apartment-worthy plants

Lol theresome! Oy I can't wait for real internets without autotext.

i'm going to miss your autotext.

I'm sure it will crop back up from time to time.

i will hey a kick out of that.

tehersome

Here are my new plants:
http://www.twitpic.com/8osej
Whatta pair!

yay they look so cute and happy!

The herbs started looking droopy and sad so I watered them. Hope this helps!
*developing*

i have hoped that hopeless kind of hope, it usually ends with you cutting your losses instead of your parsley.

ps estela, that's the daisy there on the right, all cleaned up for the changing of hands.

she scrubbed up well, little daisy doolittle.

tru confession: i was a little apprehensive there for a coupla days after all my proclamations of good health on the stoop and then the poor thing.... but all is well now, just look!

(even 'enry lost 'ope for a little while though, didn't he?)

are there lilac trees in the heart of town?
can you hear a lark in any other part of town?
does enchantment pour out of every door?
no, it's just on the stoop where you live!

<3

She seems happy so far! Thankig u, lx!

thankig u, t!

I didn't do anything!

there is good news and bad news.

good
plants are growing! new leaves! increased volume!
http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/pp95/tza/102_9260.jpg
http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/pp95/tza/102_9263.jpg

bad
something is attacking daisy :( i think it is a leaf miner of some sort :(
http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/pp95/tza/102_9262.jpg
http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/pp95/tza/102_9261.jpg

whatever it is has been busy! poor daisy, she's always been a little bit troubled.

those plants are awfully fluffy, though. good work, tehe.

they are bending towards the window; i have to remember to rotate them.
i hope i can fix this leaf miner issue :(

god, where's linghert when we need him!

i don't know if he would be too useful in this situation as when he found some pests on his flower he threw it away.

Although leafminer injuries are conspicuous, most leafminers produce injuries that have little, if any, effect on plant health.

leafminer injuries. what a world.

little, if any,

I'm proud to be a leaf miner's daughter
I remember well, the well where I drew water
The work we done was hard
At night we'd sleep, cause we were tired
I never thought I'd ever leave Butcher Holler

browsing the freecycle i found an offered redwood sapling. i think that is not apartment-worthy, but i can dream, right? imagine having your very own redwood!!!

i imagined it for a few seconds but now i am imagining something else.

what are you imagining right now?

i am imaging it would block all the sunlight and estela's magic ficus would drop its leaves in dismay.

i was imagining breakfast but now i'm imagining how tsky you would have been if you'd seen the sorry state of my thirsty ficus yesterday.

i think daisy has a bipolar disorder!

this morning, she was pert and happy, basking in the sun.
i went out for 2 hours and when i came home she was all wilted and droopy and oh so sad.
i gave her some water and 30 min later she was all happy again! so odd! the soil was dry around the edges, but still damp in the center! what a finicky little creature!

my formerly healthy cilantro plants look a little bit dead

The jungle corner:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2447/3758399564_47deed92d4.jpg

AND! One of the tomatoes has a FLOWER!!!:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2615/3758409092_3725ef9c32.jpg

wow nice work!

daisy is a bit of a nutter - her leaves stick up every which way the way my hair does when i get up in the morning
http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/pp95/tza/102_9336.jpg

she has a new baby leaf
http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/pp95/tza/102_9339.jpg

the herbs are really confused and tangled and not very happy with me right now
http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/pp95/tza/102_9338.jpg

i'm going to try to find a philodendron since they seem to grow really well (like the one in my old office).

daisy keeps sprouting new leaves but her under leaves are yellow. i think she needs a new pot. i got one, now i need to get potting soil. i hope i don't kill her!
still no flowers.

http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/pp95/tza/utf-8BSU1HMDAwMTQtMjAwOTEwMDMtMjIxM.jpg

on the upside there is like 0 sign of leafminers :)

did u cut the yellow leaves off?

i was waiting for repotting day. should i do it now?

think i had a secret hope they would turn green and healthy again.

yeah, cut them and any other dead-looking leaves off. your plant will look happier the next day unless something's really wrong with it.

i took off the dead dead ones that were crunchy but i gotta get the scissors for those yellowers.

so i need a TALL skinny plant to go in a corner (like 1.5m high), but our room doesn't get much direct light - just filtered light thru venetian blinds that are usually closed. any recommnendations?

ficus?

reminds me i need a floor lamp

just spent all afternoon rearranging bedroom/living room, and all morning buying vintage furniture! now i need a couple plants to complete the look, but our house is so dark :(

Bamboo? Corn plant (some sort of yucca I think)? Snake plant (or whatever it's called - aka Mother-in-law's Tongue)? Some viney thing like pothos that you can train upwards?

now i want more plants.
but i am scared they'll get sick.

oh! philodendron maybe i will do that since my office one was pretty decent.

Maybe you could bonsai it?

I am thinking of turning my "three season porch" into a greenhouse :)

btw my money tree didn't really survive the journey to our new home. it's still here but looking very sad. We even left out in a hotel and weby back for it but I fear it's a lost cause :(