| 1 | Good Growing Practices - An Overview for Beginners
• Posted by: tapla z5b-6a mid-MI on Fri, Oct 21, 11 at 14:00
• 34 follow-ups, last one posted on Thu, Feb 21, 13 at 9:31
Good Growing Practices - An Overview for Beginners My hope is that this thread becomes a gathering place for beginners and the experienced alike, a place where reliable information that is rooted in sound science and horticulture can |
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| 2 | Growing Avocados???
• Posted by: Daughterofbrigid Northern Nevada on Sat, Aug 11, 12 at 0:27
• 40 follow-ups, last one posted on Sat, Sep 29, 12 at 12:23
In March of this year, I started a little growing experiment. I have always loved the avocado house plant, as I have grown one before, that was a beautiful plant, for the three years it lasted... So, my experiment started with 5 pits. One |
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| 3 | Sansevieria growing VERY slowly.
• Posted by: MissMariah CA on Sun, Dec 4, 11 at 19:53
• 42 follow-ups, last one posted on Sat, Dec 10, 11 at 19:30
Hi there. I have several snake plants who are much adored members of my house jungle. However, they are growing incredibly slowly. Three of the plants of them only have two or three mature leaves, with one or two tiny little guys poking up from |
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| 4 | schefflera
• Posted by: Polly381 none on Sat, Oct 6, 12 at 14:28
• 22 follow-ups, last one posted on Sun, Oct 7, 12 at 18:21
25 years ago I bought this Schefflera.It was about 8 inches high. It outgrew my house.I didnt know you could prune it so I gave it to my neighbor. They had it for 10 years and recently asked me if I wanted it back since I moved into a bigger house |
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| 5 | Dying Calathea Plant
• Posted by: avanns none on Wed, Sep 5, 12 at 15:51
• 10 follow-ups, last one posted on Fri, Sep 14, 12 at 11:24
Hello all! I have recently started getting interested in house plants/gardening. I need some advice on a dying plant that I just bought. Here is my story: Yesterday at work I picked up an on sale calathea plant because it was really droopy. I |
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| 6 | Did I make a mistake? (Do I need to repot?)
• Posted by: goddess9 7? on Wed, Feb 22, 12 at 14:52
• 9 follow-ups, last one posted on Thu, Feb 23, 12 at 23:36
I'm a new gardener (not necessarily new TO gardening, as my grandmother made me plant with her in the spring but more so new to having my own plants) and I have a few questions about houseplants and soil. I tried searching for this beforehand. |
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| 7 | Peace Lily; Repotting?
• Posted by: Thio none on Sun, Sep 16, 12 at 1:54
• 7 follow-ups, last one posted on Wed, Sep 19, 12 at 13:47
About seven months ago, we got a Peace Lily in the mail (I kid you not) and since then has been growing in our breakfast/dinning room/kitchen. About two-three weeks ago, it stopped growing flowers and just recently I noticed that the leaves are go |
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| 8 | questions from a beginner
• Posted by: FlowerPotTipper none on Sun, Nov 20, 11 at 15:18
• 19 follow-ups, last one posted on Mon, Nov 28, 11 at 20:18
Hello everyone. I have some questions about some of my house plants. I'm new to collecting house plants, I've only discovered my love of them about three months ago and it's turned into an addiction as I've already have about 50 plants lol. An |
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| 9 | Sad Dracaena :(
• Posted by: JazzyJuliebean 5 on Sat, Jul 28, 12 at 18:40
• 25 follow-ups, last one posted on Tue, Aug 7, 12 at 14:50
I bought a Dracaena marginata at Wal-Mart a few years ago, and she was doing very well. She eventually outgrew her pot, but I wasn't able to put her in a new one for a while. When I finally was able to repot her, she was incredibly rootbound. The |
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| 10 | Is this a fungus among us?
• Posted by: iamsaturdayswarrior 8a - Seattle, WA on Sat, Nov 17, 12 at 4:40
• 26 follow-ups, last one posted on Fri, Nov 23, 12 at 9:44
This is the top of the soil for one of my houseplants. At first, I thought it might be some mineral build-up, but that one bit (shown in pic) looks fuzzy. Is this a fungus or mold or actually minerals? And what do I need to do to get rid of it/pre |
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| 11 | pachira money tree help - markings on leaves
• Posted by: SarahHoltmeier none on Sat, Jun 30, 12 at 23:29
• 10 follow-ups, last one posted on Wed, Jul 4, 12 at 15:54
Hi everyone. First off I want to apologize if I am repeating anything that has already been touched on. I've been doing some research but am still unclear as to what might be going on with my pachira money tree. I purchased my money tree from Wal |
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| 12 | Rubber Plant Cutting
• Posted by: alpanther on Wed, Feb 29, 12 at 12:46
• 9 follow-ups, last one posted on Sun, Aug 5, 12 at 10:53
Hello all-- On Thanksgiving, my grandma gave me a good sized cutting from her ancient rubber plant to grow. I read through some posts here and there about what to do and I think I've got some stuff done. It's in a giant plastic bag, in it |
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| 13 | Gnats and fungus
• Posted by: HopperGoLightly none on Sun, Aug 12, 12 at 17:40
• 3 follow-ups, last one posted on Mon, Aug 13, 12 at 10:40
My Dieffenbachia's became infected with fungus gnats, but I think that they may be on the road to recovery. I had left a bowl of water with dish soap and caught most of the gnats and I withheld watering as long as possible and just sprayed the lea |
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| 14 | All Bromeliad Fans
• Posted by: scsva 7/VA on Thu, Aug 23, 12 at 15:52
• 12 follow-ups, last one posted on Fri, Aug 24, 12 at 23:02
Please tell me how to raise a bromeliad. Lowe's keeps marking these bromeliads way down so I thought I would try one. I have no clue so before I looked it up on the internet, I thought I would ask the Gurus. Please do not tell me to use Al's |
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| 15 | pink splash problems
I've had my pink splash plant for about 2 years. During this time it has gotten very tall but only the top inch of each |
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| 16 | Why is this dying?
• Posted by: ratherbestrumming Texas on Fri, Sep 7, 12 at 20:12
• 9 follow-ups, last one posted on Sat, Sep 8, 12 at 17:11
This past spring I decided to try my hand at keeping house plants, having no prior experience. I began with several store-bought house plants and a few I planted myself in small pots. Everything was going fine until some time in early summe |
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| 17 | Hypoestes phyllostachya (Polka Dot Plant?) help
• Posted by: SarahofLayton none on Mon, Sep 10, 12 at 15:09
• 16 follow-ups, last one posted on Tue, Sep 18, 12 at 16:22
I have an adorable little polka dot plant but I don't think it's doing well at all. Which is, quite frankly, devastating. After purchasing I repotted it in a pot just about an inch larger in diameter and it had at least 10 leaves turn brown and |
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| 18 | ficus tree
• Posted by: gw409 new york on Sun, Jun 3, 12 at 0:57
• 15 follow-ups, last one posted on Wed, Sep 19, 12 at 19:03
hello: i have a older ficus tree appx 6-7 feet. it was given to me a few years ago. i wanted to re pot to a slightly larger pot,when i did i noticed the bottom third of the root system was severely bound in some plastic and filter fabric type ba |
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| 19 | What kind of soil should I use?
• Posted by: Portispearls OK on Wed, Sep 19, 12 at 17:45
• 3 follow-ups, last one posted on Wed, Sep 19, 12 at 19:24
So I am new to gardening and I would like to make sure all of my plants have the correct soil. I have had a few plants die recently and I realized that the soil may be the issue. I purchased a seed starting soil from miracle grow for all of my |
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| 20 | Janet Craig - Black Tips
• Posted by: jhc523 CA on Sun, Sep 23, 12 at 13:44
• 6 follow-ups, last one posted on Sun, Sep 23, 12 at 16:28
Hi, I am a plant novice and really worried about my janet craig. I have about 5 ft tall janet craig that I received from my grandmother as a housewarming gift. She repotted the soil and it is currently in a clay pot. There is a small drainage |
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