Which topics would you like to be more informed about?
I would love to know more about horticulture. I love to garden but sadly lose plants. My mother-in -law could drop her mop outside the back door and it would root before she picked it up. Many times I took her an ailing plant and the next time I saw it, it would be hale, hearty and a dazzling green.
She was very casual about her planting. She did not purchase fancy pots or fertilizer. Her pants loved her. If they’d sprouted feet, I knew they follow her. She rarely bought a plant. She’d just start with a cutting from a friend.
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It is heartening to hear that there are others who kill plants, not just me. I believe that most of the time, we tend to over-water our loved ones. Then there are times when we forget to water them at all. Oh well.
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It is. A lot of times I buy markdowns so they are challenged to start with but sometimes I get lucky.
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Keep on trying. When you get one to bloom, it is like hitting the jackpot!
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You are so right! It’s a thrill,
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Oh I would love to learn more about that as well😊
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I have a free app that has helped a lot.
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You would think it would be the nicest, kindest, sweetest people that the plants do that for, but very often it’s not, is it?
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Maybe flowers have different standards.
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Yeah, they’re really turned on by bitchy anal-retentiveness.
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I no longer grieve for the plants that I kill with kindness. They should have known my stats before they set root in my house.
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You’re right. They ought not to come sneaking around!
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I do well with outdoor plants, but indoor, well, those plants want to bolt out the front door almost from the time I bring them in.
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I’d like to be able to grow plants that would not fizzle out really fast. But I don’t have a green thumb at all. My mom, and my mother in law sure did though. Just like you say about yours, anything would grow for them. :)
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You are so funny.
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My Granny had the green thumb as well.
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I have said for a long time that I don’t have green thumbs, nor brown thumbs but black thumbs as I am good at killing plants
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Oh me too.
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My mother also had that gift. She could stick a dry twig in the gorund and it would blossom! You have to talk to them, and they love it when you sing.
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I admire that
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Top tips… 1) know your soil… is it dry/waterlogged, 2) do you get frosts/hard frosts, 3) are you exposed or sheltered to harsh winds/storms and 4) see what grows well in nature around you.
Hubby and I turned our 3/4 acre patch of lawn into a native forest, we plant, let it grow, do basic maintenance, but due to my ME I don’t have the energy to weed/mind things. We planted mainly native trees, some shrubs and a few hardy perennials which just come back year on year without our interference.
Plant things that are tough and sit back and enjoy them and the butterflies etc they bring in!
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You are right. I have a phone app that helps. I’ve also learned lots of things won’t tolerate a blazing summer, even with plenty of water.
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