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[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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. πŸ™ƒ

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 5 points 1 year 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 5 points 1 year 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.

[–] toaster@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm a big fan of pothos! So lush and easy to take care of.

Snake plants are super easy if you just ignore them but I find people starting out with houseplants tend to overwater which snake plants do not like.

[–] dpflug@hachyderm.io 1 points 1 year ago

@toaster
Sanseveria are amazing. Mine gets watered every month or three. It's fine. :blobfoxlaugh:

The only caveat is if you've got pets who chew plants, they're mildly toxic.
@fossilesque @houseplants

[–] SaakoPaahtaa@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] MrTolkinghoen@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] SaakoPaahtaa@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] chiwiu@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

Get a pothos instead and it'll thrive

[–] SaakoPaahtaa@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Yeah I've got plenty of shit that grows fine, it's just aloes that I kill

[–] wildwhitehorses@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] MrTolkinghoen@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year 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.

[–] SARGEx117@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I've had a Dracaena Marginata for about 4 or 5 years now, I've had periods where I've forgotten to water it for a few weeks, and it's still going strong. This year I repotted it to let the roots grow out more, and honestly I should have done it sooner, but I didn't think it was doing this well.

I'd like to make it grow more straight upright but it's getting lopsided, even though I've rotated it every month or so.

I specifically chose it because I heard they were hard to kill, and wanted something I didn't need to be too attentive to if life and depression got in the way.

It has certainly lived up to its hardy reputation.