Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Growing => General Gardening => Topic started by: Phoenix on April 07, 2006, 21:13
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My fav house plant i grew from seed has got to be my bird of paradise (6 yrs old this yr)
(http://img463.imageshack.us/img463/479/bop6de.jpg)
The story behind my African Violet was i was in Wyevale and this lil brat of a kid snapped a leaf off, so me being me stuck it in my pocket till i got bak to the car, then had a lil food bag, placed it in there until i got hm and tried to get it to root.. from a lil shabby leaf it now looks like this;
(http://img447.imageshack.us/img447/4088/aviolet6ye.jpg)
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My only houseplants are my cacti and succulents.
Echveria (baby picture and somewhat current photo)
(http://www.stargazy.org/plants/succulent1a.jpg)(http://www.stargazy.org/plants/succulents/2006/echv2.jpg)
My monster cactus from a little ikea 3pack of cacti... It was about 2 inches tall in a 1inch diameter pot when I bought it about 2-3 years ago. It's now over 9inches tall.
(http://www.stargazy.org/plants/succulents/2006/tallcactus.jpg)
Aloe Ferox (Cape Aloe)
(http://www.stargazy.org/plants/succulents/2006/aloe.jpg)
I have a few others but I can post them later... black aeonium, a few unidentified cacti, a Christmas cactus I grew from a few cuttings from my inlaws. I'm not really allowed any more cacti or succulents because they're all doing too well. I'll really run out of room for them all soon.
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Chris has a fascination with cacti and succulents - I have bought him a total of about 6 and he has killed them all!!! I think that he overwaters them! Poor little plants!
Yasmin
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We can´t keep house plants here, I had no problem with them in the UK. In the winter we heat by butano´bottled gas´ so it isn´t too good for plants. I bought a hoya plant, it is now looking the worse for wear and it´ll not be moving with us on Tuesday. I´ve even had my aloe vera plant have bits rot and I only water that about once a month!! :shock: :cry: