--- title: "So how many plants are too many plants šŸ¤£ asking for a friend šŸ˜? Putā€¦" description: "So how many plants are too many plants šŸ¤£ asking for a friend šŸ˜? Put how many you have below if you dare!" url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/zxN5PX-5QEewAuDOlCe8ig" community: "Anything about plants" author: "Chipā€™s garden" published: "2024-04-30T01:11:28.724095Z" language: "en" image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v2/cloudinary/global_data/communities/everythingHousePlants.jpg" --- [Community](https://getplanta.com/community.md) / [Anything about plants](https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg.md) # So how many plants are too many plants šŸ¤£ asking for a friend šŸ˜? Putā€¦ _Posted by Chipā€™s garden on 2024-04-30_ So how many plants are too many plants šŸ¤£ asking for a friend šŸ˜? Put how many you have below if you dare! ## 49 comments ### Mullein commented on 2024-04-30 Over 100. Just got dumped for it. Wasnā€™t the real issue, just the surface blame. People keep telling me it means he wasnā€™t meant to be. Iā€™m sure thatā€™ll feel true eventually. In the meantime, itā€™s a hard not to feel a tad resentful of my green obsession šŸ˜®ā€šŸ’Ø #### Lynda replied on 2024-04-30 So sorry! What a bummer of a dealā€¦ But at least you have all your plant babies to comfort you. And if itā€™s any solace, a guy that canā€™t take having a few plants around, isnā€™t worth having around, right?! Feel betterā€¦ā¤ļøā€šŸ©¹ šŸ˜ŠšŸ’ššŸŖ“ #### Mullein replied on 2024-04-30 ā¤ļøā€šŸ©¹ thanks šŸ˜Œ ### Succulentā¤ļøMama commented on 2024-04-30 I think too many is just whatever you canā€™t manage easily. For some people, it will be 5. For some, 200! If it takes away from your quality of life, or makes it impossible to get away from home, then yes too much. When they feel like a burden, itā€™s too much! If not, thenā€¦have fun!!ā¤ļø Like petsā€¦I have 4 cats, a dog, and a hamster. To some people that would be too much, but for us, itā€™s perfect! We didnā€™t add them all at once, and my family takes care of them together. #### Succulentā¤ļøMama replied on 2024-04-30 As for plants, Planta says 63, but I donā€™t usually log the propagations or duplicate plants. For example, I have 30 strawberry plants, but only one is listed. I also havenā€™t logged most of my garden plants yet, since they are seedlings. So at LEAST 100. Iā€™m curious and going to do some estimating and come back.šŸ˜… #### Lynda replied on 2024-04-30 Right on, Mama! šŸ˜ŠšŸ’ššŸŖ“ #### Succulentā¤ļøMama replied on 2024-04-30 Tally isā€¦239šŸ¤£šŸ¤Ŗ I tried to count as logically as I could. Itā€™s definitely more, but I had to make up some sort of guideline to go by for myself. For transparencyā€¦ If I had one pot with multiple stems (separate plants) that I cared for as 1, I counted it as 1. I counted the propagation tray as 1 because I spray them all at once and half probably wont do anything so I think of them as possible plants.šŸ˜„ I didnā€™t count the two big trees that came with our house that I donā€™t even know what they are. I did count the weeping willow and stunted pine tree because I take care of those. I didnā€™t count all my seedlings because I will thin them out. I just counted how many pots I will end up with from those seedlings. I also counted a few garden plants that I need to plant seeds for as I am planting seeds daily. I just counted how many pots total for the garden since I container garden and grow this many every year.šŸ˜Š For oxalis, I counted clumps a few feet apart as individual plants. I walked around my house to make sure I didnā€™t forget any. šŸ¤£ Oh, and I didnā€™t count the plants that are being cared for by a family member even if they are on planta. ![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/y_krRxbnOnIl47_tU3sBzisysToGsAt6Bpht3PD4Szw/fMDAIq2nRvizQX24Y7Q5Ag.webp?size=large) #### Lynda replied on 2024-04-30 OMG! You are a busy lady! Take careā€¦šŸ˜ŠšŸ’ššŸŖ“ ### Plant\_allmyfeelings commented on 2024-04-30 185 logged, 43 that still need to be logged, and this doesnā€™t include duplicates šŸ¤Ŗ #### Succulentā¤ļøMama replied on 2024-04-30 Thatā€™s awesome!ā¤ļø #### Lynda replied on 2024-04-30 Really! (do you have a life?) šŸ˜µā€šŸ’«šŸ˜‰ šŸ˜ŠšŸ’ššŸŖ“ ### Sarah Samurai commented on 2024-04-30 Over 220, which is mostly indoor, hardly any duplicates. I have some of my outdoor plants logged, but there are several! ### Leah commented on 2024-04-30 109! lol I spend about 1-2 hours a day on them since many r new and some propagations. ### Lulu! (Cactus fam) commented on 2024-04-30 I only have 12ā€¦so far >:) then again I only started last weekā€¦ ### Miss K commented on 2024-04-30 Just over 100 and I know that cause the planta app counts them for me šŸ¤£ Iā€™m trying very hard to stay around 100! But thatā€™s not counting propagations šŸ˜ ### Plant Mom commented on 2024-04-30 49 indoor plants ### DanishGramma commented on 2024-04-30 200+ and counting lol #### Lynda replied on 2024-05-01 OMG! Do you have a life at all? Just kidding; I know youā€™re having a blast. Once you catch the bug, it wonā€™t let you go, will it? Take careā€¦šŸ˜ŠšŸ’ššŸŖ“ ### DanishGramma commented on 2024-04-30 Off topic but I wish there was a way to make the app understand when I combine a couple in the same pot. 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