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I have killed houseplants, kudzu, and cactus.
I'm astonished my vegetables had a bumper crop this summer.
posted by
strat
on October 11, 2006 at 1:11 PM
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I used to have some seriously HUGE houseplants
before I met Carl. Since I met Carl, I can't make a houseplant live for anything!
posted by
bel_1965
on October 11, 2006 at 5:10 AM
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The other two are on the balcony, the geranium I rave about, and a rosemary
plant which needs to be re-potted.
posted by
Blanche.
on October 10, 2006 at 3:39 PM
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I have three plants, Whacky, two that I dote on, and one I completely
forget, because it was in a corner that I couldn't reach to water in my kitchen. I've moved it now, but I don't think it likes this apartment, the light is too strong or something. It was given to me by my next door neighbor when she left. She didn't want to lug anything more than she had to down these stairs and I don't blame her. When I leave here, I'd like to just catapult things off my balcony down into the parking lot below. (not that I would, but it's a tempting thought).
That is very funny about your friend's flower, I wonder how he took it when you told him? Was he upset?
posted by
Blanche.
on October 10, 2006 at 3:38 PM
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someone told me I should sing to our houseplants..well, that did it...R.I.P
..
...I think I've even killed artificial plants...
posted by
Rumor
on October 10, 2006 at 3:34 PM
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Whacky
Have I ever killed a house plant? LOL...I should open a funeral parlor for them..The only kind that I am able to keep are dried or silk (and they have to be dusted)..I admire people who have green thumbs..Plus your right about ferns, just look at them wrong and they will die to spite ya..
posted by
Offy
on October 10, 2006 at 10:41 AM
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does a bonsai count? my brother's bonsai had a really short life. lol!
posted by
Amanda__
on October 10, 2006 at 7:00 AM
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"a" houseplant?
I am more surprised when one lives for any length of time...
posted by
FactorFiction
on October 10, 2006 at 6:54 AM
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I have a lot of em Whacky....
..so many of them just don't seem to grow...the stay looking the same way for years on end...now what's that all about? I've stopped buying poinsettias cuz they last too long! Ha! For some reason I just can't kill them...they like it here too much.
posted by
ginnieb
on October 10, 2006 at 6:21 AM
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Only by cutting it....
I have this stupid obsessive behaviour....if something is not symetrical then it bothers me so much that I have to do something about it....
the plant was lopsided one way, so I wanted it to match the other side...but sort of got carried away and ended up with a little bud....shame really cos the plant was one of those plants that never die had been in the family for years....I managed to kill it....it never grew again....I still feel bad.
posted by
_Symphony_
on October 10, 2006 at 4:23 AM
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Whacky
I've heard that you're supposed to water ferns with mist. I've seen people do it before. They take a spray bottle and just spray a fine mist all over the leaves. I'm not sure if that would help, but I thought I'd pass it on.
posted by
avant-garde
on October 10, 2006 at 12:06 AM
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Whacky
That's funny. I probably would've just told him I killed it. I have a foxglove that I bought at Lowe's. It was getting heat stress, so I put it in the shade in the dead of summer. The next day it was wilted. I cut it back and all, but it never recovered. I decided to put it into another pot, and discovered that the drain plug was still in the one it was in. Oops. I'm watching it now, and wondering if I should just give up. Maybe that's what it's waiting for me to do.
posted by
avant-garde
on October 10, 2006 at 12:05 AM
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Oh yes...
I do not have a green finger at all, even though my mother is a wiz with plants
posted by
Tanga
on October 10, 2006 at 12:01 AM
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Whackydotter!!
A great blog as usual luv. Yes, I've killed a couple of plants and I think I learned about the watering too finally.
Now I simply water all my plants on Friday's, and I put 8 drops of fertilizer in the jug of wtare every week. I use those little green fertilizer sticks too and my stuff seems to do well enough. Blah luv
posted by
WileyJohn
on October 9, 2006 at 8:51 PM
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Whacky...
Plants survive well under my care, but once I over watered a cactus plant and the poor thing died.
posted by
jacentaOld
on October 9, 2006 at 8:47 PM
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all of my plants die.... I don't think there's enough light in my house...
or at least that's the excuse I'm using. LOL
posted by
-blackcat
on October 9, 2006 at 7:00 PM
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Whacky
I have a pretty green thumb but I can't grow ferns either!
posted by
Nanaroo
on October 9, 2006 at 6:58 PM
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My house plants never survive. ; (
posted by
A-and-B
on October 9, 2006 at 6:53 PM
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oopsies
I had really good luck with plants until I had kids... I decided to keep the kids alive instead.
posted by
homegirl
on October 9, 2006 at 6:16 PM
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yes but most of the time its from lack of water...it is very dry
here with lots of sunshine and so watering often is ususally good....some people talk to their plants...but not me...LOL
posted by
telemachus
on October 9, 2006 at 5:53 PM
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