• Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    My wife has plant blood on her hands. I was originally planning to show her this but literally the first recommendation was one of the plants she killed.

    So maybe not for us. 🙃

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      8 months ago

      If she killed a plant by overwatering it, recommend a fern. If instead it’s gone dry, recommend a succulent.

      All plants need a certain amount of real sunlight even if indirect. I’ve seen people wondering why they die, and they keep them in rooms with hardly any natural light.

  • BertramDitore@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Surprised that Arrowhead plants (syngonium) aren’t included on the list. There’s a good variety of colors, and they need way less attention than I expected. I’m having pretty great luck with them in my low-light apartment.

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    8 months ago

    Starting off with aloe, man it’s not looking good for me, it’s a bloodbath out here on my windowsill for those lads

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      8 months ago

      Aloe vera doesn’t like too much sunlight. You want ambient light / not a lot of direct light. (lots of indirect light is good) Maybe 1-2hrs tops per day of direct light. No expert but that was my finding with aloe.

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        8 months ago

        No such thing as too much sun here in the nordics. I just murder them with all other ingenious ways

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          8 months ago

          probably you’re overwatering, which is the sure way to kill aloes.

          Get a pothos instead and it’ll thrive

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        8 months ago

        My aloe is an outdoor plant here in Australia. Full afternoon sun. I think they acclimatise to certain conditions.

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          8 months ago

          I agree. They totally adapt. Key is consistency. Once moved my aloe into lots of sun from not and that was the real issue.