houseplants

[Blondie]

Hi 92caddy,

We were in Tampa for Thanksgiving and got lots of carrion plants to add to my plant collection. Other kinds of cactuses, too! Here's a better pic of my staghorn. It weighs nearly 40 or 50 pounds and it was started on a piece of wood. I add dirt and moss and plant food and mulch and leaves and whatever else to the top of it. My daughter gave it to me for mothers day nearly 10 years ago. I think she got it from home depot when it was a little baby plant.

 

[92caddy]

Would you sale me a piece of it?????? PLLLEEESSSAAAEEE, if you werent so far away I would even clean out your coop for ya..........


you can call me Ed........

 

[Blondie]

Ed, sure you can have a piece of it. You don't have to pay me with money!! Do you have any other plants or seeds to trade?

BTW everyone else here's a few other plants I have to trade:

Butterfly plant,

What's that purple clover-leaf plant called? It has "peanuts" for the roots.

Garlic chives

Black-eyed Susans

Elephant ears - they are giant bulbs

Iris'

I know I'm starting to get into outdoor plants, but so what???

 

[92caddy]

Queen....................did you get my pics I sent ya? I havent heard anything back so I was wondering. ................

 

[Queen Scoot]

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yup got them thanks!!! still decideing here! LOL

 

[MissPrissy]

I love plants. I load my front porch with them every spring.

Here's my problem.

My house is very dry. To keep them properly watered indoors I have to haul them to the bathtub and shower them at least twice a week. They then become a huge chore and with all the things I have to do it gets to be too much. Besides once they have been showered then I have to wait for them to drip dry before putting them back. It becomes annoying instead of joyful.

What would be the best way to keep house plants watered without having to make such work out of it?

 

[Queen Scoot]

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the aqua globe!

 

[WoodlandWoman]

You can't just water them in place?

When I have a plant that needs to be watered more often than the others, I repot it into a slightly bigger pot. I also use large enough saucers, so I can water in place pretty thoroughly and the saucer will catch any water that runs through into the bottom. A couple are sitting on gravel inside a larger decorative pot.

For plants that need more humidity, I have them sitting on pebbles in larger saucers. That way I can have some water in the bottom, without the roots sitting in water. I mostly do this with my orchids. I've gone to having ferns only in the outside gardens. I also very lightly mist over them. I'm not trying to wet them down, along with the house, just add a bit of moisture to the air.

I do take the plants to the tub and shower for occasional cleanings, but not every week. I do give the orchids "spa days" more often. Do you think some of your plants could get that treatment less often? Maybe only certain ones need that level of extra care?

When we had our furnace replaced, we chose one with a built in humidifier. Before that, I ran a separate humidifier. At one house, we had a pot of water on top of the woodstove. Growing up, we had loaf pans of water on the bedroom registers. Every little bit helps, battling dry winter indoor air.

 

[MissPrissy]

Those plastic saucers are unsightly at best. My house is very dry. The only way to really saturate the plant is to soak it in the shower twice a week. In the winter months it may need to be done 3 times a week.

 

[amyquilt]

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Gosh MP I didn't realize that region was so dry.

I'm in a very dry climate, up here in the Texas Panhandle, too. I just water them heavily 2 times a week and mist them every couple of days. They do fine. This is my first time since we moved here 2.5 years ago to have any indoor house plants and they seem to do fine with this regimen.