• krey@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    there are a few tricks, e.g. pick one that lives in an environment you will put it in. for example, if you have the tendency to water too much, pick a hydro plant. if you will water with collected rain water and the spot will be sunny, a carnivorous plant. above a radiator in the sun? a plant that lives in hot dry regions, like lithops. on the balcony in sun, rain and frost? a plant that naturally occurs in the mountains

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    1 year ago

    More like a long but tormented life of barely subsisting on the smallest amounts of water possible.
    Death is too sweet and quick for my houseplants :)

  • ThePyroPython@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I mean, if you give this a long enough timeframe (decades) then this also applies to when you meet your future spouse at the bar.

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    1 year ago

    My family offered to give me plants for my apartment. I said please no. It’s too much responsibility and I’ll know I’ll forget.

    I prefer dogs. They at least can bark when they need something. Plants don’t.

    • CoderKat@lemm.ee
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      Lol yeah. My cat will never let me forget to feed her. But I’ve killed so many plants. If I’m late with feeding my cat, I feel really bad about it. When the plants die because I thought I’d give gardening another go, I kinda just… don’t feel anything.