheers

Is there a way to save this guy? I moved into this apartment, and found it falling apart. I didn’t have the heart to throw it out.

According to Google it’s a Christmas cactus. Any advice/tips is greatly welcomed!

Help with the house debate. My roommate says her snake plant fell over a year ago and she salvaged a couple leaves that grew into this. Google search says this is a Clivia. What do you think?

I'm trying to save some money and use what I already have. I bought this lightbulb a while back because some YouTube videos suggested that you really don't need a special grow light and many growers use regular LED bulbs, as long as they are within the 5000K-6500K color temperature range and above 1000 Im. The reason I want to supplement my pothos with light is because I'm tired of its yearly winter leaf drop and having to cut and propagate balding stems every spring. I strongly suspect that this happens due to significantly shorter amounts of daylight here in Northern Europe. Seeing how this is already a low light tolerant plant, I was wondering, would this lightbulb actually help, or am I just wasting my electricity and should purchase a marketed plant light?

She's always been around 6 ft tall while being kept downstairs near a shaded window, but early this year I moved her to an upstairs south facing window and she's over 7 ft tall now! Took some trial and error (scorched the leaves at one point, that south facing sunlight is no joke) but these curtains let in a perfect amount of light. I only water when her leaves droop and have never repotted... wondering if I should?

I don’t think I have thrips but if and when that day comes, is this what I want? If so, which size is best? Could I use now as a preventative?

Leaves drooping (not dropping) on my plant (not jade). I think it’s a dragon tail? I’m not sure!

I think because I haven’t given it nutrients in a few months. Curious to know what Reddit says? Gets light almost all day. Moved recently so maybe just in shock!

Thoughts my fellow plants parents?

hey! so for more or less 14 months now me and my partner have been working on a cozy plant game. you look after houseplants in little diorama rooms, but the twist is the plants work like the real ones. I got kind of obsessed with getting them right, every species is based on actual care guides (university extension services, the RHS etc) and checked against photos of the real plant.

This is not self promoting, I truly want opinions of people, that is why I also do not want to share the name of the game

what’s in so far:

• 10 plants: pothos, monstera, peace lily, african violet, bird’s nest fern, snake plant, ZZ, spider plant, heartleaf philodendron and a christmas cactus. 15 other plants are almost done.
• every plant grows its own way. they’re procedurally generated, so no two are ever the same, and some of them lean and grow towards the light, so where you put a plant changes its shape. Basically the plant doesnt grow in leaps/jumps but actually every day or even hour you check, you can literally see something of the plant being developed, a stem growing, a new leaf opening, a flower dieing, etc...
• watering actually matters. the soil dries out depending on the pot, the mix and where the plant sits. too much and the roots rot, too little and it droops and then goes crispy
• the light follows your real sunrise and sunset, and the seasons follow the real calendar. so the christmas cactus only flowers after the long autumn nights, like the real one does
• plants get real problems: sunburn, cold damage, going hungry if you never feed them, and mealybugs hiding where the leaf meets the stem. you can look closer with a hand lens and dab them off, or let loose beetles that eat them, these beetles you can rear them in your insect lab :D
• a lab for cuttings. pothos stems root in jars of water, violet leaves grow tiny baby plants, fern spores grow in trays
• a garden centre with a shop and a glasshouse. the stock changes, and the plants keep growing while they wait to be bought
• you can spin the rooms all the way round, and plants grow into their spot, leaves resting on the shelf and vines hanging over the edge
• 4 seasons, every month will be a new season. Light hours, temperature, humidity and so on will change. There is also a percentage for a day to be rainy, snowy, clear, etc... depending on the season

what I’m working on:

• a cat that lives with your plants (some plants are toxic to cats, so the game will teach you which ones are safe), also the cat is able to hunt any mices that might come to eat your seeds or roots. Since you will be able to buy multiple rooms, you can decide which rooms your cat is allow to roam.
• way more plants for release, like a moth orchid, a prayer plant that folds its leaves up at night, string of pearls, a chinese money plant, and the firefly petunia that actually glows in the dark
• accessories to shape how they grow, like a moss pole for your monstera to climb, or hoops and hooks to train a pothos along
• a humidifier, a heater and a fan for your rooms
• more pests (spider mites, fungus gnats)
• later on: neighbours, so you can send cuttings to friends or plant-sit for them, as well as community events

it’s still early and rough in places, mainly furniture that I quickly threw into the rooms now so that I could show these images, do not take it as final look and most of it you ll be able to change. I’m looking for people to playtest the first android version in a few weeks, cozy gamers and also plant people who don’t really play games. if you’re up for it comment here or send me a private message :)

also curious, which houseplant would you want to see in there?

I inherited a Christmas Cactus from my Dad four years ago after he passed. I have it in the same planter that he had it in, which appears to be the same one that it was in when he purchased it. It had a sheet of Mylar around the plastic planter.

It used to look great until I moved it due to a lack of horizontal space near a window that a certain menace of a ginger cat could reach.

I put it in my basement next to my succulents under a plant light, but also in front of a window with blinds.

It did not do well. 😕

Half of the plant simply died. I'm guessing due to lack of natural light, or perhaps cold air in the winter.

I brought the plant back upstairs and placed it high on a bookshelf next to a sliding glass door. Again, it has to be in a place my ginger can't get to.

It got worse. ☹️

The problem with it being up so high was that it was "out of sight and out of mind." Waterings became less frequent.

One day I picked up the planter to water it, and a large chunk fell off. The leaves were shriveled, so I figured they hadn't been getting water. I threw them away.

A friend came over and mentioned how sad this plant looked, and we removed the Mylar to allow the water to drain better. It didn't help.

Now I fear this plant is on the brink of death. 😢

Most of the plant is limp and shriveled even when it is kept watered. The only thing that brings me hope is that there are some shorter leaves that look "lively".

So, my question is: can I save this plant? If so, what can I do?

Any help and/or advice would be much appreciated.

Half off at Lowe's, should've known there was a catch 🤣 Went to remove the inner pot for replanting and a proper moss pole but I can't get it over the inner lip. Asking for advice! Not saying "the cylinder must remain unharmed" but I'd like to keep the pot of possible!!