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House plants

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Clever username, Oct 30, 2007.

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  1. Eagleboy

    Eagleboy Guest

    Dude, that was awesome.
     
    Eagleboy, Oct 30, 2007
    #13
  2. Firstime Caller

    Firstime Caller Member

    Ashamed to admit, but I've actually killed a few succulents.

    Once on a REALLY hot day, I bought one and had it in the car for a few hours. Even with the windows open, it wilted in the heat and never really recovered after I got it home and planted it.

    Another one, I don't know if I watered it enough or if it didn't get enough light in my yard, but it was getting sort of wilted out there. So I moved it inside to try to get it some different light and tried watering it a bit more, but I couldn't save it.

    I think I actually underwater my succulents because everybody always tried to impress on me not to overwater them.
     
    Firstime Caller, Oct 31, 2007
    #14
  3. joe

    joe Active Member

    Focker.
     
    joe, Oct 31, 2007
    #15
  4. three_bags_full

    three_bags_full Well-Known Member

    My wife is better at killing plants -- indoors or out -- than anyone I've ever seen. So bad, in fact, that I scream "murder" whenever she even looks at a plant or potting equipment.

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    And I can't believe no one here's made a pot joke. Jeez. You people are slipping.
     
    three_bags_full, Oct 31, 2007
    #16
  5. Clever username

    Clever username Active Member

    Maybe Jones has a story to tell, you know, as soon as he gets done terrorizing the neighborhood kids.
     
    Clever username, Oct 31, 2007
    #17
  6. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    I have killed every plant I ever owned, until one recently. One was a cactus. I had bought it for my mom when I was in 2nd grade at a school sale. When my dad sold his house he wanted me to have it. It took me 6 months to kill this plant that had grown humungous and thrived for 25 to 30 years. It depressed the hell out of me, because my mom is dead, and I felt like I had done her wrong.

    My one success story is a bamboo plant. It was given to me as a gift about 5 yeras ago. It is in my office. I water it every day (my motto first thing is that I don't drink until it drinks) and it sits in the sun. It has really thrived and grown large. I am proud of it. Plus bamboo plants are supposed to be good luck.
     
    The Big Ragu, Oct 31, 2007
    #18
  7. i look at pictures

    i look at pictures New Member

    I kill plants like no other. I even kill other people's plants. Subletting an apartment a few summers ago, I promptly and effectively killed the owner's herb garden.

    My sister, on the other hand, has had the same damn plant (even after moving across the country a few times) since she graduated undergrad 6 years ago.

    I did keep a beta alive for 2 years, but he wasn't a plant.
     
    i look at pictures, Nov 1, 2007
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  8. writing irish

    writing irish Active Member

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    Snake plants. They don't need much light at all.

    Cacti need a LOT of light to be happy. And the soil needs to drain well, otherwise almost any water might hurt them. They're actually pretty easy to kill.
     
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    writing irish, Nov 1, 2007
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