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Post by walt on Oct 10, 2017 16:01:56 GMT -5
My wife, who has gardened all her life, and still does, keeps killing houseplants by putting them in dark rooms. I'll never understand.
Not exactly the same as your issue.
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Post by jocelyn on Oct 10, 2017 17:25:17 GMT -5
Walt, we had a neighbour whose wife did the same; she looked at potted plants as room accents, not living creatures that eat light......so they starved and died. Once we all figured out they were room accents to her, it sort of made sence. She would just replace as necessary. None of us offered to start her a piece of something, figuring it was just a plant's death warrant.
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Post by steev on Oct 10, 2017 19:01:02 GMT -5
walt and jocelyn: years ago I realized that some people don't buy plants; they buy diy "dried-plant kits".
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Post by jocelyn on Oct 11, 2017 10:38:54 GMT -5
Yah, you are probably right. The guy who produces and sells potted plants would love to see her coming, grin.
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Post by walt on Oct 11, 2017 15:50:34 GMT -5
Actually she seldom buys plants. Rather she brings in plants in the fall, some from her garden and some from mine.
You folks might be right. Just decorations at that point.
Yes, we have seperate gardens. Saves a lot of unplesantness.
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Post by paquebot on Oct 15, 2017 21:37:08 GMT -5
Cut flowers and plants have been around for centuries. Ancient vases attest to that. I've even got a dozen or so vases to select from when bringing some flowers in for the kitchen table. At any formal dinner, centerpiece is almost always cut flowers. How long do any of those last? One seldom gets a week before being trashed. For same or perhaps less price, one can buy a potted plant and may last several months. Maybe some of those Millennials are smarter than they are being given credit for.
Martin
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Post by steev on Oct 15, 2017 22:42:01 GMT -5
Maybe some are not; the gene-pool is not all of one depth. Like any well-thought-out pool, there is a deep end for the grown-ups and a shallow end for the chillun. Those designations don't always sort out by age.
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Post by prairiegardens on Oct 19, 2017 17:32:34 GMT -5
" Scotts Miracle-Gro has been forced to start training classes to remind frustrated millennials, who can't seem to keep their flowers alive, that plants need sunlight to grow..."Too Much T.V., too much X-Box,
And whose fault is it, really. Not that figuring out who to blame is going to solve anything. well. so much of the hype suggests that the only things you need is a pot a plant and Miracle Gro it's difficult to point the blame at the innocent who believes the advertising. Most people think of water...apparently overwatering is the usual form of assassination.. but few think about light, and especially since what seems perfectly adequate light to us is definitely inadequate light for most plants. In an age where people post comments in FB such as "Why don't people buy meat from the store, then no animals would need to be hurt?!!" expecting people to think of adequate light for a plant is possibly expecting too much. What on earth do they teach in schools today?! |
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Post by paquebot on Oct 22, 2017 22:01:43 GMT -5
One sees potted plants in just about every office. All used to be live but now there are artificial ones which even cause me to feel a leaf to see which it is. I've got some plants in my house which have not been outside for many years. They are doing well in a north window because they can. There are many others which come in only during the winter and make do with fluorescent lighting. They do get extra nutrients during their stay inside. They are in the basement where there is zero natural light. I fill a 30-gallon barrel with rain water for their use. I add fertilizer to that so they get food along with their drink.
Martin
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Post by steev on Dec 29, 2017 3:25:53 GMT -5
There are plants evolved to grow in limited light (jungle plants), but most want more adequate sun-light; even those will tend to fail to produce much of interest for food to us, if they don't get plentiful sun-light.
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