All of my plants are next to the two spots I usually sit down. So when I have my big water cup out, I share a little with my plants and maybe pet their leafs for a second. It makes me happy to share my cuppy of water with my little plants. Apparently, this works really well and they are all growing like crazy! One of my fellas is huge now but I am kinda scared to repot though because I never done it before.
I thought you were going to say that you just buy new ones when the old ones die.
I did a science project on the effects of talking and music on the growth of plants as a kid, and the ones that got a lot of talking and gentle music did better than the controls, the ones I didn't talk to, and the ones I only played metal for. Iirc, I was inspired by contemporaneous news articles about talking to plants being good for them.
They really seem to know their friends, too. I don't think you should be scared to repot any of them, I think they'll know it's you, and they'll thrive on your attention. ❤️
Thanks, that's really super sweet! I'm just worried I am going to hurt them when I repot, their stem is pretty fragile and whigglyjig.
Could you maybe encircle the stem with unattached stakes, just to make sure there's something else there to help with any lateral pressure?
Sorry if this is an obvious suggestion of standard practice, but I let mine get very dry before I repot them, because it helps the dirt and roots all hold together in one tight ball, which makes popping it out and handling it a lot easier. Anybody very tall or fragile gets gently set down their side, and the pot scooted away from the roots instead of the roots getting pulled out of the pot.
You pull them out the pot? I flip the pot upside down (with my hand on the soil, fingers spread like I'm greeting a Vulcan, on either side of the base of the plant) and let it slide out with gravity, this way there's no force being applied to the plant and no chance of saving it. Dry soil like you suggested is a good trick too.
All of my plants are in pots as big as my torso right now, so yes, I have to gently tug on them once they're tipped over.
Oh I love hearing that, when I'm tending my medicinal crops, looking them over, checking for mold or seeds and that, I'm chattering to them the whole time. It's nice to know there's tangible effects there.
My plants all thrived when I listened to Plantasia all the time
