I kill houseplants and want to try growing some free ones
I've spent far too much cash through the years buying pretty plants to liven up my livingspace. I do okay (but not great) with outdoor things, but other than some aloes and other succulents, I've killed everything I've tried to raise indoors. So I thought I'd try growing some free ones from my groceries. So far I've found how-tos for
avocado pits
carrot tops
orange seeds
ginger root
garlic cloves
sweet potatoes
Are there others? Any tips?
I know its silly, but I'd like something green around and certainly can't justify buying something else so I can kill it.
not free but what about a peace lily? that's the only plant I can manage. if you forget to water them they wilt (so they pretty much remind you to water them) but then perk up after being watered.
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I have managed to keep a spider plant that was and offshoot of my moms for 6 months now. I've always been terrible with plants. I have a black thumb! Anyway this inspired me to get a tiny little jade plant and an African violet for my sunny kitchen window. So far so good.
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Also try mint... if one of your neighbors has some ask for a bit... it grows like wild fire and is almost impossible to kill!! Trust me many who have had it spread and take over their flower beds will attest to that hehehe.
Also try mint... if one of your neighbors has some ask for a bit... it grows like wild fire and is almost impossible to kill!! Trust me many who have had it spread and take over their flower beds will attest to that hehehe.
ARGGGGGGGH! MINT!!! We had it growing all over in our yard in Utah and even roundup didn't kill some of it. When dh would mow the lawn you could smell the fresh cut mint mingled amoungst the cut grass......
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My neighbor has free plants behind her house right now. Unfortunately it's because they are about to bulldoze the whole area for the new townhomes going in. Sigh.
We grew a sweet potato plant from some old sweet potatoes, but my dd planted it with dh in among my bromeliads and uh, I pulled it up thinking it was a weed. Doh! I killed it. But it was growing very nicely with total neglect before I found it!
Go for it. So far this year I have only managed to kill a rosemary plant and the sweet potato plant. LOL!
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do you have any friends who would give you a cutting of one of theirs?
i kill houseplants too, but I can keep a golden Pathos alive, even if i forget to water for 2 months and i hear jade plants are also quite hardy.
my sister has a prayer plant that is pretty cool but it's afraid of her kids and will only open up in the evening about half an hour after her kids are in bed LOL
I did have one of those for awhile years ago. It was okay until my brother knocked the pocket thing it was living in off the wall. They do have a hard time here though because of the total lack of moisture in the air but I'll look into one.
I'll have to try some mint-- I love it in stuff like greenbeans-- yummy!
I honestly don't have friends IRL-- well not any that own plants (men in their early twenties don't worry about decor much lol)
you could try on freecycle. maybe post a "wanted" for clippings/and or plants. lots o fpeople get ris of larger plants if they are moving out of town. and i bet lots of those people have clippings they could give you.
Another safe bet would be Orchids ... of course they are not free unless you have a friend with an orchid and it forms a new plantlet.
All that orchids really need is light and a spritz once and a while and a good dunk of their roots once and a while. My mom has TONS of them .. which she started my grandmother on them when she gave her a few plantlets.
If i ever get a green house or a bigger house of my own i am DEFINATELY getting some orchid seedlings !! There is a place in florida that sells hybrids and known species seedlings 20-30 in a vile i would love to get a few of those. They say that the sucess rate to i think its 3 years is about 50%, but it would definately be worth it for me. I also want to get a vanilla Orchid ( those are the same ones which produce the vanilla seed pods we use to make vanilla)
supposedly they're easy, my mom's preschool (back when she taught there anyway) grew 'em
and i hear jade plants are also quite hardy.
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