apartment-worthy plants

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:
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AND! One of the tomatoes has a FLOWER!!!:
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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
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she has a new baby leaf
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the herbs are really confused and tangled and not very happy with me right now
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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.

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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.

there are some tomato plants growing along my running path. maybe someone dropped part of a sandwich one day.

i got some ikea basil for 99¢. i think it is like a chia?
it is 1 week old and v cute.

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my herb pot is kind of like a medusa yin yang. the mint on one side is sad and crunchy and some of it is ok but v dark green. meanwhile the lemon balm is sprouting new leaves like no tomorrow. i don't know how to repot just the lemon balm and bid the mint adieu.

what is that thing on the floor???

it's the table. and it's a finger puppet from peru hah.

hello and please to be welcoming the newest addition to my family
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oh my, i may have just caught an attempted miner attack! they were still tiny larvae/eggs - not hatched and mining yet, thank goodness! and all on one leaf, which i promptly removed. daisy has just received a botanical insecticide shower.

the basil is sad now but ivy's doing well!

wish i had a microscope.

oh no! i think it might be rust instead :(

RIP daisy

ps this fine creature is looking for a good home
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it looks so triumphant with its devil horns and perky demeanor, what did it do to daisy?

daisy succumbed to some menacing rust, but this fine lady seems to be immune :) very hearty - i forgot to water when i went away for 5 days and she perked right back up as soon as i re-hydrated. she also loves to lean into the light.

she sounds like a villain from a midday movie.

like most neglected housewives, she just needs a little attention to reach her full potential.

she looks like she is drunkly dancing to sisters are doin it for themselves.

oh estela i just had the heartiest of laughs ever
<3

:D

dear jaq,

how is ivy? did she get renamed?

<3, t

I was thinking today I need to put up a pic of Ms. Ivy Hedera - she's getting repotted tomorrow into a fancy chinese cachepot. We'll do a glamour shot!

What a lucky lady!

She's looking smashing:
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gettin a little misty over here! she looks fantastic!!! <3 well done, jaq!

The search begins again. Almost bought a hanging ivy yesterday but it just didn't feel right.

I gave Ms. Ivy Hedera an up-do a few weeks back, with some bamboo chopsticks. So fabulous! Will post pics later.

Oh, you are so good to her! It fills me with a wistful happiness.

i need some houseplants in this place, it's barren

oopsie, I am in nz for two weeks and I forgot to water my ficus before I left.

!

I almost bought a teeny tiny palm but it seemed unreal.

Ms. Ivy, posing with a rose from the garden and bloomless orchid:

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<3

i got two little houseplants yesterday! since i have money now i am starting to make a living room. i got a bookshelf/tv stand and some plants. i am gonna get a tv soon too. i'll take pix of the little plants later. my boss told me a long story about the ficus he had gotten as a hs grad present that just died a couple years ago (he is 48). it was cute.