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142 | 20.91% |
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30 | 4.42% |
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62 | 9.13% |
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171 | 25.18% |
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60 | 8.84% |
| Non-vascular plants are the best! |
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31 | 4.57% |
| Screw you, I'd rather eat them! |
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183 | 26.95% |
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Nettle Soup posted:I ended up with an Orchid for Christmas, any idea how I keep this thing alive? It had pink flowers and a ton of buds when it arrived, then they all fell off at once and now it just has big green leaves and grim looking stalks. It wasn't terribly expensive but I'd like it to not die. Biggest issue I see with most store bought orchids (phalaenopsis and some dendrobium/oncidium/cattleya) is that they come packed in sphagnum moss. Most of these orchids' roots love two things: water and air. The moss is great for keeping it alive when they need to be shipped from Hawaii/California/Florida and it may take a week or two to get to the store, then another month before someone buys them, but it makes it really easy to overwater and kill them once you've got them home. First thing I do is pull it out of the moss, trim off any roots that have already started to rot, and move it to a very coarse, quick drying medium (the packaged stuff at chain stores is pretty good, but there's a seller around here that has coarser mixes that I like better). After they've been repotted, they can pretty much be watered as often as every other day or as rarely as once every week or two. Hand water it/run it under the faucet/submerge it in a bucket, they'll be fine so long as the roots get a chance to fully dry and get some dry air around them between watering. I've actually got a separated phalaenopsis keiki that's been sitting in the open air in a piece of tupperware for the past six months and it's growing like crazy. I'll just pour some water in once a week and the pour it back out after an hour or two. It gets fertilizer maybe once every two months and it's already blooming after a little over a year since it first formed. zeroprime fucked around with this message at 16:28 on Jan 12, 2015 |
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Jan 12, 2015 03:15
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"keep it dry" is basically my strategy for most plants. I find if I don't then I overwater and everything rots into a horrible furry mess. Probably the reason I only have a gangly basil and the amaryllis, now that I think about it... I put it in the beads anyway, it seems happy enough so far, but I need to get it a bigger pot/jar/milk jug so I'm gonna wander down to the garden center and do that tomorrow. Thanks for all your help guys!
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Jan 12, 2015 04:08
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A long shot perhaps, but can anyone identify this tree and/or its seeds for me?  About a month or so ago I was walking around gathering seeds to germinate (only others I found were some red maples... I was a little late for seed gathering), and found this tree with a boatload of seeds on the ground below it. I have zero clue what kind of tree it is. Any ideas?
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Jan 13, 2015 17:52
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I'm not a tree expert but the branches look like an elm. Do a search for elm seeds and see if what's still up in the tree looks similar.
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Jan 13, 2015 22:24
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Cpt.Wacky posted:I'm not a tree expert but the branches look like an elm. Do a search for elm seeds and see if what's still up in the tree looks similar. I don't think its an elm because elm seeds typically have a papery "wing" around them that doesn't usually shed from the rest of the seed. kedo do you have another picture of the tree or leaves? Or a link to that location on Google Streetview so I can see the tree more (or just a screenshot, so you don't have to give away your location if you like)? Those seeds look sort of like black locust seeds, but the tree form doesn't right and I'm sure you would have noticed all the empty seed pods if that was the case.
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Jan 14, 2015 08:19
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Oh, good idea. Here's the tree on street view. Here's a screenshot of the foliage: I don't remember seeing any empty seed pods anywhere. I wondered if the seeds came from anywhere else, but there were no other trees or large plants within a dozen feet or so that could have dropped such a huge number of seeds right in that specific spot. I can't tell in that photo if the light stuff scattered throughout the leaves are dead flowers like in this photo of a black locust, or seed pods. The leaf/branch structure looks similar, though. kedo fucked around with this message at 16:56 on Jan 14, 2015 |
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Jan 14, 2015 16:53
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From the summer picture it looks like a Ailanthus altissima or Tree of Heaven. It's a voracious nusiance in some places and downright invasive in others. Considering these things also stink you might want to consider not planting those seeds, unless of course you like invasive species that are nearly impossible to eradicate and smell like rear end.
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Jan 14, 2015 19:12
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Is that the tree that smells like jizz every spring?
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Jan 14, 2015 19:35
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Marchegiana posted:From the summer picture it looks like a Ailanthus altissima or Tree of Heaven. It's a voracious nusiance in some places and downright invasive in others. Considering these things also stink you might want to consider not planting those seeds, unless of course you like invasive species that are nearly impossible to eradicate and smell like rear end. Well I was planning on trying to bonsai it, but if it's going to stink then maybe I won't. Blarg.
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Jan 14, 2015 19:40
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The tree that notoriously smells like semen is a Callery pear. Another bad-smeller to avoid is the female ginkgo. The male is fine, but the female bears and drops fruits that smell like vomit.
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Jan 14, 2015 19:59
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Arsenic Lupin posted:Another bad-smeller to avoid is the female ginkgo. The male is fine, but the female bears and drops fruits that smell like vomit. I had a coworker at a garden store I work at say he loved the smell of ginkgo lmao
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Jan 15, 2015 01:01
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m-8l3V38Ps
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Jan 15, 2015 01:17
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Thanks Plant thread, now I'm wondering what cum smells like. edit: I guess it wouldn't be too hard to find out, either. 
Smugworth fucked around with this message at 02:15 on Jan 15, 2015 |
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Jan 15, 2015 02:12
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A swimming pool.
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Jan 15, 2015 02:21
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Marchegiana posted:From the summer picture it looks like a Ailanthus altissima or Tree of Heaven. It's a voracious nusiance in some places and downright invasive in others. Considering these things also stink you might want to consider not planting those seeds, unless of course you like invasive species that are nearly impossible to eradicate and smell like rear end. I think this is correct. If you do a Google image search for "ailanthus altissima in winter" you'll find several images that match your photo with the dry clumps of seeds at the ends of the branches. The only thing that bothers me is that I can't find a single picture anywhere of the seeds outside of their paper wing thingy. And they do kind of smell. Best description I've heard is burned peanut butter.
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Jan 15, 2015 07:35
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Pogo the Clown posted:I think this is correct. If you do a Google image search for "ailanthus altissima in winter" you'll find several images that match your photo with the dry clumps of seeds at the ends of the branches. The only thing that bothers me is that I can't find a single picture anywhere of the seeds outside of their paper wing thingy. That reminds me of another common houseplant whose name escapes me. It's very small, but its leaves are very dark and have very prominent veins that were colored pink. When the leaves were broken, they smelled very prominently of lettuce?
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Jan 15, 2015 08:05
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kid sinister posted:That reminds me of another common houseplant whose name escapes me. It's very small, but its leaves are very dark and have very prominent veins that were colored pink. When the leaves were broken, they smelled very prominently of lettuce? Fittonia albivenis?
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Jan 15, 2015 10:09
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Arsenic Lupin posted:The tree that notoriously smells like semen is a Callery pear. Another bad-smeller to avoid is the female ginkgo. The male is fine, but the female bears and drops fruits that smell like vomit. Female gingkos are so worth the smell (which isn't so bad, imo). They sell for over $20 a pound, cleaned. A local cemetery has promised me the seeds from their stand of 100 year old ginkgos next year. Apparently when they collected them and dumped them down a ravine this past year, they had so many it filled a truck bed!
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Jan 15, 2015 12:45
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Pogo the Clown posted:Fittonia albivenis? Bingo, that was it. Thanks!
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Jan 15, 2015 21:00
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I've got a question about aloe. I've had this plant for 12+ years now and it's been repotted at least twice. I'm at the point now where it's almost getting too big (I love it so much, as does my cat) and believe if I repot it again it'll grow even bigger. Anyway that's not my issue, all is cool I just had a (probably stupid) question about the stuff I marked in this picture.  Are these little offshoots to the side coming from the same plant (as in branches so to speak) or are they new aloe plants that are trying to grow? I ask because I don't want several aloe plants growing in the same pot obviously and would remove them but if they are part of the main aloe plant I'll leave them alone. (Don't mind the plant to the right of it. It's slowly being nursed back to health after we found it near death at Wal-Mart for $0.15 a few months back)
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Jan 16, 2015 18:55
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Tyson Tomko posted:I've got a question about aloe. I've had this plant for 12+ years now and it's been repotted at least twice. I'm at the point now where it's almost getting too big (I love it so much, as does my cat) and believe if I repot it again it'll grow even bigger. Anyway that's not my issue, all is cool I just had a (probably stupid) question about the stuff I marked in this picture. They're coming from the same plant but will grow to be independent if you remove them. There come from fat trailing roots called rhizomes that help it reproduce this way; you've probably seen them before when re-potting. e: size wise I'd say it looks fine to stay in that pot. If you want you can take it out, hack away some roots and put it back. My cat also likes to eat aloe (what an rear end in a top hat!)
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Jan 16, 2015 19:58
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gender illusionist posted:They're coming from the same plant but will grow to be independent if you remove them. There come from fat trailing roots called rhizomes that help it reproduce this way; you've probably seen them before when re-potting. Awesome I was hoping it was some sweet rhizome action, thanks! Also my cat can't stand the taste (which is really good for me and the plant) but that doesn't stop him from rubbing all over it for hours on end. I have to de-fur the thing once a week, especially when it gets more spiney than usual.
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Jan 16, 2015 20:01
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Any recommendations for good brands/a good place to buy terrariums? I recently germinated a lemon tree and it's doing great but will probably outgrow my ghetto homemade greenhouse (a glass mixing bowl plopped upside down on top of it) in a month or so. It can live outside during the summer, but during the winter I'll need to keep it inside. I have a cat that consumes anything green and leafy, so until it's tall enough that he can't reach the leaves, I need to protect it. Any ideas or recommendations? Bonus photo: 
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Jan 16, 2015 20:13
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I have recently repotted a pothos vine, a Dracaena marginata, and a split leaf philodendron into regular orange terra cotta pots. Within two weeks, I am seeing a LOT of grey mold growing on both the outside surface of the pots, the inside surface, and on the soil itself of the three plants. I did use an old bag of potting soil when I did this, I'm wondering if I should rinse the roots, repot with all fresh soil in black plastic pots, and just hope for the best from the plants? I use distilled water for all soil watering and misting, and I know the difference between flouride and other mineral buildup, and mold. Would washing the pots in a bleach solution take care of the mold issue? I can also gas the pots with paradichlorobenzine, but I dunno if either the bleach or the para would leave a residue that would kill the plants. I mean, they're cheap, but if I can keep the pots for other plants someday, I'd like to. Thanks!
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Jan 20, 2015 00:01
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(Deleted because of my utter failure to read what you actually said)
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Jan 20, 2015 00:10
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I had something similar happen to a pothos because I was overwatering it. I removed what mould I could, let the soil dry out and sprinkled a little cinnamon on top and it got rid of it.
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Jan 20, 2015 01:17
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So I guess I'm vice president of the Bay Area Carnivorous Plant Society now.
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Jan 25, 2015 11:41
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Congratulations, Kenning! As you're vice-president of the carnivorous plant society now, can I petition you to fund additional grants to genetically engineer real life triffids? Or at the very least, a 50% off coupon for the next plant sale? Long time, no see, plant thread. How's it been going? Since it's been unseasonably hot these last couple of weeks (zone 9  ), I've decided to get an early foot on gardening by winter sowing with some handmade paper seedling pots, but I've realized that I got a problem. I have way too many seeds than I have time for. If any of y'all are interested, I have these seeds to share:Cosmic purple carrots Swiss Chard Radish - french Breakfast variety Cilantro I only request that if you're interested, that you take a minimum of two seed packets each so that way it won't be murder on postage stamps. I also have a lucky bamboo, and a pineapple dracaena that I don't mind giving away, but those are grown plants. 
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Jan 28, 2015 01:55
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EagerSleeper posted:If any of y'all are interested, I have these seeds to share That's very cool and very kind of you. The wifey and I would love to get some habenros and/or Marigolds pretty pretty please. If neither of those 2 are available there's nothing wrong with some random dill too. I wish it was spring already so I could get started with everything.
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Jan 28, 2015 03:48
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Tyson Tomko posted:I wish it was spring already so I could get started with everything. The true spring is in your heart~  Marigolds, habanero, and random dill coming up! Do you have private messages, or an email that I can contact you for details?
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Jan 28, 2015 08:04
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EagerSleeper posted:The true spring is in your heart~ Thank you!! Yeah I'm going to start some catnip inside and maybe a few other things, but the real deal spring will be here before I know it. PM is fine, or you could email me at my username at gmail it's all good with me.
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Jan 28, 2015 22:08
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Alright, I sent those seeds your way. Hopefully they don't get turned around at the post office because I put two stamps on that sucker, and maybe it'll get there soon. Also, maybe later I can post some pics of the plants that I have that are blooming now. Been a while since we'vehad any of that.
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Jan 30, 2015 19:49
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EagerSleeper posted:Alright, I sent those seeds your way. Hopefully they don't get turned around at the post office because I put two stamps on that sucker, and maybe it'll get there soon. Thank you! Hopefully I'll be able to post some pics of these seeds all grown up when the time comes. It'll be like receiving pictures of an adopted kid/animal overseas you gave money too haha.
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Jan 30, 2015 21:54
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EagerSleeper posted:Congratulations, Kenning! As you're vice-president of the carnivorous plant society now, can I petition you to fund additional grants to genetically engineer real life triffids? Or at the very least, a 50% off coupon for the next plant sale? Very cool of you. Just moved into a place with a huge yard and am getting into gardening, would love to take the Spinach Mustard, Swiss Chard, and Lupine off your hands -- I'll send you a PM, thanks a ton!
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Jan 31, 2015 19:58
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Anyone use either mail order or online vendors for seeds/small plants? I have an enormous yard I would like to fill, but all the nurseries around me are mundane in their selections with fairly high prices and pretty terrible service.... Lowes has been my go to, but I would much rather support someone else's mom and pop store. Zone 9a in Florida if it matters.
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Feb 1, 2015 05:06
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You should build a bog in a raised bed. You're in an absolutely ideal climate for carnivorous plants. It could be a real centerpiece! There are lots of ways to acquire carnivorous plants online.
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Feb 1, 2015 12:31
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There's a lot of really good mom and pop stores for both plants and seeds. I'm sure a whole bunch of people can chime in and give their favorites. So naturally, I'm going to do the same. The bulk of my seeds I usually order from Victory Seed Company. They're a small family-owned business dedicated to preservation of rare and heirloom varieties of open-pollinated seeds. Their prices are very reasonable, and their customer service is excellent. Southern Exposure is another good one, they specialize in heirloom varieties that are well-suited to southern climate zones. For landscaping plants, my absolute favorite place is right in your backyard, Mail Order Natives in Lee, FL. As you can gather by the name they specialize entirely in native plants, and have a lot of oddball things you don't usually find elsewhere (like pawpaw and tupelo). I think I've bought a tree or a shrub from them at least once a year for the past 5 years. The plants tend to be smaller, so if you get a tree it will usually be only a couple years old and may take longer to look like a real tree. This can be an advantage though, because shipping costs are less and it gives the plant a better chance to be established. My first tree from them was a Chionanthus virginiana which was about 8 inches tall when it was shipped to me. It's now a nice 4-foot specimen and started blooming last year.
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Feb 1, 2015 12:46
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Alright, I have four seed packets heading towards Jerome Louis right now. That's going to be the Swiss chard, lupine, spinach mustard, and a  special packet of mystery seeds all ready to go. These seeds are going to be awesome.  If anybody else wants some seeds for themselves, the seeds that I have available are: Cilantro Cosmic purple carrots and Radish - French Breakfast Every packet of seeds that I sent out has also had a bonus packet of seeds added of species that are pretty hard to find online. Think of it like the special foil trading card of the plant world. Thank you everyone so far who has shown interest in taking these seeds off my hands. I'm getting ready to move, so I'm downsizing my collection. It's also great being able to get these seeds out of my closet, and into eager hands. Early spring cleaning is awesome!
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Feb 2, 2015 20:13
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robotindisguise posted:Anyone use either mail order or online vendors for seeds/small plants? I have an enormous yard I would like to fill, but all the nurseries around me are mundane in their selections with fairly high prices and pretty terrible service.... Lowes has been my go to, but I would much rather support someone else's mom and pop store. Zone 9a in Florida if it matters. They're not cheap, but they do grow some extremely rare plants and have about the best selection of aroids you'll find.
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Thank you for the suggestions...I now have a ton of mockups to do in Photoshop before I can make some purchases. Yes. I do have to get approval on hobby spending.
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