Welcome to /plant/, the happy green place on this blue board, where growers, gardeners and horticulturists share their love for things that grow.Newbies and amateurs are very welcome, and we’ll always try to answer your questions.>Flora of the Worldhttp://www.worldfloraonline.org/>Plants of the World Onlinehttps://powo.science.kew.org/>Hardiness zoneshttps://www.plantmaps.com/>Plant ID Siteshttps://identify.plantnet.org/https://wildflowersearch.org/>Pests and Diseaseshttps://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/advice-searchhttps://www.growveg.com/plant-diseases/us-and-canada/>Thousands of Botanical Illustrationshttp://www.plantillustrations.org/>Cacti and Succulentshttps://worldofsucculents.com/https://www.cactiguide.com/https://www.succulentguide.com/>Carnivorous plantshttps://botany.org/home/resources/carnivorous-plants-insectivorous-plants.htmlhttps://carnivorousplants.org/grow/guides>Alpine plantshttps://www.alpinegardensociety.net/plants/>Pondshttps://www.wildlifetrusts.org/actions/how-build-pond>How to Make a Terrariumhttps://terrariumtribe.com/diy-terrarium-guide/Thread from before>>4888898
inflorescence on my scilla violacea. I put it outside this summer and it grew like a weed.
>>4902547I got stung by one of these onceit's pretty much as bad as they say
>>4902547 why onga onga doesnt have as much popularity ?captcha: dddth
>>4903014>onga ongaI just looked this up and it sounds awful. I guess the reason the gympie gympie is more talked about is because there's plenty of things out there that are really toxic and dangerous, the gympie gympie literally just hurts, and it hurts so much and for such a staggeringly long time that it's kind of interesting that it doesn't do anything elsestill it's kind of unusual that the onga onga can apparently kill you just by touching it. I don't know if any other plants can do that
What are some really easy leafy vegetables? Something that can grow like a weed in part shade. I'm seeing that mizuna might be a good bet.>>4902949After reading about it, I'm actually in awe that there are people who didn't kill themselves and are even still into nature after getting stung. How did you cope with it?
The Chad Peperomia Flower Appreciator vs the Virgin Pruner
>>4903161How about amaranth?
>>4903064>I don't know if any other plants can do thatI actually knew this guy, he died after handling Wolfsbane.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-29949698Must have been some underlying condition thoughbeit as I and many other gardeners have handled it without any problems. Just don't eat it.
>>4903161Most leafy greens can be grown as cut-and-come-again vegetables in your window. Lettuce does well in low light.
>one hot day>spider mite explosionI'm almost about to give up on keeping plants entirely
>>4903250>amaranthGrew one last year, touched all parts of it, including crushing and snapping the roots in my bare hands.I'm still here and had no side effects.
>>4903354>>amaranthDon't know where you getting that from, it's Aconitum, which is a totally different plant and has a long history of being used as a poison, although being harmed by simply handling it is unsual.
>>4903354>>amaranthEvery part of them is edible, if you meant to reply to >>4903214 it's about really easy leafy vegetables.
How to achieve CHIM?
>>4903161okay after reading about it myself, it's not as bad as some people say. I don't think there's any realistic chance it would drive someone to suicide unless they were already considering doing it anyway. It's also not the most painful thing ever, it's really just the length of time it hurts that does it. I've had bad second degree burns and poured boiling water over my hand one time by accident and I'd say those things hurt maybe a bit more, but only for about a minute. If you picture that but instead of taking a couple of minutes to fade down to a level where you can think about anything else it takes a few days and then stays at a fairly mild background level for a few more weeks, that's pretty much it. Second degree burns are probably a good analogy, since they take a long time to stop hurting and they flare up if you ever touch it or get anything hot or cold on it, just like the gympie gympie.For me I didn't sleep at all the first night, slept a bit the second but I think that was mostly because I was a lot more exhausted than the first night. The whole "recovery" period kind of blurs together after that. I changed out of the clothes it happened it on the first day when I got home but couldn't change again or shower for like a week, then after that I just had to get in the habit of taking showers as close to room temperature as I could get them and figure out how to wash myself without scrubbing the affected areas (both forearms and shins/calves)as far as going back into nature, this thing only really grows in rainforests, which you can avoid, and even then only really in clearings or around creeks which you can also avoid. I know what they look like now and I look out for them habitually. Seeing one makes me very uncomfortable.
Thoughts on Amaranth ? I love how it's holding itself and the colors of the flowers, so I want to grow some, but it a bit dry around here. Should I try them directly in the soil or in pots first ?
>>4903377>>4903436Fuck knows how amaranth got there, but I meant monkshood.I grew it for the colour, also to kill my neighbours dog.
>>4903485become the plants dream
anyone got any advice for controlling invasive turf grasses like couch? it's completely and utterly immune to glyphosate - no amount or frequency of application has any noticeable effect on it. Twice weekly manual removal is just about keeping it at bay but it's started sprouting from the middle of my garden bed despite leaving it fully covered for almost a year, and I just can't keep this up. The only thing I've found have even a little bit of an effect was nonanoic acid but I've had to mix it at like five times the concentration of what was on the bottle and the spray bottle is absolutely pathetic. Do I just bite the bullet and mix up a 9 litre watering can worth of the shit or is that gonna fuck my soil?the nonanoic acid only killed what was above ground and it resprouted after a few days so I'm not even sure if it's gonna help. If there's some other chemical out there anyone knows about at this point I don't care if it violates the fucking hague convention I just want this shit gone
>>4903547I like eating itI was considering getting some of these species with big flower heads to make processing easier cause I have just wild ones in the garden
>>4903547Joseph's Coat and Love Lies Bleeding amaranths are a lot of fun, under certain conditions, but be prepared with tall sturdy stakes for those specimens that really take off. The latter, especially, can become delightfully monstrous, if not as tall as sunflowers or hollyhocks do.
>>4903632>>4903633post tits
>>4903640*In general they prefer heavy clayey soils almost the opposite of what indoor starting media is like, and are best transplanted outdoors as soon as an inch tall.
>>4903633What the fuck is that thing on her arm?
>>4903594Look up how to control that grass specifically. It probably spreads through rhizomes and it's probably already all over your property. Stop using glyphosate entirely.
>>4903670The snowflake shaped scar? It's called scarification. It's like a tattoo.
>>4903674Muh individuality.
>>4903686>Nooo!!! Everyone has to do what I want them to do!!1Grow up.
>>4903674It just seems distasteful to me.
>>4903699LMAO. Thank you for marking yourself so I know to not take your opinions seriously.
>>4903347Try rosemary oil. If you can find predatory mites in your soil then they'll also take care of a spider mite infestation.
>>4903708Good thing it's not your arm
How poisonous are creeping fig?Apparently it makes humans and domestic animals sick but insects demolish it?
>>4903673oh it's absolutely already all over the property. The rhizomes tunnel under absolutely everything>Look up how to control that grass specificallyI originally gave up doing this because of how much of a nightmare looking up herbicides is (everything is just a brand name and you have to zoom in on blurry product pictures to figure out what's actually in it, 99% of the time it's glyphosate, every website that includes keywords about herbicides and couch is just advertising how it kills absolutely everything except couch, etc etc) but I tried again and now I've found some extremely expensive specialist shit that sounds like it gives cancer cancer so I'll keep that in mind as a last resort
>>4903640Thank you for those informations!Would these varieties survive in dry, almost alkaline soil?I love them so much but it's almost a desert in my backyard...
>>4903632>>4903633can tell she's a rabid leftist ghoul just from these two images
Rec me a tallish (3-5ft) foliage houseplant that isn't a Monstera or Ficus.
>>4904138banana
>>4904138Dwarf lemon tree
>>4904138Bird of paradise, Nicolai grow taller leavesYuka?BambooElephant ear, ColocasiaUmbrella plantSnake plant, stick it in a large pot and feed that fucker but don't over water it.
>>4903915You can't use a broadleaf herbicide to kill grasses. You need to stop using herbicides at all until you understand at least that much. It's the absolute most basic thing about herbicides. It's in the name.>I've found some extremely expensive specialist shit that sounds like it gives cancer cancer so I'll keep that in mind as a last resortFFS. Even if you've found an herbicide that will actually work you will never kill the rhizomes. If you dug up every rhizome on your property to get rid of them then guess what the rhizomes next to your property would do?
>>4904138Every single dracaena?
>>4904193>Bird of paradiseActually that's a good shout, I think exactly what I'm looking for.
So I'm thinking either a Strelitzia or Polyscias, maybe even both.I have a bunch of Aspidistras, Cholorophytum, Ludisia, so I just want something taller where the pot can be on the ground and reach up a few feet into the room, that is OK with brightish indirect light.
How close to the roots do I need to remove a Snake Plant leaf to have a good chance of propogating it, in water or in moist soil?
>>4904237It does not matter, get at least 3 inches from the top.Remember to let it dry out on the side for at least three days, a week will be ok.Then I think I have done them in water and soil before.I might be wrong, but I seem to remember you can just take say a 1 foot leaf, then cut it into like 2" sections and that will work as well ??But again, let the cut edged dry out for a few days.
>>4904239>>4904237Oh, just remember which cut edge is the top and which is the bottom.Obviously put the bottom in the soil.
>>4904239Why do you have to dry them? That's probably what I've been doing wrong - I've taken three cuttings of various size from an overgrown plant at my office, and the first two just died and rotted.
>>4904265NTA but I think for callusing
>>4904204dude calm the fuck down lmao
>>4904314No. This idiot is trying to use glyphosate to kill grass. This interaction has convinced me that you should have to pass a test and get a license to use herbicides.
>>4904355do you have issues with reading comprehension?
>>4904358He clearly does. What kind of a moron uses a broadleaf herbicide on grass?
>>4904265Pretty much this >>4904269Gives them a protective layer also it won't take up to much water or allow infection.It might not look pretty but, you can get 5 or 6 plants from one leaf.Most succulents will propagate like this.Now for all the dickbutts who say snake plants are succulents:
How come pretty much no one treats hoyas like epiphytic plants they are but put them in soil instead?
>>4904453because it works just as well and is easieri bet you own an electric car, ya prick
you really showed that bigot back there and i hope mlady reads your post (and mine). also mlady
>>4904463taa me duck iss of t chippy na oneowt?
they dont speak like that
>>4904466Have you been to the midlands and the north?I'm in Mansfield ya cunt.
FACT: Australia isn't real, New Zealand is in a back lot, and all the "animals" are androids. Marsupials? More like Marysuepials. Pitcairn island is the last stop before you fall off the earth, why they mutinied on the bounty. The Jews did 9/11.
>Go into my already opened bag of succulent soil because I need some.>Find that the entire top of the soil inside has turned to mycelium and there are several adult mushrooms as well as tons of babies popping up.These flower pot mushrooms can really get around. I almost feel bad disturbing it, so I went for the part of the bag that wasn't "colonized" yet.
>>4904398>This interaction has convinced me that you should have to pass a test and get a license to use herbicides.Glypho kills grasses, especially broad-bladed turf grasses.t. ACDC licence haver. Pic related>>4904453>no one treats hoyas like epiphytic plants they are but put them in soil instead?Many epiphytic plants grow better in soil. More water, more nutrients, etc. Clinging to a plant or a cliff and living off rain, dust and leaf litter is hard. Epiphytes, lithophytes, etc are best known for living in extreme environments because they are tough enough to outcompete the competition there. Give them a nice pot of suitable soil and a suitable watering regime and they will be as happy as a clam at high tide, grow much faster and look more pretty.So would you in better conditions.>>4904501Hyphae bless you for being so considerate of our fungal cousins.You won't hurt the fungi in the potting mix by chucking it into plant pots as intended.I'm sure you know that the mushrooms are just the fruiting bodies of the fungus, something like a berry or whatever on a plant. And also that the fungi in the potting mix are essential to the health of potted plants because they break down the organic matter in the soil and make the nutrients available to the plants.Hyphae damn this interminable election captcha.Also, we are much more closely related to fungi than fungi are to plants.
Poncirus seed updateGot round to sorting through my trifoliate oranges that I collected in LondonOut of all of them, one good seed, two runty ones which probably won't germinate. Hopefully the good one will take, going to sow it today
>>4904355>>4904398Glyphosate does kill grass though.
>>4904526>>4904553Couch grass isn't broad blade. Looking it up I see claims that glyphosate is "effective" on couch grass, but it will never kill it. Glyphosate can't even eradicate morning glory which is a broadleaf plant. Those rhizomes will never die. You can dig them up and put the ends right in a cup of the stuff to try to get them to take more of it up and it still won't kill the rhizomes. It's basically just a grift and you could get the same results with vinegar, a tarp, or a weed whacker, i.e. kill the aboveground parts of the plant so you can watch it grow back from the rhizomes.
so you can just dig up the soil and turn it?
>>4904684To kill rhizomes? No. That just breaks them up and they grow back again.
>>4904706im not OP but am having problems with cress or something that it is
wait this is a general
>>4904744Yes, I'm a general
>>4902657Can spider plants be eaten? I saw one reference to that in a blog somewhere but I really want more sources than that -- it is in the same genus as an Indian herb used for inflammation: Chlorophytum borivilianumhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorophytum_borivilianum
>>4904738The first step is to get a positive ID on the weed. Cress is a biennial plant that drops a lot of seeds. It's likely built up a huge soil seed bank so tilling will kill any living plants, but it will also expose more seeds that will grow in its place. Your best bet is to kill the existing plants while keeping soil disturbance to a minimum. Because it's not a halophyte you can use a solution of 1 gallon of water with 1 pound of salt and a tablespoon of non-ionic surfactant as a cheap herbicide. It could take multiple years, but as long as you keep it from flowering or kill it before the flowers can form seeds then you'll eventually eradicate it.
I wasn't gonna ask this because I thought it was too stupid but someone's arguing about using something called broadleaf for grass soHow should I properly harvest moss to get it to acclimate and also keep surviving outside? Dig up underneath it to get at roots? Does moss even have roots?
>>4904860Moss doesn't have roots. You can pull up the patch and transplant it to a suitable location. There's at least one book on the topic, but I can't remember what it was called. Maybe 'Moss Gardening'?I found it. It's 'The Magical World of Moss Gardening Book' by Annie Martin. You should be able to find it on libgen.
>>4904873'Book' isn't a part of the title I didn't erase it when I pasted it from google.
Is this a truffle? I was digging up an old oak stump and found it. Im not going to eat it even if someone can positively id it. Im just curious if thats what it was
>>4905035looks more like some kind of Bovist mushroom
>>4904824wow thats great, thank you i have been picking at them a little bit so ill go do that now but finding more of them. also its winter coming upi was going to cover them in leaves on the first sprout of next year. they are everywhere btw. and they keep coming back. hopefully if i only disturb the soil to grow new things and i keep picking at them, theyll eventually go away
I feel bad about cutting off and killing pups but I don't want more plants at the moment...>>4904764They're definitely non-toxic, but there's not much information on if they're *good* to eat.
>>4905066You can also eat it as long as it is cress. Covering them with mulch should work pretty well. When you get ahead of them it should be pretty easy to maintain. Good luck, anon.
If plants had conciousness and could communicate traditionally do you think they'd have a sense of self or are plants more like a bunch of communal organisms making up a collection of organsIt's so interesting that in so many ways conciousness is a completely worthless adaptation, like *thinking* is a completely unnecessary thing for life to do
>>4905176It's 02:00 in the morning here.Fuck philosophy. But that's a very interesting paragraph you wrote.
>>4905200There's also the fact that many plants will intertwine root systems, some even fusing together and essentially become a single organism, basically imitating fungus at that pointAnd I may be misremembering, but as far as I know a lot cells in a plant are essentially stem (heh) cells, so a plant is able to just point to wherever it is on its body and go "I need roots here, This leaf got cut off? It'd be a good spot for a flower", so I doubt they'd be particularly attached to any of their body parts, the core of their root system is probably the closest thing they'd have to be the point of being an individual, but then so many plants can grow from cuttings
I did not expect to provoke such an uproar by posting that glyphosate didn't kill my couch grass, but if anyone else has a couch grass problem, I've discovered that either fluroxypyr or fluazifop-p work. Can't really know which because I wasn't able to buy either unmixed. Either way, neither have any effect whatsoever on sedges. It's actually incredible how unaffected the sedges are
>>4905268Now you get to watch it grow back from the rhizomes at exactly the same places. Congratulations on doing exactly nothing.
>>4905268you realize that by poisoning your soil you're basically inviting the most resilient and obnoxious weeds, right?
>rescued Schlumbergera truncata seemed to be doing well, turned stiff and smooth instead of being soft and wrinkled like it was when I got it>check on it today>it literally fell apartOh okay nevermind thenSucculents are too fucking hard
>>4903830How do I tell predatory mites from spider mites? I thought that the red ones were predatory, but now I see red ones are making webs and killing my plants too.
>>4905401Predatory mites are larger and you can find them on the soil more often than on plants. Red spider mites usually have little black markings kind of like eyes. I found predatory mites when I noticed a decrease of spider mites on one of my plants and observed them moving across the soil. After that I just spread that soil to each pot at the base of the plant and they did the rest. At this point I think you should try using the rosemary oil. Rosemary oil kills spider mites on contact and leaves a film behind that will continue to kill them. There's premade products you can buy or you can make your own.
>>4905399To wetBetter look next time, get the soil right and water once a month
>>4905432Can I propagate the bits that fell off? They look to still be alive.
>>4905436Let the dry for a few days, 4, 5 even.Then, I use coco, perlite, vermiculite.Some house plant liquid feed, maybe 25% or the recommended dose. Just push it in as little as possible, until it stands up. or rests against the side of the pot.Keep it warm, wait a month, see what happens.
>>4905436>>4905437You can use crushed lump charcoal in place of the perlite or vermiculite. You can use gravel sized chunks as a drainage layer at the bottom of your pot too.
>>4905394if there are more resilient and obnoxious weeds, I have not yet encountered them
I don't know much about growing plants, but I'm in the desert, looking at some of the types of gardening I can't do much here outside unless the spot is really shaded because mid april to late september (sometimes mid october) cooks everything. That rock garden/alpine/crevice/similar stuff would get cooked.
>venus tried to bite me
>>4905802BITE IT BACK YOU COWARD!
>>4905697build shit, white sheets over itmake your own shade
God damn it, it bloomed yet again..3 times in one new node..
Is it at all feasible to germinate chilli's without a heat pad? I've been trying since the start of spring and I've only managed to get one to sprout.
>>4905848I gave up on germinating peppers a long time ago, those and tomatoes we get from a local greenhouse.
>>4905849I've had luck with tomatoes and the capsicum I planted right next to it but just no movement from the chilli. I could just get a plant but at this point I'm determined to make it work.
>>4905697Use shade cloths like anon suggested. If you're actually in a desert then the cold of night is going to be a bigger problem for you. Windbreakers and large black rocks will help with the cold.
>>4905848>>4905868I've never had any issues with or without a heating pad. Try stimulating germination with some mycorrhizal inoculant or changing your seed starting mix. I recommend using coconut coir and crushed lump charcoal.
>>4905848>Is it at all feasible to germinate chilli's without a heat pad?I live in north Germany and my chillies germinated nicely without extra heat. First time growing them, about 70% germination rate. I used those little coconut fibre pots and a UV lamp to get them going
>>4905848Put them in a small container on a wet tissue near a heat source, check daily if they are starting to germinate, as soon as you see any signs of sprouting put them into a pot at normal depth.This is poor's man heating mat
Silly question but can I use regular cut flower vases for earth plants?
What's a nice narrow, vertical plant that grows high and can be kept in a semi-shadowy place?
>>4905938tree
>>4905899Those look like they're really late. Did you start them late or was the weather so terrible?
>>4905945I started far too late, in early summer. I harvested a handfull of ripe Habanero, Chayenne and Bishop's Crown, but the majority wasn't ready yet.The plants are now inside, ready for winter. Next year will be better
>>4905932Sure. Just make sure that they have a thick drainage layer or an air stone if you're trying to grow them hydroponically.
>>4902657Guys helpMy Bird of Paradise seed geminated (picrel) while I was away on holiday for a week. I grew it in a small plastic bag, in a propagator, on a heat mat, under a glow lamp. I'm happy but I don't know what to do next. The soil is drenched and I'm worried about rotting What should be my next course of action? I live in a cold place this time of year so I'm worried about taking it out and the shock. Should I slowly acclimatise it? Taking it out of the bag, then the propagator, then off the heat mat, each with a few days in-between?I just want it to live
>>4905886>>4905899>>4905923Thanks for the tips, I'll experiment with all these methods and see what happens.
Carnivores have very specific and difficult to maintain care requirements for them to actually thrive, right?
>>4906032Only if you put them indoor. Outdoor they can feed on their own and rain water have no mineral content so it's optimum, only issue would be humidity and heat if you live in particularly hot and dry area.
>>4906032Nepenthes and Helis are temperamental. We have a guy with a big collection on here who can probably give some more details.I stick to sarracenias and drosera and they're pretty much bombproof as long as you give them distilled water and lots of sunlight.I think a lot of the problems people have with them is expecting them to thrive on a windowsill, where the air is fairly dry and they aren't getting enough sun.
>>4906032My little venus got attacked by a caterpillar. It's weird seeing the bugs bite back.
>>4906037>outdoor plantsbro has a yard in 2024bro thinks I'm a married ceo with rich parents
>>4906047nigga just put it on yo balcony or porch
all this talk about germinating chillis makes me glad I live in australia. I could probably direct sow the cunts here. I actually germinated some in a seedling tray outside last winter and got close to 100% germinating rate in a few weekstruly the land of plenty
>>4906070bro has a balcony AND a porch
>>4905932What do you mean by earth plants?But I think you mean just putting soil in a normal house plant pot with no wholes?90% of my houseplants are like this.You have to NOT overwater though.(Old photo that has no real relevance)
>>4905938Snake plantUmbrella plantBananaHow high is high?>>4905979Stop watering it so muchKeep it above ten degrees celsiusKeep it under the grow light at leastThese fuckers roots grow chunky and fast so, if you plan on keeping it and have a place in mind, go for a at least 30L pot straight away.
I will be planting the daylily seeds I tried to cross this year pretty soon. Wish me luck
>>4906133more like just soil in a cut flower vase instead of a pot
>>4906156Same thing.Call it a bucket if you will , a container with no holes in the bottom.Yes, most of my plants are grown like this.Just be very careful not to over water, though if you do, just use all the tools you have not to make it worse; get used to the weight of the pot dry, colour or the soil, stick ya finger in, and if you are using glass, even better you can see it.I would not recommend using a drainage layer or grit or stones at the bottom. Just put soil in with grit, perlite at most 50% soil.You can't just go 100% soil, this will not work. If I have to explain why, then you should not own a plant.
>>4906157>>4906156Ferns, bird a paradise, monstera, snake plants, hanging plants, everything...One think I'd like to try are bulbs, but this would be and interesting challenge.One more thing, I hope this is obvious, but do not put them outside if there is ANY, even 1% chance of rain and you're not going to be home.
>>4906156I recommend a 2" drainage layer of crushed lump charcoal. Otherwise your soil will have no protection from overwatering. You don't want to see water in the drainage layer because that means that you exceeded the moisture holding capacity if the soil. You can also replace perlite with crushed lump charcoal. The best soil mix is going to depend on what you try to grow.
>>4906157It's not hard to keep moisture at the right level if you know what you are doing but I wouldn't trust anyone else to not overwater my plants if I need to leave them for a while, hence I use pots with holes.
>native milkweed in empty lot keeps getting mowed down all year long>mexicans miss a spot this last round>milkweed manages to successfully seed out last minute before wintergoing to collect as much as I can and spread it in an area that isn't constantly mowed
>>4906304I like milkweedI actually grow it as a colourful plant and for the butterflies (UKfag)
>>4906074Do you have a window?
>>4905697bit late to this so idk if you're still here but you should look into locally native plants. That's the one category of plant you can be sure will grow well in your area since they're already adapted to the conditions. Most areas will have at least a couple of really interesting and aesthetic plants native to them and often they're rare or even unheard of in cultivation. See if you can find any native nurseries in your area or any intact bits of habitat to collect seeds from. There's a great website called inaturalist, if you click on explore and type in "plantae" under species and put in your location you can browse through pictures of local plants. Click on map and you can see where everyone's finding these things, and then click on species and you can scroll through what kinds of plants there are to find. If you see a plant you like click on it and you can click "flowers and fruits" over the chart to see when it'll be ready to collect seeds frompic related is a local native I've been trying to collect seeds from for two seasons now and just finally got some. It's very rewarding and you get to have cool shit no one else does that grows just fine on its own and feeds local wildlife
>>4906304>>4906317Just don't get the sap in your eyes. It can blind you.
I can't identify any of the mosses I picked up on the government website but they were living in canada so I'll assume they're not exactly tropicalDo mosses generally just want to be moist all the time? Should I water them every day if I want them to spread?
>>4906464put them back, jamal
>>4906464You'll have to water them multiple times a day and make sure that they have the appropriate level of light. Mosses are pretty resilient so you can make a mistake or two. When they dry out they look dead, but they might not be. Try reading a book on it. The only one I know of is "Moss Gardening" by Annie Martin.
>>4906464>>4906494Also, "watering" is more like misting for mosses
hello Annie Martin
>>4906539Hiyaaa
>>4906402So can a knife, and I handle them at least ten times a day, every day.
>>4906554
>>4906557I'm guessing you are someone who still lives with their mom and she makes you food, or you are just a fat fuck who eats processed shit.
>>4906554>>4906561You sound like you need therapy.
>>4906554>>4906561Based autist
I heard some Hoya and Orchid smells like sex, what the fuck is that supposed to mean?
>>4907065it's something that will remain a mystery for an incell
can any botanists tell me what's going on here?> 41°10'27.15"N, 29° 5'20.29"E
>>4907171They appear to be imprisoning the tree
>>4907171A hidden Dark Souls boss: Sansiboreus, the Shackled
>4907181reddit post
>>4907171It's called a tree prop and it's used to support old heavy trees that may be at risk of collapse.
>>4907171Are those twigs the tree or things growing out of the tree?
If I got strawberries to grow in a terrarium would they spread and take it over
>>4907220Would they ever use this to keep a snag upright?I figured it was some kind of support, but everything else makes me curious about the reasoning/historyDid they mutilate a cherished tree, with the patio already built? Or did they build the patio and the supports after it got chopped, out of remorse and in an attempt to save it? Or are they just propping up a corpse?Funny stuff.
I'm restarting my front yard right now and replacing 70% of the grass with a ornamental garden. I'm seriously working with pennies in my budget, all I have are tools, extra plants from the back, and free mulch. The rest of the money is spend on plants but mostly seeds and bulbs. I don't even have the money to buy 100 bag of organic/soil to replace the old soil ,so I'll be just waiting for the mulnicipal mulch to break down into soil. Will be posting progress and result as the season roll by. Anyway any anuals flowers or perennial would you guys suggest me to grow?
>4907186/gsg/ lost
>>4907305What region are you in? If they work where you are, black eyed susans can spread pretty quickly and fill in areas well.
>>4907305>don't even have the money to buy 100 bag of organic/soil to replace the old soilDo you need too? At least a lot of native flowers do well in poor soil.
So, something I didn't predict, many of the moss patches have sprouted grass after just a few days, just a couple blades. I gathered them on a "nature trail" but in the area still really close to houses. I really like the bits of variation in foliage but should I risk them being rhizomous weeds instead of bunch grasses and just growing over everything? Is it already too late if they're sprouting? I'll never see my buggos if their whole box is covered in grass :c
>>4907222It could be epicormic growth, but idk if that trunk is still alive. It might just be an epiphytic species growing on the surface.
>>4907232Yes
>>4907456Pull the grass. Overtime it will choke out the moss
>>4907475>Overtime it will choke out the moss>t. never had a lawn
>>4907682was I misled???? Did I get rid of it for nothing????
>>4907682Only British lawns do that because of the humidity.>>4907686Grasses are easier to weed out when they're young. If it had gotten established then you'd have to pull the moss and transplant it somewhere or let the grass take over.
>>4902657Galanthus reginae-olgae ssp. reginae-olgaeVery rare endangered wildflower endemic to a few areas of southern Italy and the Balkans.Travelled four hours to see it in bloom, the forest was absolutely full of them.My next target is the even rarer Primula palinuri, but it blooms in two months. I'm gonna have to stay at home and jerk off all day until then because it's the worst time of the year for botanizing.
>>4907975>it's the worst time of the year for botanizingIt's time to learn how to identify trees and shrubs hard mode.
the pot my abdelkuri was in just completely disintegrated while I was bottom watering.Should I wait and let the substrate dry out before I repot? I guess I could use fresh substrate and put the damp stuff aside.
>>4908315Is that sphagnum you had it in?
>>4908319No, I had it in bonsai jack cactus/succulent mix which I'm currently straining out of my bottom watering bin.
>>4908315I guess eurphorbias are a bit more resilient but just to be sure I'd probably let it sit for a week anyway
Trees
>>4908334My other treeIndoor Giant Redwood
>>4908334imagine the smell
>>4908334Dogs
>>4908334No, these are weeds.
>>4907975>>4907977plont/bugguy is dhat u ?
>>4908363Nope. Dutchfags can only dream of this mediterranean biodiversity.
Hello, I hate fungus gnats
>>4908340Very fruity actually>>4908351Crop
>>4908374use diatomite
>>4908422I might hate fungus gnats but I don't hate them enough to fuck up my lungs just to spite them
>>4907318west coast America I have plenty of Black eye susan, and I do think of of growing a lot of them. >>4907369I have many native flowers seeds ready too, and some native perennial. Although it wont be 100% native, but a dedicated section will be native.
>>4908364very lush imageenjoy your botany venture and stay safe.
>Every succulent sold by nursery is etiolated.>Assume its just how they normally look.>They're tall enough that I can't really put them under a grow light anymore which allows the lanky growth to continue.I have a delosperma crawling around and a crassula that looks like a cluster of towers. Dealing with etiolated plants is such a miserable feeling.
>>4908374>>4908423Water your plants from the bottom and topdress your soil with something that drains well. Most people use gravel, but try crushed lump charcoal instead. Pour boiling water down all of your drains afterwards to make sure they're dead.
>>4908562>crushed lump charcoalAight is this some new meme or something? This is like the third or fourth thread with unrelated topics where I've seen that mentioned.
>>4908374>>4908423>fungus gnatsYellow sticky traps really do workThey are dirt cheap and contain no poison
>>4908612the larvae can damage roots
>>4908606Soil amendments are germane to plants and charged biochar (crushed lump charcoal with added nutrients and miceobes) is the best soil amendment. Try mixing some into your soil. Replace any gravel or sand applications with charcoal crushed and sifted to the appropriate grade. If you have livestock then feed them uncharged biochar and it will improve their manure.
>>4908622>miceobesmicrobes*
Big Charca shills ITT
>>4908612the babies eat decay stuff and will ignore large plants but they will target seedlings.
>>4908660You can make it yourself for free.
>>4907065Like cum basicallyNepenthes flowers have a cummy smell as well
where do plants get the audacity
>>4908612Not particularly but who wants loads of little flies buzzing around their plants, I certainly don't.
>>4908907>audacityTheir need to survive.If I put you on an island with nothing but your clothes, what would you do. It's not the same thing really, they just need to spread, you can just have a wank.
damn what a weird looking leaf
if 2 climbing plants climb around each other will they turn 1 plant?
>>4909232They can, but not usually. It's called an approach graft. The plants have to at least be in the same genus and they have to wound each other at the same point and then heal together. It's most common with trees where the branches rub together.
>>4903919In general they like a lot of water, do well in heavy clayey soil, yet are weirdly indifferent to high temperatures and intense daylight in much the same way petunias are.. Celosia excepted, which are very finicky when it comes to growing conditions.
>>490965615-15-15 refers to the percentage of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium in the granules. You should be good to apply the granules without diluting them. Don't apply very much now because the snowmelt will wash a lot of those nutrients away. In the spring, after the snow has melted and your banana is growing, apply about 1.3 kilos of the fertilizer to each banana plant. I just reread your post and realized it's potted, so you could apply it now, but I'm leaving the rest of this post unchanged so you learn a little bit about how to apply fertilizer to a field. If you want to utilize your piss then you can piss in a compost pile or into a bucket of crushed lump charcoal. The charcoal will act as a slow release fertilizer. The compost will condition your soil more than it will fertilize your plants. Google says that urine has an NPK of around 11-1-2, but obviously that will vary with your diet and hydration. You may need other fertilizers as a source of phosphorus and potassium. Bone meal is good for phosphorus and other nutrients like calcium. Wood ash can be made into potash which has a bunch of potassium.
>>4909656I piss on my plants.15- is all ok for bananas.Think is, how big is your pot?They need a big fuckin pot, mine's only three years old but it sprouted 4 new plants in a pot 1x1 foot.Spring, summer, autumn, a handful every two weeks.Winter, depends what ya guna do.You gun cut it down? feed it at least 2 weeks before you cut it down and only give it 1/4 a handful.If ya guna leave it and you think it will still grow slow, give it half a handful once a month.That's what I'd do.Also just say the country your in and where about. It's a lot easier.
>bitch is finally starting to flowerIf it starts flowering regardless of light timing that means it's an autoflowering variety, right? I had two but one was male.
>>4909755You are correct. I've heard autoflowers taste like shit.
>>4909803Well why don't you try them, then you will definitively know yourself that you can not tell the difference.
>>4910030More N ???No, 15 is more than fuckin enough, you're going to be on the verge of toxicity with 15.So do Not feed it more than once every two weeks and defiantly no more than a hand full,and make sure you water the fucker well, because it will build up in the soil if you don't.How big, is the pot it's in?
>>4910047Banana plant?I think other anons would have questions about this. Lets see what they say.That pot is way to small for a banana plant, you need at least 50L or 80L to get a decent banana plant.It's to dry, maybe over or feeding, wants a bigger pot.That's what I'm seeing.Also, for everyone on here; who told you it was a banana tree?
>>4910053yeahhh, probably a nicolai looking at the leaves.So, it still needs a pot three times bigger than that.and feed it, a tea spoon worth, no more, of the 15-15-15 every two weeks.
>>4910056They are in the same family tbf
Any of you make/use any interesting mineral soil mixes? Share them
>>491068750% coco10 soil20 vermiculite20 perliteWhy do you want interesting?I use this in all my plants, tropical, succulents, bulbs, biannuals, alpines.Why not just use something that works?
>>4910687not really. I use Fox Farms Ocean Forest and add a little extra perlite for tropicals and bonsai jack for cacti and succulents. I have had good results with bonsai grit mixed with worm castings in the past though.
>>4910687>>4910722>>4910810You can use crushed lump charcoal in place of vermiculite and perlite. It works best when you soak it in a liquid fertilizer like compost tea before mixing it into your soil.
retard here, how much earth would I roughly need to fill this out? planning to grow herbs in them
>>491088326 * 17.7 * 70.4 cubic centimeters, you're welcome
>>4910758Very nice.But how do you deal with the algae growth in those clear pots?
>>4910885is that realistic?
>>4910890about, it's rounded so it will be less but then soil compresses depending on how hard you pack it so just get a 50l bag?
>>4910893I got four of those so I'll just get 4 40l bags
>>4910888I get a little bit as you can see but majority of it seems to wash away when watering and never really had enough to bother me. I always have all my doors and windows open because I hate still air and am on the Australian coast maybe the oxygen helps.
Can someone engineer a bioweapon virus for total spider mite death already
If I suspect that there may be thrip eggs in a potted plant's soil, could I simply wrap the bottom of the plant's stem in fly paper so that the larvae can never crawl up to eat the leaves?
>>491115670% IPA work fine for meSpray the plant and soil once a day for three or four days.Gone.
>>4911161Straight from the bottle (well, into a spray bottle)? It won't harm leaves?
>>4911162Yeah, the finest mist bottle you can find.Nope, it doesn't harm them. I've use it on everything.The leaf should glisten with a mist, not be dripping wet.
>>4911166>>4911162Just to clarify; the whole plant.Every leaf, top side, bottom side, stem, and top layer of the soil.It might take 10 minutes to do one plant, but do it properly or don't bother.
Noob here, what's happening to my oncidium? I heard they are prone to brown tips but the other leaf is gray and it's spreading downwards, it came green without blemish btw. Another question: I bought this Oncidium 'Twinkle' as blooming size but is it this small? Seller said it's miniature variety and iirc it came in 6cm pot (I repotted it).
>>4911174Here's another pic
Is that straight sphagnum?
>>4910047That's not a banana plant. It's a Strelitzia nicolai.It's a nice plant from southern Africa. It needs a bigger pot and more water. It's basically all leaf, so you can give it plenty of nitrogen and piss on it as much as you want.>>4910055>My female friend is quasi bpd and lies almost pathologically.Don't blame her. You bought it. And no, it's not a banana.>>4910465>They are in the same family tbfNo they aren't. Strelitzia are Strelitziaceae and bananas are Musaceae.I thought this 15-minute timer was just for election shitposting. JFC, how does anyone still post here?
>>4911195It is, I heard Oncidiums loves moisture and should not left dry.
there's a board for animals and several for humans, why is there no board for plants and fungi?
>>4911226Because they don't have hands ya dick, how the fuck can they post.I'm glad I'm deaf so I couldn't hear myself read out your post. It's shit being blind as well though.
>>4911206>No they aren't. Strelitzia are Strelitziaceae and bananas are Musaceae.Sorry I meant Order (Zingiberales)
>>4911227Based
>>4911159Try it and post results
>>4911156You can also try spraying it with rosemary oil (mixed with alcohol will be more effective) or see if you can find some predatory mites and move them to the infected plants.
I fail and fail and fail and fail. But eventually, through failing, I succeed.
>>4911324(maybe)
>>4911324If you succeed at failing, that's not a win you retard.I never fail, I only learn.Get on my level of philosophy
>>4911347Listen, I don't care. I think I finally found out how to get christmas cactus cuttings to reliably root instead of rot. I'm on top of the world.
>>4911421I had some big sections because a cactus failed at the root due to having been improperly taken care of by its previous owner. So I took the bits without any independent roots, snipped them, let them callus, and then put them in a humidity prop box to let internodal roots start growing. The cut and callused ends themselves are elevated to diminish the risk of exposure of pathogens. Eventually, the individual nodes should form roots that, on their own, can carry the plant. So at that point I'll take the sections and lay them lengthwise in a wide, shallow pot and cover them over with the callused end still raised unless it's also putting out roots.
>>4911423Of importance, the cuttings are currently not actually in anything. They're just sitting there and I can see the aerial roots getting fuzzy from growing into the humidity. I may add in some perlite to give the roots that are now growing something to dig in to.
>>4911386Listen, I was the one who told you to let them dry and stick them in coco perlite n vermiculite.But it's good you found a way.So you have learnt and shared.Good one anon.
>>4911563That was a different Anon, as I haven't come around these parts in months. But good on ya for trying to help others.
>CHARCOAL could be here...
>>4911584Who is that little bitch who keeps talking about charcoal?Anyways, if you are around anon; I have carbon filters that I need to swap out.So if I take the activated carbon out a used filter, can I use it in some way?
>>4911564So you just suspended your cuttings in a humid tub?
>>4905401Predatory mites will be culturally enriching other mites and zoom around at about a million miles per hour. They also simply look predatory.
>>4911653Depends if what it was filtering. If it was something safe like a water filter then you can use it as biochar and it will work better than regular charcoal because it's been activated. You probably won't get much so I'd recommend using it in a soil mix for seedlings or adding it directly to your compost.
>>4911684Smell from weed.So I can soak it in stuff and throw it on my garden?
Big lad
>>4911654To begin with, yeah. The cuttings, given a warm, humid environment, will begin rooting. Once they have a sufficient root mass, you can then introduce your chosen segments to a medium. But so far I'm noticing the entire cutting, at every node junction, growing new roots. This is opposed to the "just plunk them in medium" method, where you commonly run into rot issues. Usually due to temperature, I'd imagine. Cold is bad for potted plants in general. Warm and moist, good. Cold and moist, death.
>>4911810Really, if I had known cheap transparent plastic tubs were so damn useful, I would still have all my tropical exotics that died a slow and horrible death in years passed. But that's how learning works, I guess.
>>4911723Definitely
>>4911810How do you suspend them in the humid container?Got a picture?
So I got a bunch of flower pots for my balcony and soil for them but I won't be planting anything until next year. Should I fill the pots with soil already or should I let it sit in bags on the balcony until I'm actually going to plant stuff?
>>4912376I'd say fill it so weed seeds can germinate then you can pull them off.
>>4912376This >>4912385You can weed it, try and keep it a little damp but don't let water run out of the bottom of the pot, try and keep the nutrition in there.Sow something that will flower in winter, bulbs? hyathinsyss
>>4912385>>4912404But is there any reason to do it now? Like why would I want to have weeds in them?>Sow something that will flower in winter, bulbs? hyathinsyssI plan to plant a bunch of herbs and some lettuce in them so I don't really want anything that I'll have to remove beforehand
>>4912411>Like why would I want to have weeds in them?There's high chance your to-be potting soil is contaminated with weed seeds.>In an ideal world, soil preparation would be done a couple of weeks before planting. This gives the soil time to settle and allows animal manures and fertilisers to age a little so they won’t burn plants. It’s also enough time for many weed seeds that may be present in the soil to germinate, so they can be removed just before planting.https://www.theseedcollection.com.au/blog/preparing-your-soil-for-sowing-and-plantingOr desu you can just bake it to kill them, bonus point it also kills pathogen..
>>4912411>implying you can't plant herbs over bulbsI have in some places in my garden 4 and 5 layers.Top to bottomTetrapanaxVeronicaMind your own businessCrocus and snowdropsTulipHow big are ya pots?
>>4912466>>4912411Also, herbs from seed will be shit for the first year, so get them growing earl indoors, once last thing, they are not all going to like the same conditions.Good luck though. It's all a learning curve, don't give up.
>>4912466>How big are ya pots?>>4910883>>4912469yeah I bought a bunch of those weird woody indoor pots to get the seedlings growing before I put them into the soil outside
>>4910895Where the fuck you get 40 L bags from?You are new and very retarded.Welcome though, least while you are here you are not on /b/
>>4912371I just put a base layer of perlite in the container and laid the cuttings over it to allow me to put a little more water in the system without having to worry about it pooling with them sitting in it.
>>4912628Cheers big ears, I'll try this next time.
>>4912694Just make sure there's just enough water to have it humid in the container. Avoiding pooling is key, even with the insurance measure of the perlite.
>>4912616Amazon
>>4912798get the fuck outa hereYou don't drive?
>>4912628>>4912694You can use crushed lump charcoal for your base layer too. It's a bit cheaper than vermiculite.
Hello friends, I've been trying out growing some flowers for the first time, bought a little muscari kit from the supermarket. They sprouted far earlier than I expected them to - looked into it and concluded I'd not done a good enough job of finding them somewhere cold to sit and they'd been bamboozled into thinking it was spring, so I found a colder place to put them. Then I concluded the damage was already done and my best bet was trying to force them, so I moved them back out of the cold place and put them by the window to get as much sunlight as possible. The shoots have been quite floppy though, and there haven't been any signs of flowers or where they might come from, so I dug a bit more and found that muscari often send up leaves in the autumn which die in the frost after helping the bulbs build up energy for spring when they'll actually flower. Is that what's going on here? Should I put the pot back in the cold place so the leaves get taken care of when we get another cold spell, or should I keep trying to force them?
>>4913518They need a couple months of chill time to flower. Stick them outside for the winter or look up their chill time requirements
I think I have a mutant kale plant. It lived two years, got super tall and put out seeds, then died back, but then instead of entirely dying, it started to put out more leaves, and is now producing kale like it did the first two years.Is this semi-common? Should I horde its seeds in two years and become a millionaire off perinnial kale?
>>4913576Thanks, I'll move them back to the cold and hope for the best.
>>4913654Make sure it's cold enough. The chill hours need to be near freezing
>>4913606Do it. They probably won't breed true, but it's worth a try. Consider cloning the original kale too.
>>4913750It's a little communal cupboard in the basement level, has a small window that lets in a little bit of light but not much, and I don't think it has any heating beyond being inside the exterior walls rather than outside them. I'd guess it'll be a few degrees warmer than outside, but not much more than that.
Chart comparing various cold hardy citrus varieties made by an autisthttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bDS69kX9iBFFes3AHoAaj-wvSEzkFKqQe8QJ008WsaE/edit?gid=0#gid=0
what plants are bulletproof and unkillable?
this nigga makin berriesalso fuck thrippers
>>4913984That should work
>>4914336No plant is truly unkillable. Try pothos or morning glory. Pothos cuttings can be put in a cup with other cuttings to help them root and they can survive quite a bit of abuse. They like the soil to be pretty wet though. If you try morning glory then keep it in a pot and make sure you don't let it drop any seeds outside. It's rhizomatous and nearly impossible to weed out from your lawn/garden/flowerbed and if the rhizomes get under your driveway or sidewalk then you're fucked and so is the whole neighborhood.
>>4914336I killed 5 ZZ plants.Fuck the plant gods
So there's a seller selling rooted variegated Monstera cuttings with only 1 leaf. The price are different based on the variegation amount of that single leaf, like cheapest for less than 35% variegation and the most expensive with >80% variegation.But it shouldn't matter since the future leaves can have more or less variegation from the initial leaf right? So I can buy the cheapest with barely any variegation and the future leaves might be mostly variegated and vice versa?
>>4914434So what's your question?Where you abused as a child?
>>4914336Mint
>>4914434>variegated monsterastaste so basic it could neutralise industrial strength acid
>Flytrap put out flowers right before dormancy.I'm scared bros.
I've been trying to regrow dead sphagnum.Since I live in the tropics with high humidty I just dunk it on a dish with some hole outside since it's rainy season rnIt's also under a pretty big alocasia plants so direct sunlight is minimalBut the sphagnum corpse turned dark green just afew days later and it's also slimey and the pic of sphagnum floating on internet is lighter shade of greenis it just algae then?
>>4914741probably>>4914434yes
>>4914741Once it's actually dead there's no way to regrow it. Start with a live sample and plant it in a flat. You only need a thin layer of dirt or some other substrate for the Moss to cling onto. Moss is tricky to grow. You have to mist it with water 3-5 times a day and make sure it has the proper amount of light. Too much light will kill some species and too little light will kill others.
>>4914792Sphaggers needs bright indirect light usually to grow best. You can water and mist less if you have its lower portions sat in water and the moss kept in an enclosure to keep humidity up
>dead>regrow
Help, anyone can identify this plant?
>>4915111She's trying to kill you.
God i wish I could grow bulbophyllum in my houseI would drop $1k on plants if I knew I could grow them and make them thrive
you can
>>4915111Looks kind of like peruvian groundcherry but those tend to have darker stems and be more hairy.Have you tried using PlantNet for identifaction?It's quite accurate with good photos
>>4915128Get a couple plants to practice on. Orchids are pretty easy to grow
Fresh and In Season>>4916383>>4916383>>4916383