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inflorescence on my scilla violacea. I put it outside this summer and it grew like a weed.

>>4902547
I got stung by one of these once
it's pretty much as bad as they say

>>4902547
why onga onga doesnt have as much popularity ?

captcha: dddth

>>4903014
>onga onga
I 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 else
still 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.

>>4902949
After 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

>>4903161
How about amaranth?

>>4903064
>I don't know if any other plants can do that
I actually knew this guy, he died after handling Wolfsbane.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-29949698

Must have been some underlying condition thoughbeit as I and many other gardeners have handled it without any problems. Just don't eat it.

>>4903161
Most 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 explosion
I'm almost about to give up on keeping plants entirely

>>4903250
>amaranth
Grew 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
>>amaranth
Don'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
>>amaranth
Every part of them is edible, if you meant to reply to >>4903214 it's about really easy leafy vegetables.

How to achieve CHIM?

>>4903161
okay 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.

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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
>>4903436
Fuck knows how amaranth got there, but I meant monkshood.

I grew it for the colour, also to kill my neighbours dog.

>>4903485
become 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

>>4903547
I like eating it
I was considering getting some of these species with big flower heads to make processing easier cause I have just wild ones in the garden

>>4903547
Joseph'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
>>4903633
post 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.

>>4903633
What the fuck is that thing on her arm?

>>4903594
Look 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.

>>4903670
The snowflake shaped scar? It's called scarification. It's like a tattoo.

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>>4903674
Muh individuality.

>>4903686
>Nooo!!! Everyone has to do what I want them to do!!1
Grow up.

>>4903674
It just seems distasteful to me.

>>4903699
LMAO. Thank you for marking yourself so I know to not take your opinions seriously.

>>4903347
Try rosemary oil. If you can find predatory mites in your soil then they'll also take care of a spider mite infestation.

>>4903708
Good thing it's not your arm

How poisonous are creeping fig?
Apparently it makes humans and domestic animals sick but insects demolish it?

>>4903673
oh it's absolutely already all over the property. The rhizomes tunnel under absolutely everything
>Look up how to control that grass specifically
I 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

>>4903640
Thank 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
>>4903633
can 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.

>>4904138
banana

>>4904138
Dwarf lemon tree

>>4904138
Bird of paradise, Nicolai grow taller leaves
Yuka?
Bamboo
Elephant ear, Colocasia
Umbrella plant
Snake plant, stick it in a large pot and feed that fucker but don't over water it.

>>4903915
You 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 resort
FFS. 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?

>>4904138
Every single dracaena?

>>4904193
>Bird of paradise
Actually 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?

>>4904237
It 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
>>4904237
Oh, just remember which cut edge is the top and which is the bottom.
Obviously put the bottom in the soil.

>>4904239
Why 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.

>>4904265
NTA but I think for callusing

>>4904204
dude calm the fuck down lmao

>>4904314
No. 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.

>>4904355
do you have issues with reading comprehension?

>>4904358
He clearly does. What kind of a moron uses a broadleaf herbicide on grass?

>>4904265
Pretty much this >>4904269
Gives 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?

>>4904453
because it works just as well and is easier
i 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

>>4904463
taa me duck iss of t chippy na oneowt?

they dont speak like that

>>4904466
Have 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.

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>>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.

>>4904501
Hyphae 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.

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Poncirus seed update
Got round to sorting through my trifoliate oranges that I collected in London
Out 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
>>4904398
Glyphosate does kill grass though.

>>4904526
>>4904553
Couch 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?

>>4904684
To kill rhizomes? No. That just breaks them up and they grow back again.

>>4904706
im not OP but am having problems with cress or something that it is

wait this is a general

>>4904744
Yes, I'm a general

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>>4902657
Can 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 borivilianum

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorophytum_borivilianum

>>4904738
The 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 so
How 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?

>>4904860
Moss 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.

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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

>>4905035
looks more like some kind of Bovist mushroom

>>4904824
wow 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 up
i 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...
>>4904764
They're definitely non-toxic, but there's not much information on if they're *good* to eat.

>>4905066
You 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 organs
It'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

>>4905176
It's 02:00 in the morning here.
Fuck philosophy.
But that's a very interesting paragraph you wrote.

>>4905200
There'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 point
And 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

>>4905268
Now you get to watch it grow back from the rhizomes at exactly the same places. Congratulations on doing exactly nothing.

>>4905268
you 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 apart
Oh okay nevermind then
Succulents are too fucking hard

>>4903830
How 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.

>>4905401
Predatory 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.

>>4905399
To wet
Better look next time, get the soil right and water once a month

>>4905432
Can I propagate the bits that fell off? They look to still be alive.

>>4905436
Let 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
>>4905437
You 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.

>>4905394
if 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.

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>venus tried to bite me

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>>4905802
BITE IT BACK YOU COWARD!

>>4905697
build shit, white sheets over it
make your own shade

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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.

>>4905848
I gave up on germinating peppers a long time ago, those and tomatoes we get from a local greenhouse.

>>4905849
I'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.

>>4905697
Use 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
>>4905868
I'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.

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>>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

>>4905848
Put 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?

>>4905938
tree

>>4905899
Those look like they're really late. Did you start them late or was the weather so terrible?

>>4905945
I 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

>>4905932
Sure. Just make sure that they have a thick drainage layer or an air stone if you're trying to grow them hydroponically.

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>>4902657
Guys help
My 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
>>4905923
Thanks 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?

>>4906032
Only 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.

>>4906032
Nepenthes 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.

>>4906032
My little venus got attacked by a caterpillar. It's weird seeing the bugs bite back.

>>4906037
>outdoor plants
bro has a yard in 2024
bro thinks I'm a married ceo with rich parents

>>4906047
nigga 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 weeks
truly the land of plenty

>>4906070
bro has a balcony AND a porch

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>>4905932
What 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)

>>4905938
Snake plant
Umbrella plant
Banana
How high is high?

>>4905979
Stop watering it so much
Keep it above ten degrees celsius
Keep it under the grow light at least
These 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

>>4906133
more like just soil in a cut flower vase instead of a pot

>>4906156
Same 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.

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>>4906157
>>4906156
Ferns, 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.

>>4906156
I 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.

>>4906157
It'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.

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>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 winter
going to collect as much as I can and spread it in an area that isn't constantly mowed

>>4906304
I like milkweed
I actually grow it as a colourful plant and for the butterflies (UKfag)

>>4906074
Do you have a window?

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>>4905697
bit 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 from
pic 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
>>4906317
Just 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 tropical
Do mosses generally just want to be moist all the time? Should I water them every day if I want them to spread?

>>4906464
put them back, jamal

>>4906464
You'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
>>4906494
Also, "watering" is more like misting for mosses

hello Annie Martin

>>4906539
Hiyaaa

>>4906402
So can a knife, and I handle them at least ten times a day, every day.

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>>4906557
I'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
>>4906561
You sound like you need therapy.

>>4906554
>>4906561
Based autist

I heard some Hoya and Orchid smells like sex, what the fuck is that supposed to mean?

>>4907065
it's something that will remain a mystery for an incell

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can any botanists tell me what's going on here?
> 41°10'27.15"N, 29° 5'20.29"E

>>4907171
They appear to be imprisoning the tree

>>4907171
A hidden Dark Souls boss: Sansiboreus, the Shackled

>4907181
reddit post

>>4907171
It's called a tree prop and it's used to support old heavy trees that may be at risk of collapse.

>>4907171
Are 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

>>4907220
Would 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/history
Did 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

>>4907305
What 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 soil
Do 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

>>4907222
It could be epicormic growth, but idk if that trunk is still alive. It might just be an epiphytic species growing on the surface.

>>4907232
Yes

>>4907456
Pull the grass. Overtime it will choke out the moss

>>4907475
>Overtime it will choke out the moss
>t. never had a lawn

>>4907682
was I misled???? Did I get rid of it for nothing????

>>4907682
Only British lawns do that because of the humidity.

>>4907686
Grasses 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.

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>>4902657
Galanthus reginae-olgae ssp. reginae-olgae
Very 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 botanizing
It's time to learn how to identify trees and shrubs hard mode.