i am bookmarking this as a particularly excellent how-to guide. ...and as soon as payday hits, i'm getting some potting soil and fertilizer for my poor babies.
I don't remember who asked me to make this post, but I hope it helps anyone who wants it.
Miracle Gro is truly evil. There is nothing that they make that I would buy! Miracle Gro makes your plants huge and lush and you think "omg this stuff is awesome" and then a year later they die and you don't know why.
well, here's the thing about plants. i love em. but i seem to be a perfect moron with them. this may be, in fact, because i use miracle-gro and such. but on top of that, i don't know how to pot them well, i don't know what to pot them IN well, i just...i am epic fail.
meanwhile my mom does exactly what i do, ignores her plants except to maybe dump some water on them, and they WILL NOT DIE. i don't get it.
i get the feeling that this is much like college: i.e., i know that there is SO MUCH THAT I DON'T KNOW that i'm overwhelmed and cry when i think about even starting. but i'm pretty sure that at least with this post read i can toss out the miracle-gro (which i was too lazy to use most times anyway, ha!) and do a decentish job of repotting.
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and throwing out the miracle-gro, i swear.
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Miracle Gro is truly evil. There is nothing that they make that I would buy! Miracle Gro makes your plants huge and lush and you think "omg this stuff is awesome" and then a year later they die and you don't know why.
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meanwhile my mom does exactly what i do, ignores her plants except to maybe dump some water on them, and they WILL NOT DIE. i don't get it.
i get the feeling that this is much like college: i.e., i know that there is SO MUCH THAT I DON'T KNOW that i'm overwhelmed and cry when i think about even starting. but i'm pretty sure that at least with this post read i can toss out the miracle-gro (which i was too lazy to use most times anyway, ha!) and do a decentish job of repotting.
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I plan to make another two posts this spring - one about watering, and one about pruning. Improper watering is a huge cause of plant death!
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