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How are your plants doing this summer?
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>>2136487
The plant of the day is pic related, called "Yareta." The plant looks like a moss growing on a rock, however it is actually a relative of parsley and grows stand-alone like that out of the ground. To reduce heat loss, the plant grows extremely dense and has the same hardness of bark, allowing you to stand on them. They only grow about 1.5cm per year so a large plant like pic related is ~2,000 years old.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yareta
>>2146134
I want to sit on that. Looks like it would feel soft on my bum
>>2146150
It's not, unfortunately. I've read it's as hard as bark.
As I understand locals will take the plant and burn it as an alternate source of firewood. Since the plant grows so slowly, this is an unsustainable practice.
my brugmansias are almost ready to start budding again.
>>2146134
I wonder if they've tried to propagate them through cuttings or tissue culture yet.
>>2146134
Oh cool, a new plant general.
Did one of I love plants! carnivorous plants eat her? Haven't seen her post in a while.
>I recently learned lillies are poisonous to cats
>>2146201
>Her
Also I'm considering getting a daylily. They're pretty cute. I have to wait until next year to do my strawberries, though.
>>2146207
strawberry level too high.
>>2146134
/an/ I got this plant about two months ago, and it was doing fine. I've been watering it every time its soil is dry, keeping it in indirect sunlight. I do not see any pests, but it is dying. Can anyone identity it and/or help me figure out how to take care of it properly? I don't want to lose such a nice plant but I have no idea what I'm doing. I should have asked sooner. I hope it isn't too late.
Just chopped up my 6-foot N. "Rebecca Soper" vine, I got back from the vets to find it had fallen over and partially knocked over my N. dubia vine. Little faggot's now in about 15 pieces in a bag, does anyone have any suggestions for the best substrate for rooting cuttings?
>>2146407
Dry sphagnum
>>2146200
i'm not sure. I seem to remember reading somewhere that the plant is nearly impossible to grow outside of its natural range.
>>2146134
What's are some good fruit or vegetables to grow indoors?
I'm thinking of trying to grow a blueberry bush in a pot, will it work?
>>2146446
it's possible if you're using the right type of soil depending on the species.
I have a bunch of
Vaccinium myrtillus, they tend to die if the soil is too fertile.
>>2146389
Looks like a Kalanchoe. Check the roots, base of stem, see if it's squishy. Any bad smells coming from it?
I don't recall Kalanchoe dying if it goes to seed, but that could also be the case.
Might need more water-the leaves are wrinkled and soft, but not yellow as per overwatering. It could just be it's in active growth and needs more water. But check roots first. And maybe give it more light.
I need to do some weeding, and thinning on these marigolds
One of my pots broke, do I have to completely change the soil when I repot my plant or am I fine using the soil from the broken pot?
>>2146150
I thought the same thing
>>2146407
Rooting in water works. With 15 cuttings you'll get at least a few no matter what you do
>>2146617
It's better to use as much soil from the original pot as possible, otherwise the plant might go into shock.
Fuckin drosera capensis, this one is growing under the moss in one of my dionaea pots.
The first one of my T. venosum has finally completed unfolding its leaf
damn late, but it is colder and wetter than usually
Nepenthes flowers full of nectar. Sorry girl, I don't have any male for you.
>>2146134
noice, I was busy this last week. Nice to see that other people care about the thread
>>2146892
what the fuck
Oh shit didn't see this thread, can anyone give me some help here - >>2147390
>>2147395
I don't know about sweet potatoes themselves, but I've grown a lot of decorative sweet potato vines and the method of propagation I've always used is:
>cut a section of vine off
>stick it in water for a few days to let it grow roots
>plant in dirt
You can try this with your plant.
>>2147410
I allways wondererd, do the decorative ones also grow tubers?
I know that there are a few different cultivars of the ones that are grown as food. But there are a lot more that are propergated as ornamental plants.
>>2147596
>I allways wondererd, do the decorative ones also grow tubers?
Yes. Very small, but yes.
The chartreuse hybrids more so than the purple ones.
Is there anything that roots deeper than grass I can plant in my back yard? My soil is sandy and the dogs churn it up so something hardy I dont have to mow would be good.
>>2147602
Lysimachia nummularia?
>>2147602
Thymus might work.
>>2147614
it wouldn't survive.
Drosera zonaria waking up
>>2147602
Chamonmile Roman?
>>2146134
My kitchen gareden are doing well so are my spices and urns! But i fucking managed to kill my alovera plant... Who does that? I didn't even know such plant could die... I over watered it so it litterarly exploded with water everywhere.... I feel so stupid
>>2147644
>But i fucking managed to kill my alovera plant
That's actually pretty impressive.
>>2147410
oh that is how I started off my sweet potato.
This is about breeding it with another sweet potato, to potentially create a new species of sweet potato, that will hopefully taste very nice.
>>2147314
Life finds a way.
Capensis find ways, streets, railroads, highways and alleys.
A leaf fell off and I didn't throw it. Now there's a smaller version growing.
Could someone explain to me what's going on here?
I want to give it the best chance at survival
>>2147739
Did you skip basic science at school m8? A lot of plants have meristematic cells at the base of leaves, and if the leaves get damaged and broken off they can asexually reproduce and grow into clones of the parent plant. It's commonly exploited in the form of leaf cuttings.
>>2147768
so if I care for it properly I'll get a second one?
>>2147773
You already have it
>>2147773
yes
>>2147641
high maintenance.
pretty much always ends up being cucked by dandelions.
Pic related are small branches from an olive tree, dont know which species but the olives are black. Thing is I am moving and I obviously can't take the tree with me but I was wondering if it would be possible to cut small seedlings like pic related and transplant them into new soil to get a new but identical tree. I know you can cut branches from trees and make new trees from said branches but I am not sure if you can do it from something this small
Guys, I have a large Nepenthes that has no flowers or pitchers and is all leaves. It's like 2ft long. Wtf do I do?
>>2148191
Smaller is better as you have more new growth to encourage the plant to root
rooting gel is a good idea
Take multiple tip cuttings to ensure you get one that survives. If the stem is woody, try not to use it but if you have to scrape the sides until you see green & apply rooting gel
>>2148200
Try posting a picture.
>>2148200
Without knowing anything at all I'd assume your conditions are too dark or too dry, or a combination of the two.
hey /plant/,
Is there a rule of thumb for watering indoor potted plants? (e.g., once a week, or a little bit everyday)
I'm new to indoor growing, and the soil always seems more wet than outdoor growing in the sun.
Send help
Tried identifying online; couldn't find anything that looked like this so far.
>>2148241
Different plants have different needs.
If you want to be safe, put a bamboo shish kebab in the soil and pull that out. The surface can get dry, but don't let beneath the soil get dry.
>>2148246
Nvm; aphids; i'm retarded. Was looking at only common spruce pests.
>>2148248
I'm actually more scared of overwatering -- is there a guideline for determining that?
Hey /plant/
I just got a fish tank from my friend and I don't know what fish to put in it, so I'm gonna put some plants in it instead.
I was thinking about making a sort of floating terrarium. What are some plants that can grow on the water or at least in thoroughly soaked soil?
>>2148313
what?
you mean Swimming plants? Like Water lettuce?
Because I don't know what a floating terrarium should be
>>2148204
Do you think rooting gel could be made at home?
>>2148373
No, I'm talking about two different things.
Either plants that sit in the water by themselves, like water lettuce
or
What I would do is make a structure which floats in the middle of the tank which would be submerged a few inches. This would allow the plants to sit in soil but they would be soaked all the time.
>>2148412
I think you'd have better luck asking in the aquarium thread, or at least taking the time to Google "common aquarium plants."
Man, the bonus one is bigger than the dc xl
>>2148412
Mentha aquatica is nice.
or Potamogeton.
Does this look like too much humidity?
What else could cause this? It's all over my plant.
>>2148200
post pic thx
>>2148486
How to fix?
>>2148486
Well the younger leaves look better. Maybe it will grow fast this summer
currently germinating some puya alpestris seeds, i have them at work in our growth chambers on some MS media
i honestly wasnt expecting them to germinate, they were a bit old and from Amazon, and i wasn't sure i'd stratified them long enough, but most of them are actually growing.
>>2146197
How easy is it to grow brugmansias? They look nice
>>2148738
the trickiest part about growing them in storing them during the winter, other than that they're extremely easy to grow and propagate.
Went to a museum today that had a carnivorous plant bog. I thought of you fags and took a pic.
>>2148742
Dank, thanks. Ive been interested in them ever since I saw a TAMU project where they were growing some at my local arboretum
>>2148856
they only look nice when they're tall so don't cut them back too much.
if you want to propagate them don't trim them until the growing season starts, if you take cuttings before the winter they usually rot away.
I put mine in the shed whenever the night temperature starts getting above 5-7C, once it's 10C+ they go outside.
the flowers only smell at night and during the early morning.
>>2148725
Thanks, anyway if you pay attention there is 4 plants in that pic, DC XL is the smaller one, I hope I can make it into an adult.
>>2148747
Well, let's go with the basics:
>Full sun plants. They need at least 4 hours of direct sunlight per day.
>Very sensitive to minerals in water: it never should be >80 ppm, use distilled water, osmotized, rain, etc.
>Back to the mineral sensitivity: use dry sphagnum, peat moss or live sphagnum as substrates, never fertilize. If you use peat moss add some aquarium sand to the mix.
>Respect their dormancy periods, they need 3 cold months per year.
>Flowering weakens them a lot, cut the flower stems when they start developing until you have some experience.
>They live in bogs, so they dehydrate fast. Keep the soil moist, have a traybof water under their pots to water them.
>They are sensitive to root overheating, clear colour pots work better. (Use plastic only, remember their sensitivity to minerals)
I think that's all, also don't be a retard and feed them sausages or something, they are insectivores and will do their thing, beware of birds, blackbirds destroy them.
>>2148892
The four dionaea
>>2148892
ive got a whole box of this http://www.flytrapcare.com/store/growing-media-and-pots/venus-fly-trap-soil that someone gifted me a few years back. ive followed those things so im wondering if i really fucked up that bad or if it was just a doomed plant to begin with?
>>2148747
>home depot
it was probably half-dead before you even got it home
>>2148983
I got one there last summer. Still alive and well, just now starting to flower.
ymmv
![lily-of-the-nile1-july-2009-p7120093[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/PKiSaSY.jpg "lily-of-the-nile1-july-2009-p7120093[1].jpg")
Anyone here have experience with Lily of the Nile?
Mine hasn't bloomed flowers in several years, but it is dividing into new plants. I'd also like to know proper overwintering techniques for Zone 7.
>>2147644
For comparison to your magnificent failure, a roommate I had once picked an aloe pup and put it into a basket to dry in the kitchen in the dark hanging from the ceiling. We checked on it a month later and it was GROWING toward the light. You must have overwatered it or got it too cold or something. It's basically the only way to kill an aloe.
>>2148965
How did it look when it died? Overwatering is a common issue with this plant.
Hi All,
Need help on this plant. I have no idea what this plant is called, it looked pretty with purple small flowers. I bought it off farmer market for $3 and really have no idea what to do with it.
It have been with me for a week now, i water ~300ml of water daily, putting it beside my window. It receive sun during morning and noon.
Lately for 2 days, the flower is getting smaller and i noticed there are brown leave on the bottom. What can i do to save the plant :(
>>2149189
Picture 2/3
>>2149189
Picture 3/3
>>2149189
I have no idea what it is either, but you are overwatering the damn thing and it's already overgrown its pot capacity. Either plant it in your yard or get a bigger pot and repot it.
>>2149225
the farmer says thats the maximum size and it will eventually grow into a ball of plant. So i guess the pot size is ok. So... i should stop water it for a few days? is it still savable?
>>2149185
honestly i dont remember, it was a few years ago. i had some of the traps go black on one (i had 2 different ones i tried growing) if that helps at all
>>2149488
Yep that sounds like rot. Best way to water them is to wait until the substrate is almost dry. Almost, this is important because they can turn into crunchy flytrap chips quite fast.
Or use dry sphagnum. It works great and prevents this.
BTW, Sarracenia psittacina pic, this year is growing strong.
>>2149189
might be some variety of lobelia
I don't think you need to repot it but let it dry out a little between waterings, maybe add fertilizer once every 4-5 weeks
>>2149494
like i said i have a box of this http://www.flytrapcare.com/store/growing-media-and-pots/venus-fly-trap-soil and this is what i was using for the last one. im not sure on how or when to repot either though
>>2149503
Yes I know, that's peat moss with some sort of draining. The problem with peat moss is that it might retain a bit too much water and fungi and bacteria can appear. Moss is better because it is aseptic even when dry. Use moss 100% if you are going for it, my experience with moss on top has been pretty bad.
>>2149514
ah i see. so should i not bother with the soil at all and just go with all sphagum moss?
>>2149519
Yes, that's what's working better for me:
Only live sphagnum moss (maybe an inch of quartz sand (the one for aquariums) on the bottom)
No drain holes.
Lots of them crammed togheter (they love this dunno why).
An Ikea decorative glass plate as a pot (this allows the live moss on the bottom to be alive, and also this fucking capensis: >>2146892) and it isn't destroyed by the sun like transparent plastic is.
The only downside of live moss is that it overgrowns low dionaeas but pulling them one centimeter out is really easy and in moss the plants don't even seem to notice it.
I don't get the appeal of carnivorous plants.
>>2149553
oh ok that makes sense i guess. ill try this next time, thanks. how much space do they even need?? how deep should it be?
>>2149566
theyre cool. also look nice
should i be worried about my dogs getting into any carnivorous plants? can they hurt my dogs or would it just be unfortunate for the plant?
Guys, my Sarracenias are tipping over
well, some of the pitchers are
Is it because of the wind or is it because they are so damn ful of prey items?
I had the same "problem" last year, and I want to know what is the cause of this
Luckily, I can support them with sticks and zip ties. Looks terrible, but it works
how the fuck do they stay upright in nature?
>>2149610
As you can see in the pic they don't need a lot of space for themselves, in fact they prefer to share their pot with other dionaea.
The "pot" I'm using there is 20cm deep but it's not full as you can see, so let's say 16-17. Too lazy to convert to imperial.
>>2149634
It happens to my oreophila and my flava
I guess it´s because of the wind then
The pitchers tip over completely and mostly spill a part of the prey and juices which they contain
Even some of the small pitchers do this, t´s really annoying, the orepophila was so nice looking this year, it produced over 20 pitchers, all really close together
Half of them are pretty big (about 60cm high)
After the slugs destroyed a few, the remaining ones are tipping over now
>>2149004
Use mulch, bring the borderline zone 7 plants in at night if you can, keep plants away from sources of heat
>mfw my liatris are almost 5 feet tall.
>>2149634
thanks man i dont think my dogs are big plant eaters but i wanted to be sure before i did anything
>>2149630
thanks for all your help man. should i keep them outside or in a windowsill also? my last ones i had in the windowsill.
Can someone please identify this plant? For the longest time I thought it was basil but apparently it's not
>>2149686
I keep mine outside, they are temperate weather plants after all and need a shitton of sunlight.
About the fishtank: I don't think it could be too deep if you can mantain it hydrated. But wouldn't the sun destroy the plastic parts after a while?
>>2149693
looks a lot like basil, why do you think it isn't?
>>2149721
AFAIK basil leaves are wider, plus this plant has something of an anise smell, basil smell is pretty recognizable
Maybe I'm just going insane
>>2149693
looks like basil that's not very happy
>>2149732
You might not be insane. There are just a variety of species of plants called basil. If the smell is anise, and it looks the way it looks, I think you could at least safely say it's in the Lamiaceae family.
What is the best kind potting soil to use for indoor plants?
Specific brands, generic work, or some weird mixture?
>>2149715
im not sure? i guess most of the plastic shit ive had outside does crack and stuff but a lot of that has been pool stuff so i chalked it up mostly to water ruining it
These are my first flowers besides roses.. Can you Identify as many As you can for me plox?
>>2150026
Marigolds
Verbena
Dianthus
Lobelia
Alyssum
Snapdragons
Petunias
>>2150035
Jeez thanks dude that was quick. This arrangement definitely won't last through the season, can it?
>>2150043
No.
Guys my stepdad wanted to grow watermelons and he wanted manure as fertilizer but since we couldn't find a farm nearby he insisted on using his pigeons poop as fertilizer. I am somewhat concerned as I read pigeons can carry a variety of disease. They are homegrown and rarely fly out of our yard
They also have feed mostly on the grass and wee and our yard plus seeds we buy for them. Would their poop pose a health risk for the watermelons if we ate them?
>>2150080
I don't think so.
I'm looking to grow some cooking herbs on my balcony. Is there a good soil medium I can use that isn't miracle gro?
>>2150145
Wintered leaf litter dried/shredded mixed in with the soil that was beneath the leaves.
Look online for specific species and fertilizer preference. At least someone realizes miracle gro is nasty.
>>2150145
Depends on the type of plant. Fox farm ocean forest is good but maybe too hot for your plants?
Can someone of you please help me decide which Nepenthes to get next?
Thinking about aristolochioides, lowii 'Trusmadi' or lingulata
what is this ?
>>2150190
looks like Laurus nobilis
>>2150164
They're all pretty solid choices desu, with relatively similar care. All will absolutely require a nightly temperature drop and constant high humidity, but none are horrendously fussy as far as highlanders go. N. lingulata is probably the fastest of the 3 in the rosette stage, aristo is quite fast when vining and lowii is just slow throughout (by far the largest though). Personally I'd get lingulata, but it's only because I have the other 2. Assuming you have good conditions and decent Nep experience, then any of the 3 should do ok m8.
I bought a Southwest giant and planted it near a typical.
Besides the thinner petioles I don't see any noticeable difference...
But well I like tall dionaea so OK?
Does anyone know why my cactus is getting these brown spots
>try to keep venus flytrap inside, doesn't do well under artificial lighting
>move venus flytrap outside
>awesome, inside leaves turn pink
>starts catching flies on its own
>feel like all is right with the world
>tfw starts getting sunburn
>water evaporates way too quickly in the sun, have to water it multiple times a day
God fucking dammit, I can't win with this plant.
>>2150269
Where do you live? You could try using a ... shade net? How are they called in english? Pic related.
>>2150277
shade cloth
what should I add to my pond area?
there's a Berberis behind those Aruncus, which I'm planning to grow out so it can support some bird nests in a year or two.
>>2150283
don't mind the ugly chopped off violas.
>>2150283
some cushion spurge might look alright in there
>>2150286
I don't like plants that appear variegated like that.
they make gardens look chaotic.
>>2150290
they don't have to be variegated, but I get what you mean
could try some geums, might be able to fit in somewhere
>>2150296
they're not variegated, they just look like they are due to the 'flowers'
I've got some nice red geums that I might put there, I found them on the side of the road a while ago.
the problem is that geums flower for like 1 week and they're boring for the rest of the year.
>>2150080
>Would their poop pose a health risk for the watermelons if we ate them?
Where I live is seasonal. If I'm going to add shit to dirt for edible plants I knife it in to the dirt in the fall, let it sit all winter, then in the spring I till it up and mix it again. Then plant.
In no way should you be putting any form of manure directly on any kind of edible plant.
ornamental oregano?
It's similar to the spurge in so far as the foliage changes colour, so it might not be what to your taste but they look kind of cool and could fill up the open fronts.
maybe some creeping thyme, get a purple and green carpet going
What is up /an/, I've never been on this board before.
I want to grow some plants, I was thinking of starting with something simple and easy care, and I also want to have it in my bedroom. I looked at different articles listing good starter bedroom plants and was decided on either snake plant, aloe vera, or spider plant.
However, when going to my local store, all the had was prepotted aloe vera that already looked somewhat wilted, and all 3 of the plants had brown spots.
Is it better to buy a prepotted plant, or to start fresh? Is it a bad idea to buy a plant that already has brown spots?
If it is best to just start from scratch, where can you even buy seeds from?
>>2150302
I already have multiple species of Origanum in my garden and there's some thymus serpyllum growing on that spot already, might move it in front of the Aruncus, it's only planted there because I don't really know what to do with it, it's grown from cuttings from my larger plant and I didn't think they'd do so well but they did.
my main thyme plant is like 20 inch wide.
>>2150314
I have multiple huge individual plants though.
there's a bunch of different species that have been seeding themselves all over my front yard as well.
I think I got enough thyme for now.
Origanum vulgare
don't mind the random tomato plants, I had so many of them I just planted them everywhere they could fit.
>>2150309
oh yeah so there is, mine have been eratic dying in some spots and doing well in others even though the conditions are pretty similar
Hmm, maybe some scottish/irish moss then?
It's not showy by any means but it obviously stays low and would creep a bit
or maybe some miniature ferns, ghost/painted japanese
>>2150316
yeah fair enough, too much thyme on your hands
some lady's mantle would probably stay low enough that it could get in front without blocking it out,
Armeria are kind of shit, but could get a few of them out front and they'd send up their puff balls, can see past their stalks even if they did start getting large
>>2150318
I have some of this shit that I forgot the name of, that'll probably work well enough as groundcover.
looking for a bunch of flowers that match well with the Aruncus.
sagina subulata is sensitive to extreme weather, and that's the only weather we've had lately.
>>2150321
I mean look at this shit, it's ridiculous.
>>2150320
Alchemilla erythropoda might be nice, I've got some A. mollis in my tortoise enclosure but it's an invasive shit plant.
Armerias are nice during the 2 weeks a year that they don't look like weeds.
maybe some of these?
ok ok, right
hmm, Eupatorium rugosum is a similar looking thing, I dislike it but some people enjoy it
ligularia dentata would probably look good flanking it,
maybe some japanese Anemone, more of a flower looking thing, might not bloom at the same time but could possibly pick up the slack at the end of the season
>>2150330
ligularias might be an idea, I have some L. stenocephala but that species looks alright as well.
you can see some Anemone hupehensis there
>>2150290
it's been spreading itself throughout my garden for years now so it'll end up there eventually.
Eupatorium rugosum looks like a weed.
maybe some creeping geraniums around the edge or so.
>had to kill my 7 feet tall foxglove today due to the rain.
>>2150340
>grow nasturtium they said.
>it's not invasive they said.
>>2150366
I just spend half an hour removing like 1000 of them in the rain.
>>2150269
Are you trying to grow VFTs in a desert or something? It sounds like you're figuratively pissing into the wind with those outdoor conditions
>>2150201
Thanks m8
I think I'll get N. lingulata next
Will post pics as soon as it arrives
>>2150283
Lysimachia nummularia of course
>>2150321
Platt's Black Brass Buttons
I bought some once but it didn't too well unfortunately.
>Go to thrift shop every day as a goal point for walks to burn some fat off
>A week and a half ago find a 10 gallon tank, fully furnished and with a light fixture and 3 smaller containers
>They quote me $3 to get rid of it
>Go in today
>Freshly dropped off 20 gallon tank, fully furnished with all the hidey stuff including an exoterra hidey shell
>They quote me $10
I had just intended to experiment with growing some tropicals in these fucking things so I don''t have to worry about humidity and now it's turning into a collection. Tempted to get a reptile at this point.
>>2150323
I wish I could have that weather.
(96 F = 36 C)
>>2150549
Ever made a Vivarium? I made one over the winter, though I have yet to get Poison Dart Frogs for it.
>>2150544
I found one growing in my Caltha palustris already, I'll just wait for it to spread.
>>2150548
it needs a lot of sun I think.
>>2150552
27C with thunderstorms is no joke.
I feel as if the netherlands is a few years away from having fucking tornados.
How hard is it to grow a weed plant with no prior gardening experience (Except weeding the garden with my dad 15 years ago lel)
>>2150575
weed is literally a weed.
it only becomes tricky if you're actually trying to grow a quality plant.
>>2150581
but he meant marijuana
>>2150590
marijuana will literally grow between a crack in the pavement, it's almost as hardy as a dandelion.
but it'll be shit quality.
>>2150575
depends on what you're trying to do with it. it's ditch weed in the US
tomato plants are pretty easy, but you you're intentions with the plant can make the project more complicated
>>2150601
how often do you find it in the city in the US?
>>2150601
>>2150592
>>2150581
Well... my intentions are to grow that stuff and smoke it up when it's all crystally and nice
I did some research into growing, I know the general outline of a cannabis plant lifecycle
I also know that to grow indoor you need serious lighting setups and ventilation etc.
However with all that in mind, I also heard about guerilla growing where you just plant a seedling outdoors somewhere - but is this really viable in the UK?
Surely the plant would just die after a bit, like all of my plant growing ventures have done (fucking sunflowers)
>>2150601
>tomatoes
>TOMATOES
TOMATOES HOLY SHIT.
>>2150606
they're found in the wild in the UK.
>>2150611
But you live in the dam don't you? This is pretty much a worthless find for you I bet.
>>2150619
not even close, and I doubt you can actually find any growing there due to all the stoner tourists constantly walking about.
I usually find them in the shady alleyways of my village and the forests nearby because stoners dump their trash everywhere.
I don't actually smoke though, so I just trample them like the invasive weeds they are.
>>2150389
Nope, MD. Usually pretty humid. It's just been weirdly dry lately.
>>2150601
a-are these really tomatoes?
If so, how the fuck does this work?
>>2150631
tomatoes are perennials, it's just that most people grow them as annuals.
they can live up to 20 years or something I heard
>>2150632
holy shit, I didn´t even know that
I knew that it works with paprika plants, and most chilis.
But tomatoes? That´s new to me
You get smarter everyday, thanks m8
>>2150641
I think that's just the exceptions though, I doubt your average plant will live much longer than like 6 years.
>>2150645
even that would be awesome
Now I want to try and overwinter a Tomato
>>2150609
>>2150631
Yeah. They do several really interesting things with tomato plants. "The Land" at Epcot in Disney World Florida is pretty awesome, if you're ever there. I think I must have gone on the ride (boat through the greenhouses) like 10 times when I was there, and also went on the walking tour through the greenhouses (very worth it.)
Also, the botanical assortment and arrangements throughout the parks is very cool to see. I know as a kid I took no notice of any of it, but as an adult I found myself often standing there staring at the various plants like they were the best things there.
>>2150605
I've never seen it growing wild in any major city. I've often seen it growing wild in agricultural areas in the midwest. I'd be surprised if it lasted long growing open in the streets/sidewalks in any city.
>>2150647
I'm not sure how you actually overwinter them but I think you just pot them up and give them a sunny spot in the house.
there isn't a whole lot of information about it available.
>>2150648
Can someone please explain to me what is going on in this picture?
>>2150670
Watermelons grown upside down it looks like.
>>2150670
hydroponic long handled gourds growing hydroponically. all the foliage is up on the trellis
>>2150680
oops said hydroponic twice. have been out in the sun too long.
>>2150680
and the other pic i meant to post... maybe, fingers crossed
>>2150641
Tomatoes are a tropical weed. Anywhere they touch dirt they'll grow roots. Anywhere that remains sufficiently moist will grow roots.
The biggest trick with going long term with tomatoes is that there are so many viruses that will rip through them and annihilate them.
>>2150767
Thanks!
Btw along with the Southwest giant I received a pinguicula grandiflora as a present but I think the trip hasn't been too kind with it
Someone experience with mushroom cultivation?
I've read some guides and I think I'm ready to grow some delicious caps for cooking.
If someone did it before which one did you cultivate?
>>2151446
No idea, but I think it was someone here that raised these
Another flytrap pic.
Ok no more I swear.
>>2151751
I think they're cool
>>2151751
That drowning capensis is in better shape than half the ones that get posted on r/savagegarden
>>2151751
nice
please post more!
I'll post pics of a few of my Dionaea later
>>2151446
just fill a plastic bag with moist straw and "plant" a mycelium of you desired species in there. Poke few holes and let it sit in darkness for a few weeks.
The fruiting bodies should come up through the holes you poked.
That's how a friend of mine does it.
Doesn't wirk with every species I think
>>2146554
I weeded and thinned out these marigolds.
>>2151804
it doesn't work with mycorrhiza.
so that's most good looking fungi.
>>2151859
it works for Pleurotus ostreatus and P. eryngii apparently
forgot to say that it might be better to use wood shavings or sawdust instead of straw.
but as I said, I never tried it myself
I can only say what I was told by my friend.
>>2151859
wait, so you want to grow mushrooms as ornamentals, not as food?
>>2151802
That is one sexy stinkydick, the green-grey-pink stem is very cool. What is it, A. konjac?
>>2151903
Yes, It's a konjac
Can't wait until it unfolds it's foliage
It is allways awesome to see the complex structure of an A. konjac leave
pic not related, it's my tiny B52
Just took my pops to an orchids and exotics nursery as a late father's day gift, picked up this, plus a peperomia and something with purple fuzz that I'll have to snap a photo of later.
Prices weren't super but inside the greenhouses was spectacular. I'll bring a camera next time. The employee there sent us off with two sad looking "goldfish plants" for free so we could hopefully nurse them back to health. Nice folks.
>>2152020
Cute jellyfish.
>>2151883
I don't grow fungi.
>planted some Echium vulgare today.
Waiting for my shipment of orchid potting mix to arrive. Due in Sunday. It was either buy Miracle Gro's barkbarkbark&bark or special order some with charcoal and perlite already mixed in. Tossed in $2 more to get the good stuff. My ruddy little life support orchid deserves the best.
Hello people I am wondering if there are any crops I could start growing now that would be able to produce something. I would like to grow something like squash or pumpkins but any other suggestions would be fine. First frost will usually be sometime in mid-late September so I am unsure if it would just be a waste of effort for me to begin now.
>>2151770
r/savagegarden is a bunch of 12 year olds trying to keep their lowe's-bought drosera and dionaea alive m8
>>2152425
A little ironic considering the book by the same name could answer a lot of the common care questions they have.
My geranium is about to flower, I'll actually try to get a picture of it tomorrow. It looks kind of sad, to be honest.
>>2152560
>2016
>Reading books
lmao what are you, some sort of nerd?
should i buy this
https://www.etsy.com/listing/231691146/fresh-live-sphagnum-moss-for-terrariums
>>2152563
Not me for sure.
>>2152576
>https://www.etsy.com/listing/231691146/fresh-live-sphagnum-moss-for-terrariums
A gallon for 11€ is a good price
>>2152425
every sub is just a bunch of beginners, no matter which one.
>>2152672
>Visit it out of curiosity
>Top thread is a minibog guide with some sarracenia begging for sun
>Some fag bragging because his capensis alba got a light pink coloration
Why did I even bother
>>2152425
>tfw actually retarded enough to try and help out the kiddies with their beginner Nepenthes problems
The funny thing is that they're not even kids, just incredibly dumb normies with a complete inability to google shit. When there are still "help identify my ventrata" threads despite a big clear sticky at the top devoted to that issue, then it's not a great sign.
>>2152425
kek
I just found someone bragging about his D. filiformis (which he at first claimed was an capensis) with about 5 leafes
How the fuck do they do that?
my filiformis grows like a damn weed and is sending up at least 9 flower stalks right now
it has many bent down leafes because we had a heavy rainfall yesterday
pic is my D. filiformis
>>2152754
the thread I was talking about
>>2152754
I bet you can't grow yours in a tea cup
>>2151951
Does b52 reproduce well? I want to try growing some, I don't have any giant dionaea right now (well, I have an extra small giant rosette and an even smaller DC XL so I'll have to wait some years for those)
The only cultivar I'm reproducing right now, red piranha (well I have a sawtooth too but that one is really common and reproduces a lot)
>>2152756
Lord above give me the strength to not slap the shit out of that kid
>>2152790
All dionaea will reward you with vegetative divisions given proper care and time
>>2152739
dude what the hell happened to those Sarrs. Even the purps look sad
>>2152819
>This is the main picture of a guide thread
#TRIGGERED
>>2152818
I know I know but there are clones that reproduce very fast like Sawtooth and slow ones like Cupped, I just wondered how fast are they.
>>2152790
It grows about as fast as a normal Dionaea, so not really that fast.
If you want a fast growing, big cultivar, get a Low Giant.
I got a small one only a few weeks ago (that's why it looks a bit shitty)
but it seems that it grows new leaves really quick. I'm hoping it gets "in shape" soon.
As I said, it was quickly adapting to it's new environement and started producing new leaves almost right away compared to the akai ryu and the b52.
A friend of mine said hers is about as fast growing as the red sawtooth. It even produces divisions as quick as the red sawtooth
I have a question
how do I save this Oncidium uniflorum?
Or is it already too late?
please don't hate on me, I didn't let this happen
>>2152868
Thnx dude
>>2152663
thanks bud
>>2152885
the same as all epiphytic orchids.
you bash them into a water culture and brag about it on facebook.
>>2152739
I got banned from r/gardening and r/landscaping for telling people to stop giving shitty advise.
First flower is finally here
Feelsgoodman
my grandmothers Aechmea fasciata produced a flower even though I didn't force it.
there must be a fuck ton of ethylene in the air.
the alba varietion of my aconitum finally opened it's buds as well.
>>2152963
these are beautiful, thanks for sharing
>>2152964
I have like 5 other varietions that have yet to produce buds/open them.
>Verbascum phlomoides
Verbena bonariensis.
these plants are so wobbly it's hard to take pictures of their flowers with even the weakest amount of airflow.
>>2152968
dainty flowers are best flowers
surely you can stabilize them at the base while you're taking the pics, though?
>>2152969
I could if I had 3 hands.
>>2152970
awesome pics!
what camera and such do you use?
>>2152982
D3100 with a stock 55m lens.
I kind of want a macro lens but they seem like a rip off.
>>2149566
Maybe if u could keep urs alive u would see their appeal :^)
Just kidding. They're cool and IMO look really pretty. Some nepenthes pitchers look better than most flowers t b h
>>2149646
low light = flimsy pitchers
Is it super windy where you live? Sarr pitchers can stay up right in summer storms over on the east coast
>>2152822
R I P planties
okaay but seriously how badly do you have to fuck up to where your plants look like THAT
>>2153012
are you a catty faggot IRL too?
>>2153012
I've got two sarracenia tucked away in a corner of my garden without water and barely any sun for 2 years that look similar.
>>2153009
Mine have full sunlight from about 10 in the morning to 20:30 in the evening (if not more)
But their pitchers are full with prey, only the top 5cm of the pitchers are empty, that's why I thought that it might be because they are too heavy
but then again, I think they are also full of prey in the wild
>>2152822
damn, and I thought my Bog tubs look bad after getting attacked by slugs, birds and a nice storm with a short, but heavy rain that bent down pretty much every drosera in there but wasn't even able to raise the water level in the tubs
HOW DO I STOP GYPSY MOTHS FROM RUINING EVERYTHING
FUCK I HATE THESE HAIRY MOTHERFUCKERS SO GODDAMN MUCH I WISH THEY WOULD ALL JUST DIE
FUCK
Check out my garden of bonsai-to-be
