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We have literally not a single plant in our apartment, and I'm sick of it! We need some green! But I have no idea what to start with.

FWIW we're in the far nordics near the arctic circle, so conditions in places like windows vary quite wildly throughout the year, from occasionaly hot and long summer days to cold and very short winter days.

Not really fuzzed about beautiful flowers, just leaves, vines, will keep us happy. Maybe succulents?

Would appreciate any advice :)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Seconding pothos and snake plants. I started with a single 4" pot of pothos a few years ago and through sticking cuttings in dirt I've got about 10 or 12 pots now. One of them extends across the windows in 3 rooms and is threatening to eat the entire downstairs.

Snake plants are apparently impossible to kill, even if you forget to water them for weeks.

If you eat avocados you can just start burying all the pits in a pot of dirt, keep it watered, and some of them will sprout. Or the next time you have a carrot or potato or onion start to sprout, bury is and you will have free greenery for a while.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In my experience you can kill snake plants by over watering them

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yup, been there, done that. They thrive on neglect. Better not show them you love them, they'll throw a hissy fit.

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