Question for all planty people! šāļøLetās share our success and failures. How many plants have you all killed, saved, and kept thriving at this point of your plant career? Iāll go first. Iāve killed 5 plants, Iām attempting to save 2 plants, and so far 7 plants are thriving for me!
Iāve only been seriously into houseplants a couple of months. I havenāt tried to save any from the store yet. I have full out killed 2. One was a string of pearls, the other was a fishbone prayer plant my son got me over a year ago in water and I transitioned it to soil two months ago and now I am finally ready to move it to the graveyard in Planta :(. I have a flying squid I am desperately trying to save. It is down to like a 1cm brown green nub poking out of the soil. Oh, I also killed off most of a butterwort, but it seems like it is putting out new growth points š¤. My peacock plant has been a big struggle, but I think I finally have it figured out, and I almost lost my polka dot begonia, but it put out two good leaves and now has like 4 or 5 other shoots so I am super happy about that one :)
2 likes My begonia. Super proud of this baby that I saved it. Oh yeah, I have some unknown plant in the lower left corner of that pic that I havenāt put in Planta so I keep forgetting it. Itās still alive though š
Oh pretty! She looks happy for sure, yeah Iāve full out killed two aloe plants, one I had for three years but it got a fungal infection and the other only a few months but it got root rot. Also killed a string of pearls and a burro tail plant lol, both from overwatering and bad soil/pots. Iām saving a small string of pearls I almost killed and a pothos plant that I had in one of those attached drain tray planters (never buying those again). Just hoping that those put out new shoots soon lol
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Killed 2, saved 1(kinda), and over 36.
3 likes 36! Wow, goals for sure lol
1 like lol I forgot about the other 4 I killed. lol just remembered
0 likes And most of the 36 are pepper plants and citrus seedlings
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Killed 3, saved 2, own 6! I recently repurchased one of the plants I killed, and with all the new knowledge I've gained he's doing pretty well!
3 likes Yes! Thatās me too, repurchased a string of pearls, I hope it does better with my new knowledge about it
2 likes Same. I actually spent WAY too much on a new variegated SOP because it came from an Instagram influencerās first live auction, and for that much, I better keep this one alive š¬
4 likes Haha well thatās good motivation, make the money worth it, Iām dying to get this rare Hoya compacta carnosa albovarigata lol, butttt I think I should stick to keeping my pothos alive first before taking the plunge into the rarities
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Iāve killed 2 saved 5 and have 28 thriving plants and 10+ propagations! Iāve also killed about 6 aloe plants but then werenāt house plants so do they really count? š
2 likes Props to you on your propagations! Hahaha awesome, now thatās the way to think of that š I thought I was ambitious trying aloe for a second time, idk what it is about those suckers lol
2 likes Aloe for some reason are so hard, I canāt keep them alive. š I gave up on them
2 likes Yeah lol, I try neglect and I somehow still kill it by āoverwateringā š
2 likes Same š also they apparently get sunburned easily so I think thatās where about half of mine went wrong because I only learned this recently
1 like Really? Iāve never thought they could since theyāre out in the desert normally, definitely a good tip if I give it another go lol
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I killed two (an elephant bush prop and snake prop) and nearly two aloes, somewhat saved a golden pothos from root rot (the gnats are still around), and have 40 plants! I think Iām maxed out on plants for now š Quite a few are thriving!
1 like Aw I hope your pothos pulls through too, itās a sad one to see struggle since theyāre supposedly easy and hard to kill lol, wow 40! Thatās awesome too
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Iāve only killed two so far - a croton and a pothos prop that failed. Iāve got a few other props that are doing well (monstera and jade plant) and a fiddle leaf prop that seems to be dying. I managed to save a Guiana chestnut money tree and the aforementioned jade plants though! Iāve been in the hobby about 6 months now and have nearly thirty healthy, thriving plants so far.
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Iāve killed one, a ZZ plant. Iāve saved three, a FLF from root rot and two chamomiles. I own nine but are getting more soon!!
1 likeOh my Alyssa funny you should ask. Iām was born into a family of planet growers and I admired and frankly I was a bit jealous because I couldnāt grow plants like the rest of my family members. I was traumatized when my first plants died, i had 3 of them a couple of years ago and they all broke my heart. I just recently have drummed up enough nerve to be a Plant Mom again. This time I studied about what plants I wanted to grow taking into consideration what they need I.e lighting, fertilizer, potting type and other things I would need to keep me and my plants happy. Iām finding joy in planting this time around and I truly believe my plants enjoy the way I fuss over their care and it makes them happy too. This year in July will make our 2nd year anniversary of thriving together. At present moment I have only 3 plants , 1 I brought back from a horrible time, it had lost all but 1 leave and now itās full and beautiful. Iām looking forward to Mothering many more.
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I have been plant keeping for 4 years and I have only killed 29 idk if thatās good š¤·āāļø
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