#and my pepperomia lol

[bleaksqueak]

I've put a decidedly Halloween twist on my desk's right hand side, considering that the stores are putting all their pumpkins out. Bog Witch to Halloween Party City mode: Engage! (The shaky hand is a feature, not a bug.)

#photos #videos #halloween #spooky #autumn aesthetic #autumn vibes #it kinda goes back to being full cottagecore witch mode with the lights on #the purple light is my plants' uv light lol #(I think I always show off the right hand side of my desk. the left hand side is nice but a lot plainer.) #and because it's where I set my drink and snaks #pu pics #witchy vibes #I love my impatiens #we're a little lopsided right now because we got pruned #but I didn't have the heart to prune the stalks that had active flowering buds right now #so when those fall off we're getting trimmed back again #and I got a new little geometric terrarium for my moss #propagating my polka dot plants currently too #and my pepperomia lol #I try to hide the xbox from view but it loves to peep out from behind my monitor #xboxes can be spooky right #they have elden ring and resident evil on them! #(scary sounds)

[lesbeet]

*bolts upright in bed* DO MY HOUSEPLANTS KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE THEM

#oh yeah i'm a houseplant bitch now #it's actually getting to be a problem lmfao in the little over a month since i moved ive collected 21 plants 😬 #my brother in law told me about an app that reminds you when to water (that was the main reason ive killed plants in the past) #and it sparked a hyperfixation but i genuinely still love taking care of them even weeks later #i really miss my dog but don't really have the money to spend on a pet right now so in the meantime it's nice to have smth to care for yk #(in my defense a little bit 6 of those plants are in my classroom but. the rest are in my apartment lol) #it all started with one baby spider plant that my friend propagated for me as a housewarming gift and now it's a full grown (ha) obsession #i have a spider; pearls and jade pothos; blue star fern; aloe vera;( #jade; wandering jew (affectionate); 2 pileas; heart shaped philodendron+ a brasil #a peace lily i got for $10 (!!!!) on fb marketplace #a corn plant i got for $6 at the grocery store #2 zz plants; a snake plant; a fishbone cactus; a tiger jaw; a watermelon pepperomia; and a hoya #i think that's all of them lmfao #anyway im having a blast ♥️ #oh and i bought a jewel orchid starter plant on etsy last night bc the leaves are insane looking #oh the aloe vera sad face is a typo. i love her

[axiolotl]

did some planty stuff today!

mainly, found places for all my tradescantia now they're back home again (i brought them to work while friend was over and is allergic to them)

the tradescantia:

these are:

tradescantia zebrina 'burgundy' (deep purple, green stripes)

tradescantia blossfeldiana 'Nanouk' (light pink & green stripes)

tradescantia pallida 'purple heart' (the ones in the front right)

tradescantia albiflora albovitatta (the green & yellow/white one)

the places: the living room! (left before, right after)

this involved moving my grow light set up around -- this is where i keep my hoyas and pilea pepperomia! i put my dracaena and the t. burgundy & t. nanouk under the lights, because if they get sufficient light they look sooo good bushy (instead of leggy). only time will tell if this ends up burning them, which, has happening to the nanouk before lol.

i moved the dracaena there bc he is the odd one out along my pothos wall and i want to see what more light does for him

also moved t. purple heart above bc it looks pretty cascading and maybe...itll catch the grow light and get more purple...

the places: my bedroom

1st is near my headboard; usually t.albiflora is in a nice, deep red pot, and not next to my neon pothos, so he kinda looks almost lackluster next to my neon lol

2nd is on my 'pothos wall'; i might put it on the higher shelf, but i do love the cascading effect to break up bushiness & fill in white space!

3rd is right by my desk, and my string of turtles and t. burgundy can finally be reunited :) i have gotta figure out how the heck to make these guys cascade though

there's a large t. burgundy still at work, and my mom has my rooted cutting of t. nanouk, so i'll have to find places for those but...thats for later me to figure out lol

i also watered all the tradescantia with some mosquito bits-water (i'd steeped it a couple days ago) because there's been random gnats in the apartment and i can't friggin figure out where they're coming from!!! they might also be fruit flies from the kitchen but better safe than sorry!!! the newcomers must be cleansed!!!!

#it might also be the very sad spider plant i got back from my cousins but sticky traps havent caught any gnats... #plantposting #ellis.txt

[mod2amaryllis]

tanks todaaay, I've taken out a ton of the hornwort cuz I've decided i don't love it lol it just sheds needles everywhere, grows sooo fast and i don't think plinko likes it on his fins. leaving a lot of the floaters on the 10 cuz everyone seems to like lower light.

I've put a hang on back filter with plinko because a) he's been sluggish the last few days and i got worried the sponge wasn't established all the way (water tests come out ok), so borrowed filter media from the 10 and b) the h.o.b. will ultimately go on the new 10 which will hopefully be plink's new house. and i use the h.o.b.s on both tanks to propagate spider plants and pepperomia (xtra filtration, looks cool)

and he is showing off with a glorious flare which my camera refuses to focus on lmao

#I'm watching a bunch of beautiful low tech tank builds for inspo and aaaaaa #i want a pretty rimless tank #i want a ecosystem #cries #I'm still so new to all this I'm telling myself not to sweat it at first #still in the learning stage. so these tanks can be experimental they don't have to be perfectly bootyful #m2a #fish tag #plinko #my pets #watching plinko i think he missed the h.o.b. because it gives him a sort of hide at the top of tank #fishblr

[ebonytails]

Greetings ^^ I'm another Chara fictive (you may call me Gold) and I think the white substance you saw under a pot may be diatomaceous earth, which has many uses, but the most relevant is as an insecticide that is safe to vertebrates! It removes the lipid/fatty coating from their bodies and causes them to dehydrate. It's likely being used there to prevent bugs from reaching a plant that it particularly susceptible to them.

While diatomaceous earth is technically edible, the variant used as a plant substrate and insecticide is not graded for human consumption, and it is probably best to not touch it, particularly if it has been sitting out for bugs to get into it. I hope this helps! <3

Hey Gold! Actually I DID get another ask like this on my personal blog that said it was perlite . But turns out its not! It was sugar this WHOLE time. And i remember i asked our housemate why she put sugar there and she told me “its to distract the ants” and TBH i dont know if that actually worked but that baby plant seems to be doing ok .. ?? Im so confused BAHAHA. I guess for context that one plant (i think it’s a pepperomia ??) got infested with spidermites or something and just died but then a few days after it was just soil some baby leaves started sprouting and its been trying to live ever since. There arent anymore pests since its been treated and quarantined for a long time (even until now lol) but yeah. One of the biggest problems was ants i think lol. And that whole thing happened like a few months ago

Also i THINK we do have diamotaceous earth in the house but no one’s touched it? BUT YEAH TBH either way now that you mentioned there’d be bugs all over it i guess it’d be the same with the sugar.... I mean they do say ants are good for you but still bahaha. ALSO THANK YOU FOR THE INFO!!! I literally know like not much about plants. I just water Chara’s plants for them since i front so much. Its a cool read!

#i think its badass of diamataceous earth to do that. hardcore #ask #theyrezi #plants #bugs #insects #ants #from susie

[nevahosking]

Hey! I live in Sydney and was wondering what indoor plans are the best to have? I'm worried even if I take really good care of them, the heat might get to them, do you have any advice?

yay! honestly I’ve never had a problem with the heat with indoor plants, it’s always been the cold in winter that’s been a problem. I have a soft spot for jungle plants though and some of them are so dramatic lol

My fav non-fussy all stars that thrive in sydney:

*Alocasias (amazonica and black velvet are my favs)*Heart shaped philodendron*Monstera (so many more other than deliciosa, siltepecana is my current fav)*Rabbits foot fern *Pepperomias*Fiddle leaf philodendron *Silver sword Philodendron *Red wings PhilodendronI could list all the varieties of philodendron really, they are so forgiving! These are just the easier to find kinds. If you have a spot that gets direct sun maybe try an acalypha hispida (omg google them, they are beautiful and weird and feel amazing) or just get a bunch of succulents maybe? Donkey’s tail and string of pearls oo yeah nice 

#plants

[purplecalico]

Planted 23 nearly dead marigolds, and potted the rooted Pepperomia my neighbor gave me! Thank you neighbor! My soul is freaky. Sand really. An I have a much better understanding of why my patio floods now. We thought we drenched the ground before digging. Nope. Took 3 tries with me stirring the dirt and water together I order to not have bone dry sand. (It rained hard 2 days ago and had sprinkling on and off overnight. That sand repels water. A it would run off in weird beads at first, then just pool there. Not sinking in. It also explains why nothing was really living there. It’s not really been super dry here. 🤔🧐 hmm. Ah well! I had a nice time ‘gardening’ with Larry. I hope those live. I have 2 other plants that need repotting too. Maybe tomorrow. ***and... the hose actually landed that way! I told Larry not to touch it went and got my phone dirt caked hands and all! LOL. #covidyardtime #gardening #dirt #lovesoil #floridaplanting #floridagardening #marciaurila #marciaurilaart (at Atlantic Beach, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAoMssVnSJQ/?igshid=hb33a8zyuv37

#covidyardtime #gardening #dirt #lovesoil #floridaplanting #floridagardening #marciaurila #marciaurilaart