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/Previously on /plant/ >>5019853
First for the autumn damask rose. It is a repeat bloomer and thus a rarity among old European roses most of which flower only once a year. Legend has it that this rose, having disappeared from Europe, was reintroduced by French crusaders from the city of Damascus from where it got its name.
i want to put in rugosa roses as a space filler but is this a cop out? i dont know much about roses or rose varieties
Does anyone here have experience with sugarcane?Someone bought me some rootstalks and I planted them asap because I was told they go bad quickly, but I'm a bit clueless about what to do now.
>>5037654They're fine I guess but look into rugosa hybrids to add variety and flavor https://www.trevorwhiteroses.co.uk/product-category/rugosa-roses/#:~:text=Rugosa%20roses%20are%20extremely%20hardy,colourful%20additions%20to%20a%20garden.
>>5037604Is there a site or app I can use to easily check what type of soil and watering scheme trees and bushes have? I already killed two japanese maples and I'm pretty sure It's because of improper soil..
>>5037824What soil do you have?
>>5037827I don't know I just mixed in soil from my yard and some store bought one my grandma uses for her flowers. But I think it was too heavy, it got very clumpy when you watered it which I don't think is good for a tree like that.
How do carnivores grow so god damn fast when they intentionally have to be starved of nutrients
I shouldn't start bringing my succulents inside until it starts being like, 5c at night, right? It got down to 9 last night (in AUGUST) and i felt so chilly that I worried too much and moved themI know deserts get really cold at night, but they're also incredibly dry and most of mine are from mexico, not the sahara.
I just noticed the leaves are changing color for fallin AUGUST
>>5036902You, the mere plant, will be content within the confines of the pot that I, God, have graciously allowed you. You will grow vertically, in a way that is aesthetically pleasing to me, lest you take up more room than I have alotted to you. You will remain full, lush, and in one piece, rather than breaking apart and spreading yourself to lands unknown, leaving selfish scars that are ugly to my eye.
>>5037814yeah i was thumbing through a couple sites, but the wild type seem to win out on fragrance if nothing else
>>5038080Roseraie de l'Haÿ, Hansa, Dagmar Hastrup, Schneekoppe etc are all heirloom hybrids that are said to possess strong fragrance.
I should fertilize when flower buds appear, right?
>>5038127very interesting, thank you
I FUCKIN LOVE FLOWERS YEEAAAAAAHHHH
Three large deliciosas ready to be cut with air layering. Want to experiment by having no pot with one of them, and hang it. I wonder how it will behave, having no solid foundation, if it will get fooled and stop growing large leaves.
>>5038329God damn the cuts brown up fast. Is it a defensive mechanic as to not drain any fluid?
Squamiferum bloomed.I should just cut any blooms off as soon as they appear, shouldn't I?
>>5038462eyyy another fella with a squammy, yes you should technically cut the bloom, no i wouldn't either
I have a new baby wollemia, the guy I bought it from thought it was a monkey puzzle and sold it to me for cheap. Hoping he doesn't come find me and take my shins
Why's my guy turning red? Is he OK?
>>5038462more like Benisferum
>>5038462MOOOODS
Protip to people with plants near windows to please check the condition of your windows my blinds fell off and took out my plants and damaged the tips of two of my plants.
Any tips for propagating rose cuttings??Thanks!
>>5038660For semi-hardwood cuttings a mist system yields the best results >https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hOFtTEI3F_8&pp=ygURQnVybGluZ3RvbiByb3NlcyDYBuMc>https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xXAdrUPNAOI&pp=ygUcRmxvcmV0IGZhcm0gcm9zZSBwcmlwYWdhdGlvbtgGmwrSBwkJsgkBhyohjO8%3D>https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qXv5ftjzPtY&pp=ygUgRnJhc2VyIHZhbGxleSByb3NlIGN1dHRpbmdzIG1pc3TYBpAEAnother way is by using humidity domes. Results are average to poor.>https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=211r10Jj_OY&pp=ygUbZnJhc2VyIHZhbGxleSByb3NlIGN1dHRpbmdz2AbFAw%3D%3D>https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4FicmVqT_a4&pp=ygUpZnJhc2VyIHZhbGxleSByb3NlIGN1dHRpbmdzIGh1bWlkaXR5IGRvbWXYBvsEFor hardwood cuttings:>https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nLgSxBufENw&pp=ygUbZnJhc2VyIHZhbGxleSByb3NlIGN1dHRpbmdz>https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oM5GpcolIMI&pp=ygUkZnJhc2VyIHZhbGxleSByb3NlIGN1dHRpbmdzIHNvaWxsZXNz.I'm using the subpar humidity dome method because i dont have the space to set up a mist system and to be honest it's been kicking my ass lol. My success rate so far is probably less than 20%. That being said it also depends on the variety. Some roses root more easily than others. Pic related opened my eyes as to the superiority of a mist system. This cutting accidentally fell out of its tray but rooted regardless because of the perfect humidity.
>>5038699Thanks!Very helpful!
This adansonii arrived all fucked up, only option was to propagate to restart. Taken about a month to reach a third leaf, impressive.Should group them up in fours, right? >>5038484They're so unique and grows really fast too.>>5038616>>5038626What's a vagina plant to pair it with?
>>5038838...
I used to think prickly pears looked stupid with their 2 dimensional flat circle thing but ive realized its actually an ingenius adaptation to get maximum light as the sun rises and sets while getting the least scorching afternoon sun as possible
>>5038924And you'd think this would mean they're hyperspecialized for hot environments, which they are, but then they're also the de facto most cold hardy and adaptable kind of cactusTruly fascinating creaturesI can't even call them little creatures, because they get huge!
>>5037604Should I plant blueberries bellow a tree? My region is pretty hot all year round (averaging 25c) and only has a a few "cold" weeks (averaging 5c).Last time I tried planting one the sap dried off pretty quickly so I need some advice
>>5037862Depends on the plant. Some are very tender and will suffer below 10C, while others can tolerate 0C.I keep my jade plant and a couple of aloes outside all winter, south coast of England and they do really well.
>>5039174Look into southern highbush and rabbit eye varieties. They're more suited for warmer climates. They also require consistent moisture which may be difficult if they're growing underneath a tree
>>5039193I actually tried to grow mine in a open area where it gets constant and direct sun, so that's why I asked if it should be under a tree.I will look up for different varieties then, thanks for the tip anon
>>5037863Im guessing your area is in a drought?
Is it impossible to root madrone cuttings? Has anyone done it?
>>5039201it is constantly overcast, cold and wet so no
Stupid question, but if I dig something up from a driveway or by the road, I can be 99% sure it will survive my winters, right?
>>5037623I like it alot, thanks for sharing
>>5039570No. Try to recreate it's substrate it was taken from and it's sun and moisture exposure. Identify the plant
>>5039570Chances are it came from a perennial parent that survived or an annual parent that can successfully reseed itself, but maybe not. Maybe it's just some tropical annual from your neighbor's yard. You have to ID it to be sure.
Have to quarantine my spiders away from everything else because cats or rabbits or some shit are eating them.Came home today to find one of their pots (plastic) squeezed from the bottom as if by human hands, spider torn up and mangled 2 feet away. Its the desert's jealous vengeance at me growing one (1) thing with traditional leaves
How do you distinguish chenopodium? Specifically berlandieri from album.
Question:Virgar is now massively outgrowing the space next to my couch (I repotted him this year and the first tips of his roots are already coming out through the drainage hole again). I would like to plant him outside (Austria) on a spot where a blue spruce is currently standing but will be cut down in the coming years and I was wondering if the soil is fit for a Dicksonia Antarctica. Soil is mostly rock, almost no humus and I assume quite sour. His plant neighbour would be an elderflower.Pic related from three weeks ago; his newest leaf is 1,78 meters now.
>>5038343The browning is oxidation from being exposed to air. Try keeping them wet.
>>5039765You want to let the cut dry up unless you're doing water propagation, otherwise it'll rot.
wild virgins bower is blooming rn, how long do i need to wait for seeds?
>>5039758They range from tropical to pretty cold areas in Australia, but I don't know how cold Austria gets. They like to grow under taller trees, and Australian forests develop a lot of ground layer keeping them a bit moist - they hate dryness despite being fire/drought hardy like most Australian plants.If you were to move Virgar outside I'd suggest digging a hole larger than his root ball and adding some richness/moisture retention to the backfill and giving him a nice layer of mulch over the area to help him stay warmer, moist and breakdown over time.Don't plant too deep, give him some stakes while he re-roots.Hail Virgar
It feels like there's a conspiracy to make sure nobody knows how to keep these, the rare moments it seems like someone might know what they're talking about they drop off the face of the internet before they say anything substantial.I'm planning on keeping it in water until it roots, putting it in a vermiculite heavy cactus mix with a water tray, and then letting it go dormant for winters.Does anyone know anything about these? Do they lose their roots the moment they go dormant or just after a really long time of dormancy? I'm not sure if its worth the trouble if I'd have to fully reestablish it each timeMine also seems to have 2 rosettes which is fun, I didn't even know they did that
I got a second giant terracotta pot for free because it's hard wedged into the first and impossible to get outBut now I have to get it outIdeas?There's even fucking newspaper in it sealing it tighter
>>5040466Ok I got it outThere's no actual downside to using a comically oversized pot for a plant as long as you use proper soil and aren't stupid about watering them, right? That's just a warning for normies who water everything to death?
>>5040426Aren't they epiphytes? Or am I thinking of something else with the same common name?
>>5040474False rose of Jericho, Selaginella LepidophyllaA tumbleweed from the chahua desert
>>5040476Ok it's not a tumbleweed but it looks and functions exactly like onenature
>>5040472Yes
>>5039926When the seeds turn brown. Depending where you are it should be within a month.
>>5040506Yes what?
>>5041085You can grow small plants in big pots
>>5041154I dunno, that kinda seems like bullshit anon
Are there plants I can efficiently use as mosquito deterrant/control(maybe carnivorous plant pr a plant that attracts mosquito predators)?
>>5041637Plants don't really deter them. Having a year-round ecosystem will keep more predators around, birds, hummingbirds, and bats all contribute, but the root problem is the standing water ponds they reproduce in (their larvae are aquatic). Fish and dragonflies have the actual power to stop their life cycle and eliminate them, but you need to own the pond and let them take it over to have an impact. This assumes you even know where they're coming from and aren't just living in a swampy area with random pools everywhere, as they can travel pretty far.The solution, which won't work, is to just add wildflowers and pollinator stuff. Year-round nectar, seeds, the insects they attract, and water will keep predators around. The issue will only be resolved if you plant this stuff around the actual problem area(s). Mosquitoes actually mostly eat nectar and only need the protein boost from blood to lay their eggs, so technically planting flowers attracts them; not sure if this contributes to them choosing to use a trapped pond, but it stands to reason.
>>5037604I find pumpkins kind of fun. About 5 kilograms per vine weight. Weird.
>>5041654Thanks for the reply.I guess I'm fucked, I do have a pond I can do whatever with, but there is a lake/marsh close to my house.I do keep an ecosystem with wild flowers and dragonflies visit often but that's not enough.I heard about bladderwort, but would they "eat" enough mosquitoes?
>>5041654Plant some textile crop and make mosquito nets with it, then cover every entrance into your home with it
Bringing a ficus into my home was the worst decision I ever made in my life. Tons of bugs, and more FUCKING MUSHROOMS. How the fuck can I sleep in a room now filled with mushroom spores? I can't even get this trojan horse of a shit plant out because it's too heavy to move.
>even the grass is dying because its been so long without rain>water and fertilize everything because its been forever since I have by hand>the very next day it rains to rinse all my fertilizer outWhy do I even do anythingWhy do I pretend to know any better
Some of the sphagnum in my flytrap cup has turned green, is living sphagnum in any way better for carnivores than dead? I can't wait to harvest it when I put her away for winter, I'll feed isopods with it!
>>5038306I love flowers...
>>5041806There's antifungal bacteria and you can clean the exterior with vinegar. Maybe try a pesticide or just DE. Remember to wear a mask for it. I got an infestation from some free plants and these mystery mites were crawling in my carpet and everywhere. A real dehumidifier helps a ton.>>5041637Surface agitation and floating plants drown the larvae. You can dip net for water nymphs or any fish will eat them.
>>5041806
>first weekend of Spring>struck by some rapid onset fever and bedridden
>>5042077What plant is that? It looks awesome!
>>5042163just think anonan entire week of growth you'll never get backthink of all the extra rhizome and root growth everyone elses' plants are getting16 hours x 7 of full-on sunlight and increased temperatures' worth of sugar your plants will never get backThe feeling of the changing of seasons spurring on even more vigorous growth, another season ticking by in their yearly cycles, telling them they're more mature, it's time to flower, time to produce offsets and grow lush and gigantic12000 footcandles of pure solar energy in every direction lost every single microsecond they're not out there in the sun
>>5042130I moved a dehumidifier and HEPA air filtration unit into the room and the room is more comfortable for sure.>mystery mitesThere are tons of these and I hate them, but I have hard floors at least so there is no where for them to go. They are in the soil too. What are they? What are they eating?Either way as soon as I can get some help moving this 70 pound planter it's going outside. This ficus has been in a really unhealthy state for months and I don't think it's going to get better, and at this point I'd rather have the mushrooms and bugs out of my home. My succulents outside are all growing too big for their planters and the aloe plant would surely love a large home.>while typing this post my cat decided to attack the ficus and if I hadn't intervened he would have killed it right then and there
>>5042170aloe castilloniae, the smooth variant
>>5042058>this is very common and I didnt get really lucky on my first goAw man
>found thrips again REEEEEEEEEEEE
Is it the case that literally every single kind of carnivore is a good to decent fit for a terrarium except specifically venus flytraps?
>>5042397No. Any kind of temperate carnivore that needs a winter dormancy isn't suited; dionea, sarracenia, and temperate drosera. Good choices would be tropical sundews, pings or nepenthes (these are more challenging). I've heard of people giving temperate plants a winter dormancy in the refrigerator but even so, carnivores temperate or not need a TON of sunlight not just a windowsill that gets 5 hours in the morning.
>>5042410Do people really keep "terrariums" without overhead lighting??Why are nepenthes challenging aside from their size?
>>5042412>Do people really keep "terrariums" without overhead lighting??The sky is the limit in terms of how technical and in-depth you wanna go for houseplants, but the floor is just as low. Tons of etiolated cacti and straggly jades out there.>Why are nepenthes challenging aside from their size?I'm no nepenthes expert, but from what I understand many of them need specific humidity and nighttime temperature swings to simulate the highland rainforests they they're native to. There are some very forgiving cultivars that you can find in any old big box nursery though, I think "Bloody Mary" is common.There was a guy with an impressive nepenthes collection hanging around a few threads ago, maybe he's still around to give a proper explanation.
>>5042416Does this mean I shouldn't add nepenthes to my outdoor collection where Id have to take them in for winter
>>5042248I think probably mold mites but I remember having different looking mites. It was much worse than I could have expected lol. It might be worth just killing and throwing out if you can't get it out soon and the infestation gets worse. Your cat is trying to tell u something..
is it still a garden if everything's in pots?
my prickly pear pad has grown almost a third of its length worth of roots but it's still wrinkly after being watered and then rained on, am I supposed to still give it MORE water or will it puff back up when its satisfied with its root system?
Someone's selling Carrion FlowersI can put my carnivores next to them:O
>>5042439I think you may be correct, but unfortunately my cat can't help me move this planter.
Are African Milk Tree cuttings supposed to root quickly or do they take forever? Mine's just been sitting still in stasis for at least a month, I'm wondering if I should cut it higher up.
>>5040426i came home to it half curled up and blown a foot or so away from its bowl today, they really just go "No water? I'm out" fast. Incredible little creature. Still no sign of roots, assuming it didn't chuck off whatever little it might have been growing. I don't know if giving it more rocks in its water bowl will encourage it or not, it's getting full sun now so it should have the energy.
>>5042932I got an African milk tree cutting too and a sliver off the top happened after something fell on it. Is this gonna impact the growth at all? It became crooked to, the object took off some flesh and two spikes on two different sides, the third side remains uneffected and still has it's leaf.
Should be fine to water several plants by putting the pots into a bucket of water, shared between them all, right? I don't have any pests.
>loses his marbles outta nowhereWhat was it that did him in?
These little plants have sprouted by themselves after rainy season started here.Anyone have any idea what they are?In central India.
>>5042419I don't know what zone you're in or the local climate. Big box stores like home depot and lowes occasionally have nepenthes so you could give it a shot. Stay away from highland plants though.>>5043582Fuck off, jeet.
>>5043582given that they only have seed leaves at this stage they could be almost anything
>>5043645Rude.
>>5043322Yes, a wider shallow container would be much easier than a bucket though
>>5043700Thanks.I'll wait for a while and instruct the gardener to not rip them out. I'm interested to see what they grow into.Hopefully they don't affect the main plant in the pot.
>tfw your thai grows a large section of white just to die off
>instruct the gardener to not rip them outLol. Jeets really have servants for just about everything
I think there’s something wrong with my sunflower, bros..
Anon what country do you live in that doesn't have plumber, gardener, electricians, washerwomen etc?
I wouldn't let a dahlit touch my plants
>>5043582Isn't there a Hindi forum or something you could ask? They'd probably have better regional knowledge. Why not leave the anglosphere alone? Also do your own gardening.
>Jeets all day at work>Jeets on my japanese gardening forum
Damn, this cissus rotundifolia is popping off faster than a pothos.
so giant underbrush plants that don't need a lot of light grow really fast because they're drinking in all the light they can get, which is why they burn up in full sun so easily, and tiny desert plants are basically working to ignore 90% of the light that hits them, which is why they need a ton of light and grow really slowly? Is that how it works?
>>5037623>>5039828>>5040506>>5040571>>5041015I wish the deer didn't eat my roses. I have 3 bushes and maybe 1-3 flowers at a time will make it to bloom without getting munched on. My hostas are chewed down to the ground the second new leaves grow.
>>5045087Just be glad they're feeding native wild animals without them trying to get fed by humans
look at this beautiful flower!!
I was gonna post when my flytrap's first proper upright trap since the cube opened all the way, but I just realized Im gonna miss it being at work the entire time the sun is up for the rest of the weekIm sad now
>>5045106wut
>>5045166if wild animals become accustomed to humans putting out food for them it creates a lot of problems for everyone involved. it's better for the wild animals to stay wild
I kinda just wanna dump a bunch of water and sphagnum into a tupperware container, put it outside and say Im growing a bogSounds cool
>>5045767>Fills shoebox with sand>Here's my desert
>>5045774Unironically gigabased if real
I planted raspberries and for 2 years now they've born fruit, but this year these other plants grew out of the same area. The yellow plant with the red arrow is the original raspberry stem I planted. A lot of raspberries did end up in the dirt/dropped by me both last year and this year so they could be from that, but they have different leaves from what I can tell. Is it just a weed or something?
>>5045979Are they different leaves? They're still in groups of 3 and have visible thorns so it's still a rubus of some kind. To me it still looks like a raspberry. Canes always die after 2 years, and they have a big rhizome that spawns new plants and makes a big patch over time. They should just be clones of the original plant connected to the same root system.
>>5046143Some of them, to me at least, seem to group up into groups of 5 leaves instead of 3. But I'm just completely ignorant on the topic and don't know if that matters. You're probably right to be honest, your explanation makes logical sense, and they do seem similar enough, I guess I was just shocked by the explosiveness of the growth and I'm 100% new to this kind of thing to be honest. But yeah, I'll tidy them up and try and give them some structure with the bamboo poles and string and hopefully they sprout fruit next year. I did originally plant 3 seperate canes but only 2 bore fruit and the instructions said cut them to the ground so on the second cane I did that this year so we'll see next year, but like you said they only fruit for 2 years. So, we'll see I guess. But like I said, thanks for your post, it's definitely swayed me on leaving it be vs cutting it to shreds next time I trim the grass.
>>5046385The individual plant should still be there making new canes in the same spot. They make a new one every year, which does nothing for a year, and the old one from last year fruits and then dies. It takes 2 years to get fruit, but since it's constantly rotating canes in, it's still a yearly crop and lives for decades. If you have an everbearing or primocane fruiting variety this process will be less obvious since it flowers multiple times.You do want to remove the dead canes just to avoid clutter, and in the long term you will get a ton of daughter plants which you can dig up to expand your garden if you want, or else just whack them back to keep things contained. The ones you want to keep producing, just leave them alone (well, technically you can top them to cause branching if you want). The new plants probably just look different because they're new growth, and probably have some slight adaptations to your yard.The rhizome is essentially an underground stem that expands out to the sides, and it has nodes of stem cells which can become the roots of a new plant whenever it wants. It will just keep expanding into a little grove over time like bamboo does, or rather 3 of them since you planted 3. This can get a little technical for species that need different varieties (genetic individuals) or have different sexes for pollination, but this is not one of them. If you really want to confirm that they're clones, they should be attached to the main plant if you try digging one up. (Feel free to separate and move them, since they still have their own roots.)Right now yours are still small, but when they're well and truly established, they are known as a pretty severe nuisance if you don't keep up with removing them. Also, you can probably see why people use rope instead of individual stakes for support. This is all a good thing if you want lots of fruit, but you will hit a limit of what you're willing to pick or can even eat, you know, years from now.
I've got a few of these sundew stalks dried out, do I just put the seeds on wet sphagnum to start new babies?
>>5046784Also I just have them in their tiny starter pots, should I pot them up soon? On right is attempt #3 at "bonsai" avocado
What sites do you guys order seeds from ?
>>5046784Apparently you have to wait for the flower stalks to go black before collecting seeds
I watered a lithops
>Oh yeah these are extremely cold hardy, you can grow them year round down to like zone 3>Just make sure they don't go below -3 degrees for more than one nightI love sempervivum as much as the next guy but why the hell do I keep searching for cold hardy plants and being told about incredibly strong frost tolerant champions that can be grown anywhere (inside the southern usa specifically)
My rotundifolias freak me out everytime I check up on them..
I got this radermachera? from ikea a few months ago and its become huge.Should I prune or clip it? This is my first plant thats not just keeled over
Speaking of sempervivum, what happens when one of them dies? Do its offshoots stay connected by the stems and they start forming like a bush with branches or do the stems rot away and they become separated?
>>5045767I realized it would just overflow and spill out everywhere whenever it rained :(
>>5037604I have a BlackBerry tree in my backyard. Last year it was great, they weren't supper sweet but still tasty, and since then it grew an extra branch which almost doubled the quantity of berries it gives. But now they are basically flavorless. So I am wondering if I cut off the extra branch the berries in the rest of the tree will have more nutrients and be more flavorful.Would that work? Or should I do something else?
>>5048094Needs more light
I just set up a terrarium and found things that are like pic related in the substrate. I managed to dig them out any idea what they are? Pic isn't mine, but they look almost exactly like them.
>>5048793I'm thinking it's either a nematode, pot worm or fugal gnat larva.
>>5048793Plants?
Is a honeymoon phase of "I want one of everything!!!" ultimately wearing off and making you pick favorites and having to get rid of some as you realize you have limited space a common thing in plantkeeping
Anyone else here do any plant hybridizing/breeding? I grow and hybridize daylilies.https://www.instagram.com/jaymalick
>>5048848Ferns, so the soil is moist all the way through since they need it to be humid.Which also makes it an ideal breeding ground for fungal gnats. But given I just planted and sterilized everything I used, I don't see how they could have gotten in or if they were hitchhikers.
My current cupboard status. Please don't judge how bare it looks... I haven't been able to get any mossMonstera is doing well, so is the Prayer Plant and the Aglaonemas. Planted a Pothos in the top, looks like it's settled in.Bottom Left was a Begonia that died, I planted an Umbrella Plant there (I got a whole set for another planting, they're doing well there) but it yellowed and went scraggly in less than a weekIdk what caused it. I'm still sad over the Begonia it was gorgeous
But if plants grow using carbon dioxide, then we should be watering them using carbonated water
>>5049158I have some daylilies in my garden that I've messed around with hybridizing a little bit. I'll know more about if any of it worked in a year or two when the most recent batch flowers. I also am trying this out with irises, but I have just collected the seeds this year so it'll be a while before I know if anything worked. I have crossed plants more successfully with African violets, since they are pretty easy and a little quicker. Those are some good looking crosses, how do you go about hybrizing/seed starting?
>rose editionpls help how do I save my potted roses from fucking spider mites
>>5048793Looks like fungus gnat larvae.
>>5049601>I have some daylilies in my garden that I've messed around with hybridizing a little bit. I'll know more about if any of it worked in a year or two when the most recent batch flowers.That's cool! I'm glad I'm not the only here who hybridizes with daylilies! I'm looking forward to seeing how they turn out!>I also am trying this out with irises, but I have just collected the seeds this year so it'll be a while before I know if anything worked. I have crossed plants more successfully with African violets, since they are pretty easy and a little quicker. Those are some good looking crosses, how do you go about hybrizing/seed starting?I've only done hybridizing with daylilies, but I can give you a quick rundown on how I do it. First, I select my pod parent and pollen parent. Typically I just select two plants with flowers I would like to combine. Recently I've been really into tetraploid broken colors (Undefinable, Explosion In The Paint Factory, Augie's Unique Beauty) and I'm trying to make more broken colors with more unusual characteristics (double, polymerous, scuplted form, dark eye zones contrasting with light petals, toothed edges, glitter gold edges, etc). I try to get my pollen right as it's dry, which depends on the day to day humidity and weather. Typically between 10am and 2pm. I take the pollen from the pollen parent and use it to pollinate the flower of the pod parent. I check if there's any pollen on the pod parent's flower already, if there is I can't use that flower as a pod parent. If I'm lucky, the pollen takes and a seed pod begins forming there after a couple days. When the seed pod begins opening on its own (about this time of year), I take the seeds and put them in a coin envelope and keep them in the fridge (not freezer) over winter. Then I plant them outside in pots in the spring, typically late May or early June. I keep the seedlings outside over winter too, I only want to deal with plants that can live in my local climate.
How fast does sphagnum moss grow?
Anybody use great white Mycorrhizae? Gonna order some potted roses soon and put them in fabric pots with pic rel
Is letting moss/creeping plants colonize a spot a good way to control weeds?It feels like so on my garden, but that may be just me since I pluck the rest.
(Question that no one will answer)
>>5050797Sure. Moss is easier to weed than rock or compacted soil.
>>5049792Fight mites with mites.
>>5050974Yes.
>>5037604Hi fellas, could someone help me ID this nepenthes? It got gifted to me and didn't have any kind of info on itAlso, what's the minimum temperature it can withstand before i have to take it inside the house?
>>5049158I've hybridized a couple of roses but I've mostly been collecting rose seeds from different rose gardens and can't wait to see what comes out of them
>>5037604Gardening is for me pretty much automatic. I can't not do it in any suitable situation.
After denying it no longer and becoming a carnivoresister I have learned that we are the most oppressed groupI could browse classifieds and find a new cactus or succulent every week or so but i cant even find listings for carnivores let alone ones actually close to where i'm actually searching from
>>5049792Increase air circulation and make sure the roses get enough water. Spray the mites off with a hose.
>>5049792Just wait for winter bro the snow will kill them
I watched a single youtube video where a guy said it was important to buy seeds from a reputable source that grows good plants and now I can't shake the feeling that the 5 dollar etsy seed packets are going to give me tiny deformed inbred seeds with trash genetics that I should just skip over
>>5041806The edges of the leaves of this cursed ficus are starting to curl and become wavy which I think means it wants water but I am afraid giving it water will lead to another mushroom bloom.My succulents outside are growing big and strong, but every indoor plant I've ever had either died or caused endless problems like this one...
>>5051679What types of roses?
>>5052046I'm mainly interested in old garden roses but I collect any ripe hips I can get my hands on. I harvested a bunch of hips from pic related which is some type of hybrid perpetual or portland.
I don't get how selling plants can be profitableThey take years to grow to a size where people think they're good enough to buy, you need a huge surplus of said large plants, all of which need space, soil, light, etc, nobody even values plants at more than a couple dollars, and they buy one and they have it forever, you'd have to get a new variety to have a repeat customer.
Megasperma finally had a new leaf. Interesting unfurling.
You know they called me megasperma in high school
>>5052229Anon have you never been to a garden center because what you're describing is simply not true
>>5052402Yes it isIf some of my sempervivums turn out to be dupe varieties of ones I already have in the spring, there's no way anyone would pay more than like 2 or 3 bucks for them, which would only cover the cost of the pot, not even the soil, or what I had paid for it if I hadn't just stolen cuttings. And that's after months to a year of rehab just to get them to have their proper shape and colors, they'd still be tiny.
>>5052229It is a tight business, which largely operates on margin, high volume and a lot of cheap "un"skilled labour that can perform repetitive actions like taking cuttings, dividing, grafting, sowing and repotting very quickly. For most high volume production nurseries you are looking at about 10 to 15% profit per unit before taxes. Growth and business development is therefore difficult because the margins are so tight, and as you say the market value for most plants are pretty low. Seasonal loans make the industry turnover, either from your seed and wholesale suppliers or from the banks. Specialising in a particular niche is basically your only route if you do not have easy access (read: inheritance) to much land or capital/loans, and niche plants tend to be biome species like cacti and succulents, tropicals, alpines etc that need specific conditions that add another overhead. An alternative route is focusing on breeding and cultivar development, which can allow you to patent/trademark your plants and sell propagation rights to larger nurseries, and if managed intelligently can be done with significantly less space than your standard commercial nursery. Sometimes new cultivars emerge from these nurseries by accident too, usually sports and mutants, but shouldn't be expected.Ultimately you need to really love plants, and love seeing plants multiply, to commit to such a business. Nursery owners usually have something about them that suggests this is the only thing they're willing to do with their lives, and everyone else can just deal with it.
>>5052405A david austin rose is like 30 bucks and they only take a year to grow from a cutting
>NOOOOOOOOOOO YOU CANT KEEP THEM INSIDE THAT WOULD MEAN A LIGHT BEING ON>NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO YOU CAN'T PUT THEM THERE I DON'T WANT TO BE NEAR THEM>NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO YOU CAN'T PUT THEM THERE SOMEONE WILL COMPLAIN>NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO YOU CAN'T GROW THAT SOMEONE DOESN'T LIKE HOW IT LOOKSI had a real urge to just smash every pot I have and just forget about this today because god fucking forbid I do anything with my god damn life other than go to sleep, go to work and play fucking video games
>>5052488you need to get your own space gurl you should see if there's a plot available in a local community garden
>>5052686hour's walk to the closest one would mean paying 3 dollars for a bus ride every time i wanted to see my plants...
Nice flush of fall pitchers
This idiot keeps growing too much to the point where the stem can't support the leaf and it folds over and dies. Each time a new shoot has emerged and with this one none of the three original leaves remain. I suppose what I want to know is should I be trying to support the leaves with a trellis or pole or something or is there a different way to promote stronger growth of the stems and with them the leaves? Sorry the terminology is all over the place I'm from /sp/ and just trying to grow some houseplants and this guy is the only one who's doing well (not enough sun for the natives sadly) so I want to look after it.
>Climbing plant keeps falling overNo way dude thats crazy
>>5053184Alright tomorrow I'll get my Icarus something and maybe repot so he can fly closer to the sun. Forgive my ignorance but it was just sold in a plain pot unlike say devil's ivy being tailored towards a climbing plant
I'll preface by saying I don't know what I'm doing. My sunflower has droopy leaves, they feel thin, it's still budding, but I'm a little worried. The leaves at the bottom are starting to yellow. There's too many tall buildings around me, so it gets like 4-5 hours of sunlight at best, and it might be nearly October, but it's still over 30° every day, that's like 90 for yankees I think. I water it every day since it's hot and dry around here, but I try to merely keep the soil moist. Should I be worried? It's a sunflower, heard they're basically a plague with how resilient they are, but mine looks a bit sad
>>5052488woke up to about 8 pots smashed, expensive soil mix all over the ground, and 1 dead plantfor like the 7th fucking timei'm genuinely reaching my fucking limit and finding it hard to care anymore
>>5053630>Nooooooo you cant put them there because they have to mow the grass there and they'll get mad>Ok so they mow the grass every tuesday>Yes>So what if i just move them on Monday night so they can mow the grass and then put them back for the rest of the week>NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO thats not ours despite there being no dividing line and nothing done with it and no way for them to know its being used and no indication that nothing can be put there I think I'm just well and truly doneThis was a very long and very expensive failed fucking experimentGuess I'll just go back to jerking offBecause 2 fucking square feet that isn't tuckked away in a dark corner is infinitely more than I fucking deserve
>>5053630What's going on?
>>5053692a single foot less driveway space is too much for people to handle because they only care enough to pretend about giving enough of a shit to avoid them and dont even have the sympathy to give a shit about the monetary cost of the materials let alone my emotional distress or the stress or death of the other living thingscan't even be assed to clean it up at all, because nothing is ever anybody else's fault, it's mine for them being there despite their full knowledge of it. I can never be wronged, only do wrong to others. I should actually be apologizing to them for the inconvenience I'm causing.
>t.
>>5052402A couple dollars is an exaggeration but $15-30 for most thing. It's a lot for flowers for a big flower arrangement, but for edibles it's mad cheap. A couple hundred bucks will fill your whole yard with all the fruit you'll ever need. Even on a small budget you get to be really picky.
>>5050254Is there a good way to deal with them? I can't dry out the soil since it would kill everything else since it needs to be humid.
>>5043869Almost on point for one month apart for a new leaf.
Is it wrong that I care way more about my plants that I needed hard rehab than the ones I got that were mostly fine/healthy?
Myrtus communis but I stripped the soil and filled a bag with lavarock. Added a grow light and a fan blowing for air circulation. What are its chances got it impulsively because it was 5 bucks. I'd say only the bottom quarter is sitting in water. Are they hearty plants?
Stupid question, but would a layer of perlite as top dressing help prevent ANY amount of incidental moisture getting in the pot from dew or rain?I have a lithops I was mostly ignoring to the point of keeping it in its original pot/soil but it's started splitting and I am suddenly very interested in its well being.
Special identification request. I found this tree in thailand, the flowers kind of look like a purple hibiscus, but the pedals were straighter if that makes sense. I didn't have my phonefag device on me so i took a leaf, cigarettes for comparison.
>>5054370Forgot the image award.
>>5054372If ever you are lost, smoke that and you will be found.
I've been trying to grow saffron in a raised bed. The bulbs got fucked in postage so I didn't get them until a week and a half into September. I've planted them in a mixture of succulent potting soil, orchid bark and extra perlite as I was warned time and again to make the soil very well drained. Will I even see a bloom before the cold settles in at the middle of November and kill everything?I'm in upstate New York and I plan on mulching whatever is in there with a bunch of shredded leaves eventually but I was hoping to have something to show for my efforts this year
>>5041806It's been raining outside so now there are more mushrooms inside FUCK. I am so close to hacking apart the ficus and finding a way to scoop the dirt into a bucket so I can move the then empty planter outside. If I could get someone to help for 3 minutes it could be moved as-is but it's too heavy and no one will help...I've sprayed peroxide and it's hissing like crazy. I don't know if it actually does anything to mushrooms but I don't know what else I can do besides run the air purifier and dehumidifier 24/7. Everything in this room is probably contaminated with spores
>Have them in the backyard for literally 2 days>Neighbour says he's been called twice with C O M P L A I N T S I hate people so god damn muchI hate people so god damn muchI hate people so god damn much
>>5054454>hour's walk to the closest oneGet a bicycle.
>>5054456Registration opens in 4 months :)
Watered my moss today and I swear it doubled in sizeWhich makes no sense, because there was already standing water that could be moved around the box
Is a well-cared for plant with a lot of sun stress and big leaves in a better position to tank a season of lower light or has it been set up for failure by adjusting to an environment where it's abundant?
>>5054454It seems as though you live in a shitty neighbourhood whose orkish residents are adverse to such wholesome activities as horticulture.
>>5054703But they all fucking love their identical fucking copy paste npc """gardens""" that survive off 2 hours of sunlight a fucking day while the god damn road and grass get bathed in it from morning to nightMUH GRASSSSMUH PRECIOUS GRASSSSI fucking hate grass
>>5054798Boomers are autistic about lawns also fuck hoa
>>5054807The moment I get own any land I'm digging it all up and turning it into a sphagnum bogHopefully someone will sink in it and drown
>>5054798crisphttps://youtu.be/cXsqUXYocLg?si=_bXm54V9cOlnc5Up
Will swamp milkweed grow in pure sphagnum?
>>5054685shouldn't a plant in lots of sun have smaller leaves? kinda depends on the species specific adaptations but it should suffer a bit
>>5054846absolutely not. They grow like a weed in my raised bed though, mostly soil and loam from the transfer station.
>>5055389>Swamp milkweed>Wont grow in a swamp
Swamp =/= highly acidic and nutrient poor peat bog.On another note, how can I stop squirrels from tearing apart my moss in the fall? Its terrible. I've put up a short fence and tried sprays but no luck.
you're a highly acidic and nutrient poor peat bog
>Growing a single prickly pear pad>Leaving the rest to die because nobody wants it>Native to my state, but not anywhere near my area, so irresponsible to toss outside and let it multiply>Been sitting in a dark box in a forgotten corner of my room for 3-4 months>all 3 pads are still completely viable, only one has even started dying, none have etiolated at all, just shrunk, all still a nice shade of greenWhy are they immortal?
>>5055761because they often get knocked off the plant, so they just scar over the wound and form a ball, which incidentally can handle extreme heat extreme cold and no water until it can root, and being big and fat has good reserves of water and energy
>>5052229I'm planning to buy a common H.helix arborescens and the local nursery sells them for 80 pooros. I thought this is a bit too expensive but if you put it like that it's probably reasonably priced.>>5054798Don't confuse grass for lawns and lawns for monoculture boomer lawns. I'm working really hard here on a patch of mossy fairy lawn.
The top leaves of my potted mango of 2 years are small and misshapen while the middle ones are turning brown and falling off, what can I add to the soil to make it grow normally?
>>5055942i thought my lithops was sprouting but it's actually flowering, which means that lithops has lived for 3 years. 3 YEARS of cultivation for me to come in and buy it from a canadian tire for 5 dollars. A plant that has to be grown from seed and actually requires a base level of knowledge to not kill them.
>have to wait another 6 months before I can finally sow all the rose seeds I've collected this year
>>5053784 I really wish the pile of random plants, seedlings and buckets on my balkony would look that nice.
>>5053329Lets suffer together sunflowerbro. This is the only one that survived the slugs here.
please wish my flytrap luck in the fridge
I should probably bunch these together, it's thrice the work watering them.Anyone with 3+ large monsteras in the same pot? I'm worried about the root growth being too fast.
