this post was submitted on 15 Feb 2025
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Love having some green inside with the amount of snow we've been getting. Anyways I really enjoy Pothos, Alocasia and Ficus. They just grow so easy in my place.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Spider plants.

The expression on my husband's face when I found a sad spider plant after Halloween and said "Do you think I can save it?" would tell you everything you need to know about how well I keep plants. I've got two black thumbs.

Somehow, though, I've kept this reject spider plant alive for 6 years, and propagated it to make dozens of plants for other folks.

I've absolutely neglected this thing, and somehow it loves it. Water? Might happen weekly, might happen monthly. Sunlight? I forget to open the blinds half the time. Laves crusting up? I just chop them off and hope for the best. It's indestructible!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

I've never actually owned one but heard a much. Reminds me of zz plants, lol.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

I accidentally killed a succulent once by accidentally over watering it because I didn't know I was doing that. Don't know what type it was, but I liked it. I also used to have a small bamboo that I don't remember what happened to it. Either way, they were/are my favorite plants since they were easy enough to keep alive on my desk.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Can’t have them inside due to cats. But I’ll say kitty grass (grown on the balcony) for the effect it has when deployed.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Kitty grass / catnip gets them sorta high and they get super cute rolling around in it / eating it.

[–] AoxoMoxoA 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Hell yes ! Plants kick ass !

Big pothos fan myself. Have a nice Brazil , a few silver ( fuzzy leaves) and the regular (wish I knew the name but the common version) pothos growing wild in my place. Some of the runners are 30' long and go around corners into the next room 😁.

They seem to do well in every location , I just adjust the water for the degrees of lighting.

I'm about to chop up a pilea that has gotten out of hand. It was a stunning specimine , very full with about 20 pups then it started getting leggy and dropping leaves. It is in a huge pot but got rootbound. So all my friends are about to get plants to take home 🤙

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

One is the best things about plants is sharing them.

[–] AoxoMoxoA 2 points 4 days ago

True story!

I do home improvement and I've traded a lot of plants over the years with customers. It's fun