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Let's see your pothos!

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It gets very dry where I live at this time of year. This is not just hard on my skin, but the 17% indoor humidity isn't great for my houseplants. Can anybody recommend a humidifier? My priority is on reliability and although it isn't essential, it should be able to start up when power is cut and restored via a smart plug. I'm looking forward to hearing what /c/houseplants suggests!

Edit: So far, I'm leaning towards options from ConsumerReports since they prioritize reliability. I'm curious if anybody has experience with any of these models: https://www.consumerreports.org/appliances/humidifiers/best-humidifiers-of-the-year-a1138350061/

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side view (ignore the hog)

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by toxic_cloud@lemmy.world to c/houseplants@mander.xyz
 
 

We've had this golden pothos for a couple of years at the back of our room which doesn't get much light and some of the vines reverted to the non-variegated form

Since then I've learned that variegated pothos needs higher light but I also wanted to keep the vines without chopping them up into node cuttings. Would it be possible to cut the long vines from the parent and root/repot them whole? I've tried air layering without stripping the outer layer but no roots formed after several months.

I really want to move the variegated portion to a much brighter area as it has had very little growth here but keep the vines in their current location.

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My portulacaria afra is getting tons of new leaves but they're all light green and fall off easily. This is nutrient deficiency if I've ever seen it, but fertiliser doesn't help. Any ideas? I don't think it's sunstress, either.

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I let them callous over for a few days beforehand.

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Weird patterning on these two odd leaves from two separate plants. The rest of the plants are fine with new growth. I recently let it dry out a bit as I got caught up with life, could be a cause, but it seems like it's a possible nutrient issue. I did feed it recently.

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My Collection (lemmy.ca)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Polkira@lemmy.ca to c/houseplants@mander.xyz
 
 

This is most of my current collection, minus a couple hoyas in quarantine, some succulent babies I'm growing from seed, and a thanksgiving cactus that is budding that I did not want to risk messing up the blooms.

Started with a spider plant in July of 2022, after almost a full year of keeping it alive I decided to try branching out last spring and here we are. A lot were cuttings from friends' plants :)

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If only it would do it for the whole plant.. ๐Ÿ‘€

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If you have another idea about a plant related poem, let me know in the comments and I'll see what I can come up with.

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Hello! I'm looking to see if anyone has a good hoya seller in Canada, specifically looking to have it delivered to New Brunswick. I tried an Etsy shop from BC in August and received the fungus gnat infestation I'm currently still battling, so anyone reputable that you haven't received pests from would be awesome!

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I trimmed the trunk because it was growing quite tall and spindly. Is there any way to continue growing the main trunk or will it only grow branches now?

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Plus bonus cat because he's in the background.

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The succulent saga (imakethingsforu.substack.com)
 
 

A fun little poem about over watering succulents. I hope you all enjoy!

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For those who haven't seen them, I'm a big fan of these "self watering" IKEA plant pots.

https://www.ikea.com/ca/en/p/ikea-ps-fejoe-self-watering-plant-pot-black-30117188/

Basically that means there's a reservoir at the bottom, a tube down, and a stick with Styrofoam on the end. The stick floats up when there's water in there, so you don't flood your plant.

Bottom watering is also great way to reduce things like fungus gnats, and apparently is better for your plants.

On top of all this they have shitty wheels on the bottom that make it way easier to move around big plants.

My problem was I have several large plants I want to put out for the summer and hook into my irrigation. A simple solution was just drilling a hole in the bottom, then shoving a rubber cork in it when its inside.

In the summer I just store the cork in the top of the tube (the orange bit).

It's a simple hack but works really well.

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