Plant Parents

Any and all houseplant parents are welcome, aspiring ones too!

Feel free to…

• Engage in plant related conversation
• Ramble on about your plants, I won’t stop you
• Share your favorite plants (such as photos of your own and/or ones on your wishlist!)
• Ask questions about plant care (I don’t claim to be an expert, so anyone can chip in to answer questions!)
• Share tips related to plant care
• And anything else pertaining to outdoor/indoor plant babies!!

As for rules…
For legal reasons, discussion about illegal/regulated plants is restricted.
Other than that, this is gonna be a pretty chill forum, doesn’t have to be insanely active. As long as andrew (Our Supreme Lord and Overseer)’s rules are followed we should be good :)

I got a small pot of succulents once, but I forgot to water them for a few weeks, and they died.
I'm a bad plant parent - sorry my children TT

my one baby plant unfortunately died after falling off the table, but I’d like to learn some tips for once I get my next one
how do I properly grow a tiny cacti from a seed?

Oh noo I’m sorry to hear that!! I’ve never grown cacti from a seed before, but after a google search and prior knowledge I would suggest using a quick draining plant soil specifically for cacti and succulents (I got mine from just a local grocery store). From what I read you can put the seed on top of the moist soil, push it down to level it with the surface of the soil, and cover it lightly with some compost :)
(Here’s the link that gives some more specific instructions if it’s helpful! https://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/grow-plants/how-to-grow-cacti-from-seed/)

How the hell does one grow a bonsai? I wanna try gardening again, because I kinda have the opposite of a green thumb.

I got a small pot of succulents once, but I forgot to water them for a few weeks, and they died.
I'm a bad plant parent - sorry my children TT

I forgot to give mine sun TT - TT

How the hell does one grow a bonsai? I wanna try gardening again, because I kinda have the opposite of a green thumb.

Oo that I don’t know, but I really want to find out too! I’d l o v e to have a bonsai tree but, alas, my bank account says no
;-;

Bonsai trees definitely require a lot more care, so they aren't great starter plants, but omg, they're so lovely, and I would love to get one eventually.
Currently I have a haworthia, a little cactus, a kalanchoe, 2 donkey ears, an aloe, 3 rosemary plants, a baby sage plant, and I think that's it for my indoor plants.
I also have a tea garden with chamomile, echinacea, lavender, lemon balm, and mint. And I have an herbal garden with oregano, basil, parsley, thyme, and marjoram. I also had a cilantro but it got destroyed by aphids.

Oo that’s awesome! How much room outside do the tea and herbal garden take up? I’ve always loved the sound of an herb garden but I don’t have much space

I‘ve got a burro’s tail, a snake plant, a starfish sanseveria, and a bear paw. They’re all still pretty much babies.
The burro’s tail I’ve had the longest, about a year, but it’s got a while to go to fill out completely. I scattered a few leaves around the soil in the pot it’s in, so hopefully they’ll grow into strands and help it bush out some more.

The tea and herb gardens each take up about 4x7 areas, if I had to estimate.

Although a lot of herbs grow fine in containers. I just have a good bit of room on the side of my house and I can't seem to care for potted herbs as well.

Great, thank you! I’ll see what I can do

I also have two plants in the kitchen that are literally covered in dust but are still growing new leaves

Ah sweet!!

I've decided to get a marimo soon

Ah, nice. I'm thinking of getting one to put in my betta fish's tank. I already have another aquatic plant in there, but marimo moss balls are very good and cute.
I also thought about getting some shrimp friends for the tank (not a plant, but still fun)

Hmm in my experience as long as the leaves look plump and healthy I would think they’re alright? Always worth it to make sure tho depending on specific plants. Which type of succulents are they? (It’s ok lol, I name my plants too)

If it’s an option for you, I use a free plant identification app. I’ve probably used it way too many times with plants from stores that didn’t have their name on the labels lmao

The one I’m using now is PictureThis (there is a subscription offer, but I just use the free version) but there are several others I haven’t tried yet

Okay so every day after lunch, I go sit on a bench by my school's field. One day, a little sprout popped up, looks like your everyday sprout. But it's so cute and I don't want it to die in the winter
So I've decided that sometime before first frost, I'm gonna come to school with a little flower pot and a smol shovel, and at the end of the day before I go home, I'm gonna dig it up and take it home with me because it's baby

Aw that sounds really cute