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ReeBop
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Plants For Apartments
« on: Feb 24th, 2004, 11:54pm » |
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Any suggestions on plants I can use in my apartment? I do get some good light, but I always seemed to find a new way to kill off a ficus tree or a floor palm. I would like to find something more than just a pot fern and ivy.
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Re: Plants for Apartments
« Reply #1 on: Feb 25th, 2004, 7:00pm » |
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You also have to keep in mind that heat is a factor. So is cold. Putting a plant next to a window will get sun, but in the winter, the cold could affect it depending on how hearty the plant is and what your winters are like. Since you're down south you don't have to worry about that too much unless you get a tropical plant, where temperatures in the 50's or around that may affect it.
Geraniums are tough, they're good indoor plants. Mum's and impatients are good indoor plants as well. Keep in mind that you would want plants that require part sun/part shade or full time shade. Do not invest in plants that require full time sun, as they will not function well.
Be sure to also dust your plant. Yes thats right, dust. Dust will get on the leaves which will cut down the amount of light that hits the leaves to create photosynthesis. Do not use household chemicals to dust the plants. Gently wiping them with a clean dry cloth will do.
Some people go for bonzai plants. But they require a lot of care and they're easy to kill.
Also remember that as your plant grows, you will have to repot it to a bigger pot, so a slow growing plant is ideal if you don't want to constantly repot it.
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Re: Plants for Apartments
« Reply #2 on: Feb 25th, 2004, 10:53pm » |
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Will do. I was also told to try aloe vera as well. Yeah, I guess I need to do a better job with plants. Hopefully, I'll do some more repotting soon.
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Re: Plants For Apartments
« Reply #3 on: Jul 18th, 2005, 7:16pm » |
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Geesshh...I only have a few "Select" house plants. I say select because those are the Survivors that keep on living despite my best neglected plans. I even killed off an African Violet and of all things...a Spider Plant. Those things are tough as nails but I figured out a way to shrivel that thing up into a brown mass of death. I really should pay more attention to my house plants...In fact....just looking at them now. I think by the way they are wilting...I should give them water or something, but it's ohh so hard to tell what with the light burnt out in the closet.
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Re: Plants For Apartments
« Reply #4 on: Nov 25th, 2005, 1:49am » |
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We have an indoor plant here which is called "Fortune Plant". Im not sure if you also have it there or what it is called over there. It can be used as table tops. It looks like bamboo but very small. And it never grow tall more than 2 feet. And it even takes months to reach that high. And it doesn't require much watering coz they even grow on jellies? But I don't think it's the kind of jellies we eat on the table though. 
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Re: Plants For Apartments
« Reply #5 on: Jan 3rd, 2006, 11:58am » |
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That's water plant sistah, easy to maintain. Oh, I bought jellies for the one you gave me for my birthday, looks lovely, thank you.
I would suggest Bromeliads. We have a lot at home, good for indoors too. One thing good about it is that you can start with a few, even 1 or 2 which can grow to many eventually. I started with just 5, now I have a lot. I took some from my garden and put them in nice pots and gave away for Christmas. A very good idea, labor of love 
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Re: Plants For Apartments
« Reply #6 on: Dec 18th, 2008, 4:12am » |
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Bamboo plants are easy to care. You just add the stalk(s) in a vase (do not cut the roots and when you bring it home make sure you add these stalks with water)...add lots of pebbles/stones (up to half of the vase) and just add cold water...every 2 weeks you add more water. Just make sure the water doesn't get a funny color or smell if it does run it under the shower head for couple of minutes and let it sit on your tub for awhile and transfer it back to the destination.
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