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| Perennials! |
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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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Schmeichy posted:I spent a large chunk of today clearing out the bind weed infestation before it gets a start this year. gently caress that plant. I have a tremendous respect for bindweed. It is a plant that answers to no one and lives freely. I think I can get away with liking weeds because Canada only has plant life for like 5 months a year. So the potted Gardenia dropped all the flowers two weeks ago but NOW is starting to look real nice. There's a big bud that is currently unraveling open, I'll nab a picture of it in a few hours. Can't wait for my roommates to complain about the smell and claim its making them stuffy
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Apr 11, 2018 15:58
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Plant MONSTER. posted:I have a tremendous respect for bindweed. It is a plant that answers to no one and lives freely. I think I can get away with liking weeds because Canada only has plant life for like 5 months a year. Respect is not a word I'd use for bindweed
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Apr 11, 2018 16:24
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Harry Potter on Ice posted:Respect is not a word I'd use for bindweed Really? Not even in the same sense as having a quiet respect for the mighty bear? We have to recognize that which is more powerful than we. And so her mighty paws do crush; the bindweed chokes and strangles.
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Apr 11, 2018 16:49
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Respecting bindweed requires not liking any other plants in it's grasp. I'm sure it will be back too, because I could feel some of the roots break off in an area between the yard boundary where I can't get it. I Iove my garden, but sometimes I feel like Sisyphus battling blackberry brambles on one side and bindweed on the other.
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Apr 11, 2018 18:09
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https://twitter.com/commiecompost/status/982020742794506241 I think it's finally time!!
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Apr 11, 2018 21:12
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Man, we're not safe from frost till mid-May. Hell, we've woken up to snow two days in a row now.  I just want to put my fig back outside so it can be happy!
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Apr 11, 2018 21:16
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The Schefflera, Maranta and Cissus are looking forward to being out on the shaded patio but yeah, probably not until June at this rate. There! I got it to rebloom! In your face, Greenhouse Production professor!
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Apr 12, 2018 00:54
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Re: Carnivorous Plant Chat Are Nepenthes pitcher plants particularly easy to grow in containers? I just started a job that has me in my own office and I’m looking for stuff to fill it with. Bonus points if it smells good.
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Apr 12, 2018 05:03
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Yeah, they can be grown at work. They have some special needs though (e.g. distilled water). And they need some decent light unlike say a pothos. They do not smell good.
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Apr 12, 2018 13:27
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Every spring my neighbor nukes the gently caress out of her whole property with roundup so that everything will be brown and dead. She has no grass. She doesn't like the big patch of clover, so she mows it and then sprays it. I think the entire backyard is weed cloth, and that gets more and more shredded every time she mows the mulch on top of it. If all of that sounds crazy, that's because it is. She is nuts and has a very obsessive and unhealthy attitude toward green things.
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Apr 12, 2018 22:29
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Bulby buddies! These things are so adorable it's killing me. Although, I might put a different plant in the one on the right. This one is kind of leggy and weird, and that ruffly succulent in the bottom left of the photo looks like it would be a much better choice for this pot.  
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Apr 12, 2018 23:06
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Fitzy Fitz posted:They do not smell good. Oh...... yeah that’s a deal breaker unfortunately. I’m gonna be dealing with clients in this office so I need something that either smells good or doesn’t smell at all.
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Apr 12, 2018 23:47
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Dr. Gitmo Moneyson posted:Oh...... yeah that’s a deal breaker unfortunately. I’m gonna be dealing with clients in this office so I need something that either smells good or doesn’t smell at all. The pitchers don't smell at all as far as I can tell, but apparently the flowers can smell pretty bad. None of mine have flowered yet so I can't say for sure.
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Apr 13, 2018 00:37
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Fitzy Fitz posted:Every spring my neighbor nukes the gently caress out of her whole property with roundup so that everything will be brown and dead. She has no grass. She doesn't like the big patch of clover, so she mows it and then sprays it. I think the entire backyard is weed cloth, and that gets more and more shredded every time she mows the mulch on top of it. Lordy. It's strange how some people think allowing life to flourish invites disease or "filth" or whatever. She is covered in untold billions of microbes. It's good for you!
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Apr 13, 2018 00:47
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Fitzy Fitz posted:They do not smell good. Isn't that thow they attract bugs to eat?
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Apr 13, 2018 01:57
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Dr. Gitmo Moneyson posted:Oh...... yeah that’s a deal breaker unfortunately. I’m gonna be dealing with clients in this office so I need something that either smells good or doesn’t smell at all. kid sinister posted:Isn't that thow they attract bugs to eat? Oh, I just meant in the neutral sense that it doesn't have a noticeable good smell. Like it's not going to make a room smell better.
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Apr 13, 2018 02:19
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Mr. Vile posted:
The thread includes not only people who know about carnivores, but at least one carnivorous plant professional! I think I can ID most of your plants. quote:
Good-looking flytraps! Missing one season of dormancy isn't a big deal. Where do you live? Unless you're in an actual tropical climate you should get enough of a dormancy by just leaving them outside for the winter. No need to mess with refrigerator dormancy unless you're in Singapore or whatever. quote:
I usually don't recommend trying to ID sarrs that don't come with a tag, but this is very likely S. x catesbaei, which is S. flava x purpurea. quote:
S. purpurea, probably S. purpurea ssp. venosa. Looking great! quote:
Lots of pings are a nightmare to ID. Sometimes you can do it with the flower, but a ping without a tag is just a ping, usually. quote:
Yep, D. capensis! quote:
This is N. x hookeriana, which is N. ampullaria x rafflesiana (natural hybrid). quote:
This is N. '"Rebecca Soper", which is N. gracillima x ventricosa. I work at Predatory Plants, so feel free to PM if you've got carnivore questions. I've been bad at following the thread lately. Also, I can't remember if I've linked our Youtube channel in the thread yet. We've been trying to put out around a video per week. Here's one of our Nepenthes veitchii collection plants. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bT4lH3G5ItA
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Apr 13, 2018 17:35
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I never knew this thread existed! And it has people who know about carnivores! I picked up a fly trap on a whim about three years ago and since then I've been looking for as many weird bug-eating plants as I can find.
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Kenning posted:The thread includes not only people who know about carnivores, but at least one carnivorous plant professional! I think I can ID most of your plants. Thank you! I've seen a few of your posts in the thread so I've been hoping you would drop by. I'm in the UK so I can probably put them in dormancy outdoors, but this year we had a pretty massive snowfall so it's kind of lucky I forgot. Wow, those pitchers in your video are incredibly full of fluid. Is that all produced by the plant or do you keep them topped up?
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Apr 13, 2018 19:40
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Bees on Wheat posted:Bulby buddies! These things are so adorable it's killing me. Are you giving them direct sunlight? Succulents generally want that, and it could be the reason your haworthia is getting so leggy.
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Apr 14, 2018 00:08
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Kenning posted:The thread includes not only people who know about carnivores, but at least one carnivorous plant professional! I think I can ID most of your plants. What’s a good Nepenthes to grow in an office where I’ll be talking to people a lot?
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Apr 14, 2018 05:01
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I found a tiny bug on one of my plants, and tried my best to take a picture of it. It was moving fairly quickly along the edge of this leaf. Look familiar to anyone? I realize the picture isn't the best quality and the bug is tiny, but click to make it larger.
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Apr 14, 2018 20:25
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Looks like a white spider mite to me. You can get rid of them by washing the leaves.
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Apr 14, 2018 20:46
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 My boss’ latest “get this plant out of my store!” is this coffee plant. He has some mealybug, which I’ll monitor. Any special tips for coffee plants as houseplants?
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Apr 14, 2018 23:34
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Plant MONSTER. posted:
What a cool problem to have!
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Apr 15, 2018 02:25
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abrosheen posted:I found a tiny bug on one of my plants, and tried my best to take a picture of it. It was moving fairly quickly along the edge of this leaf. Look familiar to anyone? I realize the picture isn't the best quality and the bug is tiny, but click to make it larger. oh no. be active in keeping those down I've been fighting them for a while. Quarantine your plant from other plants, look under leaves near the stems especially near new growth
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Apr 15, 2018 18:13
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Plant MONSTER. posted:
Pretty sure the leaves have some caffeine in them, so keep any pets from eating it. That foliage is really pretty.
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Apr 15, 2018 18:18
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Plant MONSTER. posted:
my very special tip is you should probably give me that plant  very envious
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Apr 15, 2018 18:49
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Finding a decent variety of sweet potato slips in California was slightly more difficult than I anticipated. At least I've gotten the Okinawan Purples I wanted, even if the O'Henries end up not being delivered. Is anyone else growing sweet potatoes or otherwise have any good tips for them? Zone 9b so the temperature should be good almost year round.
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Apr 16, 2018 00:43
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Groggy nard posted:Finding a decent variety of sweet potato slips in California was slightly more difficult than I anticipated. At least I've gotten the Okinawan Purples I wanted, even if the O'Henries end up not being delivered. Is anyone else growing sweet potatoes or otherwise have any good tips for them? Zone 9b so the temperature should be good almost year round. This year is my first try at them. Got some myanmar purples from Baker Creek. I have them in 7-gallon grow bags, which I've also never used before. I wanted bigger containers, but those were the best I had on hand. I think I'm going to train them up a chain link fence.
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Apr 16, 2018 01:18
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 I just found this Nepenthes hookerania in a garden centre. The soil was so bone dry it had shrunken away from the pot so I decided I had to rescue it.  If the garden centre can't be trusted to water the drat thing I'm certainly not trusting them to keep it in the right substrate or use proper water, so I'm removing that mess right now.  Potted up in sphagnum moss, so hopefully it will take to that nicely  My other N. Hookerania and N. x "Rebecca Soper" also need repotting and a substrate change to sphagnum so they're getting the same treatment.  All back in their place!  My other plants also got repotted, Drosera capensis is waiting until I get more soil in.  The tiny baby seedling it dropped got pulled up from the tray matting and settled in a pot of its own though. 
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Apr 16, 2018 23:29
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Mr. Vile posted:Thank you! I've seen a few of your posts in the thread so I've been hoping you would drop by. I'm in the UK so I can probably put them in dormancy outdoors, but this year we had a pretty massive snowfall so it's kind of lucky I forgot. Venus flytraps are fine with a light freeze. Down to at least -6 C is no big deal. The pitchers produce their own fluid, but since we water with a hose they naturally fill with a bit of water as well. We don't do it on purpose, but the plants don't mind. Dr. Gitmo Moneyson posted:What’s a good Nepenthes to grow in an office where I’ll be talking to people a lot? Offices are generally horrible places for plants. They're functionally lightless caves – ceiling fluorescent bulbs aren't really bright enough to be used for photosynthesis, and most office windows have UV shading, which means even windowsills aren't any good (at least in office buildings – this could be different in a less commercial building). Nepenthes have fairly high light requirements, so you wanna grow in an office you might invest in a night little desk lamp and a compact fluorescent bulb attached to a timer. That can be a fun little piece of decoration, and it can keep the plant growing well. Mr. Vile posted:
Nice little collection!
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Apr 17, 2018 05:14
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Say, does anyone have any good resources for succulent ID or info? They’re the most popular item at the store and customers ask about them constantly/want ID. If it’s Haworthia, Sansevieria, Gasteria, Aeonium, Crassula , Echeveria, Lithops, Aloe and I think we have Fenestraria too? I usually say a small blurb about what I think it is but we get a big random assortment and additional information would be great.
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Apr 17, 2018 15:19
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Is there anything that I can do other than pull these dandelions out, one by one? I've got a weed puller, but there are literally hundreds of them all over this front garden. Long term I'm not sure what we'll do to avoid this in future but this is our first spring/summer here so it's quite a shock to see how bad it really is.
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Apr 19, 2018 11:50
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You could carefully apply a broadleaf-specific herbicide that won't hurt your grass, but I'd just pull them by hand tbh. I find it relaxing.
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Apr 19, 2018 13:15
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Dandelions are nice plants that are pretty and tasty and pull up nutrients from deeper in the ground, just to argue for being really lazy instead. We're supposed to get some more snow tomorrow... but that's not stopping me!  ~rockin and a-rollin~
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Apr 19, 2018 13:59
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Bugger that, that is a dead lawn, nuke with chemicals, cover with weed suppressant for a year, or dig the whole lot out with a spade and returf it. Personally I’d cover with weed suppressant and also nuke with chemicals.
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Apr 19, 2018 15:16
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It looks fine and green to me. Then again I think lawns are basically immoral and should be abandoned. I am the neighbor whose lawn is overrun with wildflowers and I like it that way.
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Apr 19, 2018 15:27
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Same, my 'lawn' is pretty overgrown (I just gently weedwhack it a couple times a year) but it's a lot more interesting and diverse that way... Lots of random flowers everywhere and all sorts of critters.
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Apr 19, 2018 15:35
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Southern Heel posted:Is there anything that I can do other than pull these dandelions out, one by one? As mentioned, a selective herbicide will do the trick. Personally I like something with Quinclorac, like this: https://www.ortho.com/en-us/products/weed-control/ortho-weed-b-gon-plus-crabgrass-control-concentrate2 But Spectracide, Bayer, etc. all make similar products. You want something that's a 3-way mix of 2,4-D, Dicamba, and either Quinclorac or Mecoprop. You can usually find this as either a concentrate (for use with a spray can or a hose attachment) or as a pre-diluted spray bottle formulation. Spray when the weeds are growing (generally between 60'F and 80'F) and when the grass isn't wet or stressed from drought -- like a day or two after a good rain, but ideally a day or two before it's going to rain. For established perennial broadleaf weeds you will probably need to do multiple applications to totally knock them out. Read your product label, but you will probably want to wait 3-4 weeks between applications. If you find something and aren't sure, post a link and I can help you sort it out. learnincurve posted:Bugger that, that is a dead lawn, nuke with chemicals, cover with weed suppressant for a year, or dig the whole lot out with a spade and returf it. Weed suppressant might be tricky on the hill since as a consumer you usually find it as a granular and ideally you'd want to use a liquid, but yeah. If you can find a liquid pre-emergent, a fall and subsequent spring application should cut down on any new seeds from taking root and then you can fall back too "mechanical removal" after it's under control. Of course, then you need to plan to re-seed it, otherwise weeds will just come right back. Or did you just mean Glypho it and start over? Fitzy Fitz posted:It looks fine and green to me. Then again I think lawns are basically immoral and should be abandoned. I'm NOT in this camp, but in that particular area I'd carefully consider whether grass is the right choice -- the slope is going to make it tricky to maintain. Long term some terracing or ornamentals might be much more rewarding. If you want too go that route you could solarize the area with some tarps, but I assume that's not in the immediate future since you specifically asked about NOT killing the grass  e: BTW, I've got nothing against the "natural" lawn approach. What makes me shakes my drat head is my neighbor who insists on mowing his Bluegrass/Fescue lawn at like 0.5". He puts so much effort into it -- I saw him going around this weekend with one of those manual core aerators doing the whole thing by hand 
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Apr 19, 2018 16:31
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I like a well designed lawn me, if it’s done right it can be nice green bit that provides a soft break between borders or trees. Plus it’s somewhere to lay on in the summer.
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