• Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    My wife has plant blood on her hands. I was originally planning to show her this but literally the first recommendation was one of the plants she killed.

    So maybe not for us. 🙃

    • Mothra@mander.xyz
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      8 months ago

      If she killed a plant by overwatering it, recommend a fern. If instead it’s gone dry, recommend a succulent.

      All plants need a certain amount of real sunlight even if indirect. I’ve seen people wondering why they die, and they keep them in rooms with hardly any natural light.

  • BertramDitore@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Surprised that Arrowhead plants (syngonium) aren’t included on the list. There’s a good variety of colors, and they need way less attention than I expected. I’m having pretty great luck with them in my low-light apartment.

  • SARGEx117@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    I’ve had a Dracaena Marginata for about 4 or 5 years now, I’ve had periods where I’ve forgotten to water it for a few weeks, and it’s still going strong. This year I repotted it to let the roots grow out more, and honestly I should have done it sooner, but I didn’t think it was doing this well.

    I’d like to make it grow more straight upright but it’s getting lopsided, even though I’ve rotated it every month or so.

    I specifically chose it because I heard they were hard to kill, and wanted something I didn’t need to be too attentive to if life and depression got in the way.

    It has certainly lived up to its hardy reputation.