Hi Everyone, just joined and I'm excited about the plethora of knowledge that's flowing through this wonderful tribe! Anyway, I live in a small (south-facing) apartment in MD and my passion for gardening is currently limited to raising houseplants. I have a bunch of jade, aloe, a peace lily, crown of thorns and two Schefflera. Any secret tricks to help these plants flourish? Are there any houseplants that will bloom year round? or at all? Just lookin for some pointers and friendly advice. -X
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Sat, June 21, 2008 - 8:26 AMThe main mistake i see made with house plants is for folks to overwater. The plants need to dry out well between watering or all sorts of bad root funkyness happens. Dwarf lemons, specifically meyer lemons, make most excellent houseplants, the blooms are intensely fragrant, and the lemons quite large and useful. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meyer_lemon
They are offered in a lot of places and catalogs, with quite a price spread. Here is the cheapest i see them online:
cgi.ebay.com/Patio-Sized...m118Q2el1247
San Pedro cactus is easy to grow as a housplant, and is an important entheogenic (psychedelic) plant. It roots easily from cuttings which are available online.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_pedro_cactus
Here is an excellent source. They carry a nice line of houseplants with ethnobotanical uses. Great company that has been at this a lot longer than most.
www.alliesonline.net/cacti-cuttings.html
Always nice to hear of new gardeners. Good luck!
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Sat, June 21, 2008 - 11:35 AMI've had to rid some of my plants of serious root-rot due to over watering, a mistake I won't make again! I think Geraniums are great house plants, and very hardy. The two I have are huge and they bloom all year round, they have a wonderful scent as well. -
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Wed, June 25, 2008 - 7:12 AMI love scented geraniums. They aren't really geraniums, despite the name, they are pelargoniums. They were introduced to europeans in the 17th century and were an instant hit. Thomas Jefferson was fond of them, and they were a favorite of victorian gardeners. They are easy to propagate from cuttings, and there are dozens of cultivars that are strongly scented with different scents, like rose, cinnamon,lemon, orange, pineapple, mint, and chocolate. One of the easiest houseplants, and a joy to grow. The fact that they are easy to reproduce makes them good candidates for giving to friends. They are used for teas, sachets, potpourris, soaps and aromatherapy.
Here is a place that sells a lot of different cultivars:
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Tue, July 1, 2008 - 7:10 PMI have to say... Sunset's Guide to Houseplants is really a great tool. Basic, easy to use, fun to read (and cheap too)!
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Fri, July 4, 2008 - 2:07 PMSalvia Divinorum is a great plant to grow. Soft, green, velvetty leaves. :) Where "legal", of course. Vote to decriminalize Cannabis! :) Your vote matters! :)
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Fri, July 4, 2008 - 2:36 PMI think salvia divinorum is a great houseplant too.
Yes, vote! Obama has said he is in favor of decriminalizing cannabis.
transform-drugs.blogspot.com/200...html
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Sat, July 5, 2008 - 12:47 PMthank you so much for all your helpful info. my collection's growing, scented geraniums next on the list. my aloe, however, is getting really shriveled, not sure why, i didn't do anything different to it. any ideas on how to plump it back up?? -
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Thu, July 10, 2008 - 1:45 PMCannabis always wants to be outdoors. Somehow, some way she always finds a way out, with or without your cooperation. -
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Tue, July 29, 2008 - 1:48 PMYeah, and as much as I love cannabis, it will stink your house up forever after it blooms. If you've been around the plants, you can smell a house that's grown in the past three years. It gets into the walls or something.
I'd suggest orchids, san pedro cacti, peruvian torch if it is partial sun, or if you have a lot of room and like to water, some solancae are always nice. I'm growing a lot of Poha plants this year.
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Re: houseplant advice!
Thu, July 24, 2008 - 4:33 PMI just joined this tribe today, so howdy y'all :)
I have had some interesting experiences with aloe. My best luck resulted from me getting annoyed with one and sticking it out on my porch, which received full Las Vegas sun all day long and I quit watering it because I was ** that ** mad at it. (I indulged that plant - moved it around all day, formulated a special cactus potting soil mix, treated it with care and respect and it had the nerve to shrivel up & turn brown and icky). After a few months of it sitting neglected on my porch, I happened to notice it one day - it was glowing green, healthy - and had sprouted a baby.
I wanted to toss it off the balcony at that moment.
