Your houseplants and gardens - Yellow leaf means underwatered AND overwatered?! What a country!

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glioblastoma multiforme said:
Welcome to the club!

I'm really into dahlias, I posted some pics here, In the bottom link the orange, spiky red, and white are all different types of dahlias.



This year the orange one took so long to come up that I'd given up on it and planted a "Golden torch" variety on top, then it started coming up to the side.

I'm a bit gutted now cos I was torn between Golden torch and Yellow star and chose the former cos there's already one really dramatic variety in there but now I wish I'd gone for it. When it comes to garden stuff (and interiors) I always regret it when I try to be sensible instead of going with my heart.

You can get annual or perennial varieties, small or large, and a huge variety of shapes and colours.

The only thing I don't like about them is they remind me of the main character in Travels with my Aunt by Graham Greene, who I found insufferable.
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OH MY GOD THOSE ARE GORGEOUS!
I just got some new roses. Queen Mary white roses. They are so pretty. I found this website where they sell rose cuttings and they are amazing and just downright unreal to me.
Just look at that. What the fuck? Why is it so beautiful.
Do you grow flowers inside??
 

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Pickman's Modeling Agency said:
Holy shit, that is so cool. Thank you for sharing! I had heard that there was evidence that plants can communicate with each other, but I had no idea they make actual sound. My flabber is gasted.
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It gets better.
The ultrasonic clicks coming from plants when they're distressed range between 40-80kHz.
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Cats and dogs can hear in that range, so they can probably hear the clicking. If you have pet rats, they can absolutely hear them.
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Pickman's Modeling Agency said:
If you yank them out, they'll likely just be replaced if they were planted on purpose for aesthetics. And could lead back to you and cause problems. If you know these neighbors or want to try the diplomatic approach, maybe leave them a short note explaining how invasive the plants are and suggesting an alternative. Bring inside as houseplants instead, replace outdoor spot with a different ornamental succulent, etc. You could even offer to buy the replacement plant for them if you're really trying to avoid ruffling feathers. If your neighbors are dicks, then the HOA is probably the best bet. If you do go to the HOA, emphasize that plants dgaf about property lines and they will have a bigger mess on their hands in the future if they don't act now. The area you live in might have laws about invasive species as well - check for a prohibited plant list in your neck of the woods. Best of luck!
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Small boring update:

So I had resolved to do the normie thing and just talk to one of the neighbors, I get on well with them since their grandkids love my collie. They have a very well manicured garden and had actually been picking the buds up off the ground, so the risk is low and I will cease my sperging.

The other neighbor must have had someone else speak to them (I have never seen them outside in the three years living here) and so they had moved the plant to their porch.
 
Lentil Soup said:
Small boring update:

So I had resolved to do the normie thing and just talk to one of the neighbors, I get on well with them since their grandkids love my collie. They have a very well manicured garden and had actually been picking the buds up off the ground, so the risk is low and I will cease my sperging.

The other neighbor must have had someone else speak to them (I have never seen them outside in the three years living here) and so they had moved the plant to their porch.
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I love boring updates because it means there are at least some people who know how to behave. I am glad your neighbors don't suck.

ETA: If rats can hear plants' distress, that tells me I could train a bunch of them to identify crops that need attention. Like truffle pigs or pointer hounds, but cheaper. Rats are very smart and I am quite fond of them (as long as they aren't nesting on my property).
 
The King-In-Chains said:
Muh weed plant (I named it "Hermes") is too big for the average room in my house and is pretty pungent. I moved it to the back porch, but I miss seeing it's leaves/shadows sway back and forth from my window.
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Excellent! Madame Verdis is also pretty pungent, but she's living her best life on the deck.
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Bought her at 12", she's up to 36"
 
The King-In-Chains said:
Wow! Looking really good! Weird question: if you have cats have they tried to eat the leaves?
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YES and I had to move her outside. The cats are fine, the little shits. I'm not even joking, I bought this clone and didn't feel like planting her on the first night, just set on the bathroom counter. FIRST NIGHT. Woke up to several munched leaves barfed up on the tile. Moved outside.

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She good gorl. She strong gorl.
 
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Garden update: I think I might be good at this?
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ETA: since were posting our guys lmao and yes cats will tear them a new one
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an_actual_reptilian said:
OH MY GOD THOSE ARE GORGEOUS!
I just got some new roses. Queen Mary white roses. They are so pretty. I found this website where they sell rose cuttings and they are amazing and just downright unreal to me.
Just look at that. What the fuck? Why is it so beautiful.
Do you grow flowers inside??
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Those are beautiful! I just had two blooms each on the new Kona & last year's Blue Girl, & just today the first bloom on one of the Don Juans.

Apologies for necro'ing the topic, but any insect pests, especially for indoor plants, can be treated very effectively with diatomaceous earth. It's non-poisonous to pets (although try to keep their noses out if it, it's a fine powder that might irritate a curious snoot) & can even be purchased in culinary-grade if you want to be a weird hippie & eat some.

For thrips or any bitchass dirt larvae bug, mix in some throughout the top 3" of soil a day or two after watering. The diatomaceous earth is actually a superfine powder made from crushed ancient seashells, so insect exoskeletons & larvae sleeping-bags get shredded, causing death by dehydration. You can even lightly dust the leaves (an empty talc bottle does well) if you're desperate.

So happy to have found this thread! If anyone has any tips on getting strawbs past the seedling stage, please lmk. They seem to only grow to like 1" & then fail to thrive. Also any tips on keeping an indoor Meyer lemon tree happy, it's growing well but no fruit in the 3 years I've had it.
 
The King-In-Chains said:
Flexin' on us now...

Looks fantastic!
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Lmao had too just one time. First garden took a few months to get it looking presentable its been work not a pain in the ass but work, next year I'll get a flower bed worthy of showing off

AnOminous said:
THE WIND KNOCKED OVER MY BASIL PLANT! AGAIN!
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What do I do with my basil? It's being a tree right now giving my cucumbers something to grab
 
I've been growing bluebird hibiscus from root stock and am getting my first blooms:

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I had to go to war with all of the whiteflies in North America to get here.
 
I have bumblebees! And they are gorging themselves. There were four buzzing around but they are camera-shy, so here's one crawling up into a bloom:

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Bonus turtle laying eggs:

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An update on my tree situation: the two partially fallen trees brought themselves fully to the ground. One of them had been tipped at 45 degrees from the roots for at least 18 months. My husband bought a battery powered chainsaw and cut them up himself, saving us over half of the $12k removal bill. $300<$7000

I also bought a new red Japanese lace leaf maple tree for the yard and a new birds nest fern. See which one dies first!

My orchids didn't bloom again this year. I read that they need some cold overwinter to bloom again which I tried to have them exposed to temps of 45F but obviously not long enough or cold enough.
 
cool4thcat said:
What do I do with my basil? It's being a tree right now giving my cucumbers something to grab
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Not the first person to say it ITT, but bust out the food processor and make an industrial amount of pesto, then freeze it in cubes or a chunkable tube form.

It seems daunting at first, but it is simply not possible to have too much pesto; it's a shortcut to make a finished dish out of just ingredients. Especially if you also have a zucchini or squash problem.

Don't talk to any Italians about this but you can make pesto without pine nuts. We used to gather walnuts from the neighbors' huge trees. Combined with the Eternal Jungle of Basil, it felt like sitting on an honest-to-God natural resource--like how the Arabs probably felt when the world developed a thirst for oil.
 
cool4thcat said:
What do I do with my basil? It's being a tree right now giving my cucumbers something to grab
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Once it gets to the point just things like caprese salad won't cut it any more, make batches of basil pesto. That's the best thing for a final harvest, too. Pesto freezes well, too, so if you make a lot, you can save it in ice cube trays, then put the frozen cubes into a bag.

What I prefer to do is to mix up the ingredients other than pine nuts, Parmigiano Reggiano, and garlic, then freeze that and add the final ingredients after thawing them. Pine nuts, even frozen, have a bad tendency to go rancid really rapidly and it sucks to whip out some pesto in the middle of winter only to find it turned. I also think the cheese and garlic suffer somewhat.

In any event, put the olive oil on top and put cling film over the top in contact with it before sealing and it will stay bright green until you need it.
Aunt Carol said:
Don't talk to any Italians about this but you can make pesto without pine nuts. We used to gather walnuts from the neighbors' huge trees.
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I've tried this and hate it. Don't take my word for it, though, plenty of people swear by it. It may be better with fresh walnuts.

I know pine nuts are expensive (unless you live in one of the Four Corners states that have piñon and can pick them wild) and finicky but I just can't do without them. Another thing I never do is use fresh parsley like some recipes recommend (just pure basil) or mix in any other lesser cheese than Parmigiano Reggiano (some recipes recommend things like Pecorino Romano and just nope to that).
 
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