New plant babies and naming joy
#PlantsMakePeopleHappy #HappyPlants #PlantAddict #NewPlants #NYCGregGang #GregGang #NewPlantMom Two new plant babies for me today. The #DracaenaFloridaBeauty (thanks @ManyLime) I named Chan after my homegirl who lives in Florida and she’s one of the beauties in my life. The #Coleus ….is yet unnamed. Very happy with the additions to the family 💚💛💜 Two down and 4 more coming my way… 💉💊🌱🪴 Oh!! And the 4🌵 from my #PlantGirlfriend down I-95 🥰
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@AwesomePlants Thanks Awesome!!! ☺️☺️ Never know what you get once you meet up with a private seller. I would’ve just said “No thank you “ and turned around had the pictures been a catfish. But these 2 were on point. I’m very happy with them both 💚💚💚
@AwesomePlants Thank you. That makes perfect sense. I’ll inspect the leaves now. Do I wipe them down with water, alcohol….? And I don’t have any Natria but I can pick some up tomorrow 👍🏾
@MrsSmith You don't have to spray with alcohol. I do because I have so many plants. You can just wet a cloth and wipe down leaves. And you can use Natria any time as it's gentle enough to use. I added the gallon size of Natria into my monthly plant budget cuz I'm a little trigger happy spraying my babies down.
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Natria 820042A Insecticidal Soap Insect Killer and Miticide for Organic Gardening, Ready-to-Use https://a.co/d/jbBbrPn
@AwesomePlants Done and done ✅ No critters thank God 🙏🏾👍🏾 Thanks for the Natria link. Amazon always comes through. I’ll probably get the smaller bottle.
@tmbryant37 My friend just sent me this and I was like 🤤 She’s the one who got me turned on fully to this planting life.
Absolutely. My balcony is south facing and my coleus are on the the end that is NOT shaded by the tree off to thr side so they get lots and lots of sun. And well, you see how tall they got this year 😂
I bought them all as little guys from my local nursery in those 6 packs like you get other annuals. I never fertilized them (I can only imagine thr forest I'd have if I did) so that's all the result of sun, rain, and waterings in between. They are potted in Miracle-Gro potting soil so I guess they were fed to some extent.
I bought them all as little guys from my local nursery in those 6 packs like you get other annuals. I never fertilized them (I can only imagine thr forest I'd have if I did) so that's all the result of sun, rain, and waterings in between. They are potted in Miracle-Gro potting soil so I guess they were fed to some extent.
@tmbryant37 All of that in a year?!?!!! 😳 Am I understanding you right? Ok ok. Great. That’s helpful and encouraging. I’m not sure what soil it’s in right now since it was a Marketplace purchase but I use Miracle Gro as well so it’ll be repotted in that eventually.
@tmbryant37 #PlantFast #PlantFast #PlantFast 😂😂😂 I’ve gotta keep reminding myself when I look at that Moonlight 🌙 💚
Yep, all of that this year, so get ready! Since it's later into the growing season now you may not end up a Jack and Giant Beanstalk, lol, but I would expect it to grow out of its pot before it goes dormant.
Mine have slowed down quite a bit at this point, but they grew quickly when I first got them. A lot of them have gone to flower now so I have to figure out how the seeding works. I think I'll try to harvest the seeds for next year. These are technically annuals if I recall, and there is no way these big devils are comics in the house over the winter to be saved 🤣
Mine have slowed down quite a bit at this point, but they grew quickly when I first got them. A lot of them have gone to flower now so I have to figure out how the seeding works. I think I'll try to harvest the seeds for next year. These are technically annuals if I recall, and there is no way these big devils are comics in the house over the winter to be saved 🤣
@tmbryant37 Two questions…What do mean when you say that it’ll go dormant? When does that happen? Ok three questions…what does it mean that they’ve “gone to flower”?
These plants are annuals, so in nature they will die off at the end of the growing season. Since you are growing it indoors it shouldn't do this since there will be no environmental triggers telling it to do so.
That being said, many plants will go dormant in the late fall and winter when they more or less stop growing and just have enough energy to survive until the spring. This is not just for coleus but many of our houseplants will go through this period of non-growth where they just maintain themselves until its time to grow again. This is because in nature there would not be enormous rain or sun in the winter months to do any growing, and the plant knows this even if it's growing indoors, so it slows down progress ot stops altogether until it's time to get going again.
When annual plants are close to the end of their lives they will flower (if that's how it produces seeds). In this case flowering is how coleus produce seeds, so once they begin to flower you should expect the plant to die shortly after the flower completes its life cycle.
If you want to prolong the life of the plant, and also to encourage it to stay compact and bushy, you can pinch the flower spikes off as soon as they appear. I chose not to do this so mine are tall and lanky, and should all die off sometime this fall. I plan to collect the seeds once the fruit pods appear and try my hand at growing them from seed next spring.
That being said, many plants will go dormant in the late fall and winter when they more or less stop growing and just have enough energy to survive until the spring. This is not just for coleus but many of our houseplants will go through this period of non-growth where they just maintain themselves until its time to grow again. This is because in nature there would not be enormous rain or sun in the winter months to do any growing, and the plant knows this even if it's growing indoors, so it slows down progress ot stops altogether until it's time to get going again.
When annual plants are close to the end of their lives they will flower (if that's how it produces seeds). In this case flowering is how coleus produce seeds, so once they begin to flower you should expect the plant to die shortly after the flower completes its life cycle.
If you want to prolong the life of the plant, and also to encourage it to stay compact and bushy, you can pinch the flower spikes off as soon as they appear. I chose not to do this so mine are tall and lanky, and should all die off sometime this fall. I plan to collect the seeds once the fruit pods appear and try my hand at growing them from seed next spring.
@tmbryant37 Nooooo!!! I’m a knowledge junkie and this is super helpful. I love attaining new information. I’m just that kind of person. That was detailed and I understood it all. Felt like I was drinking it in and didn’t know I was thirsty. It was perfect. No need for an apology.
@tmbryant37 I feel the same when I have info to share. Always happy to share the wealth. Especially when someone has a genuine desire to learn. I will definitely keep you posted. I hope I do well with it. I’m confident that I will 🙏🏾💪🏾
@AwesomePlants I don’t have any philodendrons yet. My first will be the prince of orange. Might name her Eve in honor of that ☺️ And I ordered her on Sunday from Gabriella. Still no shipping notification but the site said it usually ships within 2-5 days so I’m trying to be patient. Thanks for the soil tips. Eve may be my first Philo but I know she won’t be my last 🍊 💚
@MrsSmith you won't need to repot right away and maybe wait till you get more aroids to dive in to the soil mix. The mix is like our grandmas giving us recipes, 🤷🏿♀️ measurements. Facetime me when you're ready. I mix some of all of those in a 2 gallon ziploc as my ready made mix.
