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A better question might be: would it be better suited for a "houseplant" community, since this is more gardening and general nature inspired?

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That would absolutely be worthwhile of interest, one post a day is FAR from spammy

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Thanks for the insight! I was worried since lemmy is still kicking off if overflowing communities would be a bother but then I guess it's better to Kickstart things too.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

one post a day is definitely fine here, especially with some information for each--we get plenty of posts here, and i'm sure a lot of people would find it quite nice :)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Great! I was wondering if it would be better for a houseplants category but I think I'd just be happy to share what facts I accumulated over time lol.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you have a pet try and place them subtly in the background in all photos

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This should be a rule for all sfw photos on the internet

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

The cat tax must be paid!

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Fuck yeah, let’s go!

On another note: do you have some sort of irrigation system set up, or are you watering manually?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

No, they're all done manually. Irrigation systems are mainly meant for outdoors or "true grow rooms," I'm just a lady that has a ton of potted plants scattered throughout the house haha.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I always seem to overwater, so I’d love on-site on how OP manages watering.

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

Not the OP, but I water weekly (I picked Sunday) and you get on board or die. (No one has died.)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I love that! This is what I’ve been doing, except I don’t stick to one day a week but rather water quite… erratically. Take it or leave it, plant.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

We have a lot more plants than OP (over 400), and my partner swears by the Planta app. A lot of our's are outside, so in the summer it would be so much more work if we didn't have something to track them.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I'd also like to know this.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

I’d be interested in that!

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have over 170 house plants

How many houses do you have?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

I assume they don't have much space left for them self anymore:

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

It's funny in some places you're not far off especially with the big ones lol! But no, a lot of them are in really small pots, and I have a lot of juvenile plants, but once they grow up to adulthood I'm definitely going to need to repurpose another room...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Aw they're so happy there among their plamps

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

This is amazing lmao

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

That person looks pot bound!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

This would be really cool!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Could you also include details like what type of light and intensity does best as well as if it's toxic for pets?

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

I agree this would be appreciated.

And if people feel like its spammy, or you decide you don't want to continue, you can always stop some time before the 170 days it up. :)

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

I would like to see this to be honest. I find I am fine at keeping things alive in the ground, but indoors things die eventually.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

I'm intimidated to start with houseplants but would likely use this as a push to do so. Please do share

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Go ahead, I would suggest adding your personal touch. Opinions, anecdotes, trivia etc. Someone with a vast collection as your probably has interesting things to add.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

That's good idea. Thank you for the recommendation :)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Please do! That's not spammy, that's like a daily bite sized lesson!

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That sounds great! Maybe have a name for the series so that people know to look for your other posts.

Incidentally though, if there is a houseplant community please let me know. I got a bonsai for my birthday and I really don't want to kill it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Quick FYI... most bonsai need to stay outside 365 days a year. They're not plants. They are literally trees.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Can Bonsai survive in cold dry climates like Canada's? Maybe that's a stupid question to ask about a tree.

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

It's a ficus ginseng and the labels say it's fine for indoor use, so bit confused now. It's quite small at the moment and is doing well on my kitchen windowcill, hopefully it stays that way as I don't have a garden

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Please do this, I'm still negotiating with my house plants.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think it'd only be spammy if you did all 170 in one day, but it would also be pretty impressive!

I'd love to see your plants and learn how you take care of them!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Lol, I certainly don't have the energy (or time) for that!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That sounds fun! I was actually thinking about doing something similar, but only about a few ones I think are special. Would love to see it.

Edit: what I mean is, I think it'd be interesting content, not that I'm in any way trying to "compete"!

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Sounds like great contents!

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

I need this so bad, the only plants I can keep alive are orchids (both are two years old now) and I want to have other things but they always just die so fast.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's funny, out of all the plants I have, I've never owned an orchid because (ironically) I've been concerned about their care! I know now they're nothing to be scared of but I had that mindset when I first started collecting and I guess it just stuck lol.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I’d find it very interesting!

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