I'm really into collecting plants at the moment and my room contains a rubber plant, chinese bamboo and a few others. The only problem is keeping them! Sure, exposure to light and water is the natural thing for them, but they seem to die too quickly either by my own neglect or by giving them what I think is possibly too much water.

Any tips so that they will keep longer?

it can be difficult to keep plants, especially if they're exotic plants. my biggest problem was being to overzealous and feeding, watering, and repotting too much. Lots of time a plant will florish if you just let it be and give quality attention sparingly.

I only have one plant and its fake. It sits in my tiki-lounge porch.

CarrieMpls said:

what's it look like?

JasmineFire said:

The plant or my tiki-lounge porch?

The plant is green and looks like some kind of lush fern or something. It goes well with the bamboo lining my porch and the tiki-themed chairs. (Notice how that answers for both... )

Draughts, large temperature fluctuations or intense sunlight can have a very bad affect on some tropical plants. Rubber plants may be 'tropical', but their dark green leaves suggest that they've evolved in shady places. Make sure they aren't by a radiator, a south facing window, or a draughty area


I love plants as well, and used to have a coconut palm in my room

Until I had a party and some stoned fucker tripped out and through it through the window of my 5th floor flat

CarrieMpls said:

sounds like you have a cool place.

Taureau said:

and that is why i don;t throw parties. i just attend them.

JasmineFire said:

i.e. you're a 'Palm-Thrower' rather than a 'Palm-Grower'

Taureau said:

um... i said that's why i don;t throw parties not plants. i can't deal with people messing with my stuff. ESPECIALLY my plants. oh lord. if someone threw any one of my plants out the window i'd throw them out to go catch it!

JasmineFire said:

Ok cool, to all plantkind

not sure bout the "secrets" of plant keeping

i have lots of them several in each room

they thrive well ...

i water um when they get dry ... i feed them all every 6 months

my miniture orange tree is FULL of sweet smelling blossoms right now

Mach said:

oooohhh! an orange tree? that sounds amazing. i have a jasmine plant that smelled awesome when it was in bloom. right now it;s just all leaves. my room may not get enough light for it to flower again. ah well. guess i'll just have to move.

JasmineFire said:

a couple yrs ago i had jasmine and lavender blooming at the same time

it was really nice !!

Mach said:

You can't eat the fruits though can you? I had one but was told the oranges are too bitter.

You have to talk to them JD

All plants are different, This time of year can be really bad for houseplants especially if you have heating on at night and in the morning then off during the day, fluctuations in temp really piss them off as doo draughty places. Unless you keep a really warm/hot home, plants hardly need watering at all over the winter. I have never used feed, but I repot every 2 years and try to replace most of the compost. Most my plants seem happy, except a Bonsai tree I got for my 30th Birthday that died this weekend

PREDOMINANT said:

I asked my plants what they thought about the cup draw. I think they are Yeading supporters.

JDINTERACTIVE said:

They would be, most of their realatives make up the better parts of the pitch at Yeading Town.

PREDOMINANT said:

Hmm, well they seem OK at the moment. My little one next to my computer looks like it's on its way though.

Yeah-don't give them to me.

subhuman09 said:

I wouldn't dream of it!

JDINTERACTIVE said:

I still hear the plants screaming, JD.

subhuman09 said:

Shush it Hannibal.


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JDINTERACTIVE said:

I ate your rubber plant with some cheese breadsticks and a nice Cherry Limeade.

JDINTERACTIVE said:

i dont know ... its just its 1st bloom... never had fruit on it ...

i had a wandering Jew but it used to make me feel guilty all the time