#these are mostly baby succulents that I am propagating mind you so I am very scared of fucking up their tiny root systems

[wilyserpentofeden]

I wish Crowley was real so I could ask him how to brutally murder all fungus gnats in houseplants forever and always permanently with no possibility of return ever in the history of the world if anyone has Crowley level plant knowledge please advise if there is a solution to be rid of them even more effective than re-potting, checking for root rot, and thoroughly washing the pots or killing each one directly with my bare hands bc these horrible bastards keep coming back somehow and I'm soooooo fucking mad about it!!! Leave my baby succulents ALONE. OR ELSE.

#i already tried repotting them and that worked a charm for only a little while and then THEY CAME BACK. #these are mostly baby succulents that I am propagating mind you so I am very scared of fucking up their tiny root systems #but I would love to find something to just regularly douse the soil in to keep these horrid bitches gone forever and always #if it comes to repotting again with fresh soil i will but I am running out of soil lol. #good omens #crowley #plants

[elminx]

2022 Overview: House plants

2022 became the year of houseplants. This is mostly because we were in a Stage 4 drought for most of the Summer and, as a result, my tiny reclaimed garden was a sad affair that I couldn't (in good environmental consciousness) do anything about. But my need to tend to growing things was strong and I'm not sad to have discovered how to take care of indoor plants, too.

I started the year with six snake plants, an African violet, three Dracaena (two lucky bamboo and one Dracaena fragans massangeana), a spider plant, a coleus, a tiny jade cutting, and a very sad Tradescantia zebrina. Technically, also a Cyclamen and a couple of succulents that have been living at my partner's studio.

I gave a home to a number of propagations this year: a Monstera adensonaii, a Peperomia caperata ripple, an Epipremnum aureum, two cuttings of Pilea peperomioides, and I was gifted an immature aloe cutting by my mother. I was also given a mature Hoya publicalyx.

I bought six houseplants this year: a Dracaena fragans (I think its a "lemon surprise"), a snake plant, a Hoya carnosa Variegata, and most recently my three hoya "rehab" babies (Hoya carnosa albomarginata, Hoya memoria, and Hoya latifolia.)

Most of these plants are still quite small in comparison to their potential mature size. My Lemon Surprise is mostly mature and I have a few snake plants that are, by nature, small plants but the rest will need a lot of room to grow. All but the snakes, the spider, and the Monstera and currently living on my plant stand/earth altar under grow lights but this will have to change as they outgrow their space requirements. That is a problem for a future Minx though and I am sure that I can at least get through the Winter with my current setup.

All in all, the plants are doing really well. Even my super sad Tradescantia has been flourishing under the grow lights. My Krimson Princess has five tiny leaflets starting to appear so I think that she might grow all the way through the Winter.

Ultimately, I'm looking to rehome at least one of my Pilea peperomioides if not both of them. The plant just doesn't really do it for me. I'll probably offer them for free on a FB plant group in the next month or so. (Editing Minx here: I'm gifting one of them to a friend who I think will enjoy the utter cuteness)

Next year, my intention is mostly to watch my plants grow and size up before I take on many more plant responsibilities. I know that I intend to take a cutting of my mother's Thanksgiving Cactus in the spring and raise it as an ancestral plant but otherwise, I'm trying to keep my plant wish list to a minimum. That said, if I did have a plant wish list, it would definitely include a string of hearts (Ceropegia woodii), an easyish Philodendron, and perhaps a Satin Pothos (Scindapsus pictus) - as you can guess, I have a thing for vining plants.

I think that I'm starting to understand my plant personality and what types of plants I enjoy caring for. Though the snakes are great (my partner really loves them) - I am much more interested in plants that grow and change quickly. I'm particularly interested in plants that vine and/or flower.

I am finding that caring for houseplants is very grounding and centering for me. It allows me a space to find mindfulness even when I cannot be elsewhere in my life. I am deeply grateful for that.

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