I know nothing about plants, other than that I’ve learnt that they die if I try to take care of them.
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@mycrowgirl That's it! It's the anticipation. Accelerated by the fact that I know nothing about the plant so I don't know what may or may not emerge - I am observing it like an excited child.
@CiaraNi the best way to observe, honestly!
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@CiaraNi the best way to observe, honestly!
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I know nothing about plants, other than that I’ve learnt that they die if I try to take care of them. So I leave them alone and they look after themselves. I’ve been ignoring this plant for a year. I don’t know what it is or what it does. The other day, I noticed a weird little mismatched shoot. It keeps growing, more and more overnight, like Jack’s Beanstalk, up and up and up. I think unfurling may happen. I am not even embarrassed about how exciting I find this.
@CiaraNi You're sharing your home with a ZZ plant, the only plant thus far I've been able to kill.
I salute your dedication to the laissez faire of plant management. -
@CiaraNi @sdarlington I once lived in a house with a yard and every year, the rhubarb just grew without any effort on my part.
(I should find out whether you can grow it in a pot. Maybe I could grow(*) it on my balcony.)
(*) meaning "allow it to grow".
@nxskok @sdarlington This all sounds very promising, rhubarb just wantonly growing. Has to be worth a shot in a pot. I find that not finding out in advance works for me now. I and the rhubarb may just take our chances.
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@CiaraNi nooooo! go do something else straight away!
@sans_serif_girl Yes, I think I should!
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@nxskok That sounds like it's going fine, nice work!
"trying to remember to water periodically, but not too often' - it was this balance that drove me bananas when I first got plants. Everyone who has thriving plants told me 'oh, just don't give them too little water, or too much water' as if that helped.
@CiaraNi my daughter (who is much better with plants) tells me that for this particular one, if the soil is actually dry, it needs watering, but if there is any moisture in the soil, not yet. That much, I can remember.
I also have a snake plant, which seems to thrive on benign neglect.
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@CiaraNi my daughter (who is much better with plants) tells me that for this particular one, if the soil is actually dry, it needs watering, but if there is any moisture in the soil, not yet. That much, I can remember.
I also have a snake plant, which seems to thrive on benign neglect.
@nxskok 'Benign neglect' - that's the right phrase for it. I will borrow that.
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@forestfern It should, seriously. Now I think that Hurling and Curling are just spelling mistakes. The sport they are meant to be playing is Furling.
@CiaraNi All those curlers intently looking at ice where plants don't grow. We just need to redirect them to the houseplants.
*seriously, I love curling and those curlers!
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@CiaraNi You're sharing your home with a ZZ plant, the only plant thus far I've been able to kill.
I salute your dedication to the laissez faire of plant management.@hemlockcookie A pity yours didn't make it. I am pleasantly surpried that mine seems to be both alive and thriving. 'Laissez faire plant management' - that's it!
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@CiaraNi All those curlers intently looking at ice where plants don't grow. We just need to redirect them to the houseplants.
*seriously, I love curling and those curlers!
@forestfern Good plan
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I know nothing about plants, other than that I’ve learnt that they die if I try to take care of them. So I leave them alone and they look after themselves. I’ve been ignoring this plant for a year. I don’t know what it is or what it does. The other day, I noticed a weird little mismatched shoot. It keeps growing, more and more overnight, like Jack’s Beanstalk, up and up and up. I think unfurling may happen. I am not even embarrassed about how exciting I find this.
@CiaraNi keep watering it and one day it will reward you with a flower!
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I know nothing about plants, other than that I’ve learnt that they die if I try to take care of them. So I leave them alone and they look after themselves. I’ve been ignoring this plant for a year. I don’t know what it is or what it does. The other day, I noticed a weird little mismatched shoot. It keeps growing, more and more overnight, like Jack’s Beanstalk, up and up and up. I think unfurling may happen. I am not even embarrassed about how exciting I find this.
@CiaraNi
Have a look at Aspidistra. Known as Cast Iron plant - will tolerate all sorts of neglect.https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/aspidistra/how-to-grow-aspidistras
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@CiaraNi I have a couple of these in my office. Precisely because they’re impossible to kill!
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This is my hobby now. Staring at this, waiting for something to emerge. It should be a sport. Furling. The Furling Championships. The Olympic Medal In Watching Things Unfurl. Better than worrying about politics, I tell you.
@CiaraNi The next stage is a time lapse photography setup next to you
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Chances are it will outlive many, many more dry seasons. Taking care by not caring much makes it promising.
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