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[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago (4 children)

You probably aren't that bad at taking care of plants.

It's just that a lot of them are raised as quickly and cheaply as possible by using hormones, so when you get them they suffer from cold turkey withdrawal

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

What many people don't keep in mind is that plants are usually sold in way-too-small plant pots - they usually need to be repotted immediately and can use some fresh soil, optionally fitted with some kind of plant-benefical nutrient.

What you mention is definitely true, but from my experience, a lot of my friends' and acquaintances' plants die because they don't repot them.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Personally, I ain't got time for any plant that doesn't grow like weeds. My spiderplants survived month-long dry spells and they're still multiplying!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Also a lot of plante usw the Winter to shed a lot of foliage even indoors