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celticeagle @celticeagle (189927) • Boise, Idaho 29 Jun

House plants have always been a great way to dress up any room in your home. They lift the mood but also have other positive aspects. Researchers find that rooms with plants have less dust, and the plants act as natural filters to...

air scrubbers

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Introducing Lester

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382357) • Rockingham, Australia 20 Jan 23

The photo is of Lester, the other cat at our house-sit. The two cats, Lester and Kink, are good friends and often seem to groom one another. They get wet food twice a day and have free access to kibble. However, from time to time,...

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House Plant Collection

maezee @maezee (41985) • United States 17 Jan 23

orry, but about all of my posts will likely be house or garden related moving forward....They used to be about fun travel and fitness but my focus has changed some with getting my first mortgage and buying my first house and...

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Anything goes when it comes to plant pots

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382357) • Rockingham, Australia 17 Jan 23

In the photos, you can see four of the different pots that hold plants at this house-sit. There is an old washtub, a very solid wooden trough, an old tin trunk and another round container that I don’t recognise. It seems anything...

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Well it is Thursday

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169530) • United States 14 Oct 21

I just got a text that one of my kids is not going to school today, and will not be on the bus. The other student from that location will have a meeting with a mentor and will not ride in the afternoon. So, I will ride with the...

october 2021

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No Green Thumb For Me

Raine38 @Raine38 (12387) • United States 10 Jun 18

It is official: my cactus is dead! I killed it. I swear I made sure to just give it enough water and sunlight. But for some reason, plants wilt and die when I try to take of them. I tried growing some plants from seeds, they will...

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Now what do I do with them?

Fleur @Fleura (35069) • United Kingdom 15 Nov 17

I have a lot of house-plants, some of which I’ve had for many years – decades even. And they have a tendency to grow and multiply. It is often advised to put houseplants outside during the summer to give them a bit of a boost...

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Planting baby shoots off aloe.

Jessica Tierrablanca @Jot2me (140) • Adams, Tennessee 28 Jul 16

My aloe plant has made a bunch of smaller plants. They have grown to about three inches now and are stressing the mother plant. On most shoots the babies are attached by a single stem. How do I go about separating the young plants...

house plants

gardening

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The little turd!

Shannon @fawkes62 (1276) • United States 5 Nov 15

I'm referring to my kitten, Captain. He is now about 5 months old and getting fairly big. He is also very daring and smart. He has decided that he REALLY wants to eat my spider plant. As the plant is on top of a plant stand that...

cats

kittens

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Low maintenance indoor flower plants recommendation's please?

apples99 @apples99 (6556) • United States 13 Oct 10

I would love to start my own gardien but unfortunately it will have to waite until I move to a house because my current place has little to no backyard space for plants. But I love flowering plants and so I'm considering buying...

low maintenance indoor flower plants recommendatio

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Clean the Air in Your Home with Plants

Angelgirl16 @Angelgirl16 (2171) • United States 15 Jul 10

Are you aware that formaldehyde, benzene, and trichloroethylene are just a few very dangereous pollants/toxins that are circling around in the air in your home? Well they are, and you and your family breath them into your bodies...

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Plant Gels + or - soil?

artsyfartsygypsy @artsyfartsygypsy (755) • Canada 4 Apr 10

So my mom and dad had bought me these little balls that are colored and made of this gel thing that absorbs water. You put themin your palnt so that you dotn have to water it as often. Does anyone have these or has anyone seen...

Can I use old puzzle books for mulching house plants?

macdingolinger @macdingolinger (10385) • United States 19 Jul 09

I live in a nursing facility and have been through several crossword puzzle books. I cannot think of a good way to recycle them. I was wondering if I could shred the pages and use them for mulch in my house plants. The plants do...

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Can you keep plants alive FOREVER?

laglen @laglen (19759) • United States 16 Jan 09

The Welwitschia plant can live up to 1,000 years. Not at my house! I kill my house plants, bring them back, kill them again! How about you?

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How many house plants do you have in your home right now?

explorations @explorations (1712) • United States 15 Jan 09

I need more house plants - I love being surrounded by an environment that is constantly full of life. We have four plants (two in the kitchen, two in the living room) right now, but I would love to have more. I'd love to have...

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Predicting frost tonight, in parts of my state.

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169530) • United States 15 Oct 08

I do not have all of my houseplants in yet, do you? I brought some in tonight.What do you still have to bring in. I have a huge airplane plant to repot, divide, and bring in and lots of my larger plants like rubber trees.

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House plants

Anne18 @Anne18 (11029) 6 Sep 08

I have had my house plants outside for half of the summer. Last weekend I brought them all back into the house. The house now looks nice and green again. I have about 20 house plants in doors. Do you like houseplants? What...

house plants

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African Violets

deebomb @deebomb (15304) • United States 31 Jul 08

I was given 3 African violet plants this last spring. They did pretty good for a long time. I'm not good at remembering to water house plants. Well they got really dry but were still pretty green. I took them to the kitchen to...

african violets

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I Have a Sick Dragon

no name @Zmugzy (773) 15 Jul 08

My Dragon tree (Dracaena Marginata) has not been looking too well recently. Brown patches have started to appear on some of the leaves. I have consulted many house plant books and even discussed the issue on other web forums. I...

The flower and plant hospital!

mamacathie @mamacathie (3928) • United States 14 Jul 08

Well, I had to do some re-arranging around this morning of my house plants. The one I got when my daddy passed away is doing great and one of the plants I got when Mama passed away is doing great BUT I have one that I have had to...

flowers

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watering plants

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