I don't see many people with indoor plants nowadays. It seems to be a dying out since the dizzying heights of the 80's where an indoor jungle was mandatory.
Sure Fungus Gnats are a pain in the arse and its so easy to kill them with/without water, but they do look nice if you get the right ones in the right spots.
It’s me, hi, I’m the problem, it’s me.
We're in training.
If you can water a plant, you can water a cat.
A cat because, one day, I'll be responsible enough to house an otherwise entirely self-sufficient animal.
If I can get my head together, I'd make an exemplary cat hoarder.
My cat fvcks the majority of them up
were you not around during covid? everyone bought indoor plants
I literally just repotted my venus fly trap yesterday…
And my wife is still pissed at me for accidentally killing her rare Alocasia 2 months ago.
I had one of them but it was such a spoilt brat that I put it outside into my small jungle to survive on its own. Unfortunately, it thrived.
If you bothered to go to Aldi you would have noticed that indoor plants are very on trend and have been for quite some time.
Clearly very out of touch.
I don't see many people with indoor plants nowadays.
How many houses are you visiting and thoroughly inspecting to come to your conclusion?
Have a trawl of OP's posting history. A lot of "Based on a sample size on 1, I note the following thing is true of society"
Why would you bother looking through a randoms post history on the internet
Because unemployment?
Why would op care what people do or don’t put inside their house? 🤷♀️
"Imagine seeking out information to try to answer your own questions about things, who has time for that?"
That's because people who grow plants indoors these days don't want anybody to know about it for some reason and go to great lengths to hide them.
Hydroponics for the win. ;-)
What's the best way to deal with Gnats?
Works well if insist on using soil
https://www.yates.com.au/yates-gnat-barrier/
Wife is in process of moving all into water only, requires fertilisers
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Can't do water only for most plants
Will check out the Yates, looks good.
Sticky traps = large sheet of sticky paper that the insects get stuck to. Not very humane, but otherwise they can get out of control.
How did I survive all these years without knowing this!
I didn't know animal rights extended to fungus gnats.
Tanlin drops and sticky traps
Beautiful people
You know the garden's full of furniture, the house is full of plants
https://youtu.be/FWw_Q2-7gRU?t=144
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So 80s. Any nobody has a rubber politician in their travel bag any more.
I grow heaps of indoor plants. Hard work, but transforms the interior into an absolutely beautiful place to hangout.
hm I have never seen any indoor plants at anyone's home. Maybe its because almost everyone I know has kids. We have some in the office though. Damn they attract these annoying little fly things. I can't imagine why anyone would want that happening in their house
Better than the house looking ugly, sterile, boring, unfriendly. Insects can be controlled.
I was considering getting some indoor plants, but I was worried they would die quickly, then my mate said to me "why don't you just get plastic plants?"
So plastic hanging plants I got. They look awesome.
Could try succulents. They're pretty easy to keep.
Depends on sun, if you have sun try Golden Canes and Kentias.
Becareful. I heard they banned plastic straws. You might have to get paper plants next time.
We like to keep plants inside. It makes it more homely, but some of them are real struggle to keep alive. What does everyone else do to keep them alive?
For mine, I do minimal watering, once or twice a week, and place them in areas of the house where there is enough sunlight during the day. I keep several Philodendron and Devils Ivy Pothos. I like that it gives the house some life and reduces the sterility.
Ahhhh okay cheers and when you water them do you do them in the sink and water all the way through?
Yeah I keep telling my wife sunlight is the key but she wants them in the hallway as well where there is very little sunlight.
Yep agreed it brightens up the house and it would feel dull without them. I’ve found succulents are the easiest but I like to have a variety if possible.
I use a spray bottle and give it about 20-30 squeezes. I learnt from experience that it's better to under-water them than over-water. I gave my previous plants too much water and the roots would get soaked and die.
If your plants are in the hallway, with not too much light, you can leave it outside for a day, do that once a week. I found that works for mine, if they look a bit sad and glum.
@kraigg: Noted thanks for that. How often would you do that?
Ah good idea. Will have to try and make it a habit. Already do lots of gardening outside as I enjoy but it’s meant to be my wife’s domain inside haha
Depends on the plant. You can't care for them all the same way
Very true, it’s mainly the ones I’m the hallway without much light so I put succulents there but knowing when and how often to water is my issue. We hand water/spray every few days and then once a month a full water outside.
Succulents love light so not a great choice for a dark hallway. Search for plants that need low light. Succulents don't need much water. Maybe every 2 weeks a little bit. But even they vary, some you can kill with too much water, others will love it and grow. Devils Ivy are pretty tough. They can take low light and just water a bit once a week and they will be fine. No need to drown them in water
@casho: Thanks I assumed as they don’t need much water they would be okay in the hallway. Our house doesn’t get too dark but still sounds like it needs to be closer to windows.
Ah cheers yeah I think we drowned the first one we got a while ago so haven’t got one again, time to try again without as much water.
Maybe you’re just not seeing the right people. I know plenty of people who keep indoor house plants.
There seems to be a trend of keeping plants in glass display cabinets recently.
I got given a Chinese money plant almost 4 years ago and it's somehow still going strong. It's grown offshoots off the original stalks and is climbing sideways. I water it probably once a week and it's nearish a window, but it must be pretty hardy.
We keep many indoor plants, love them. Unsure how you can conclude no one is doing it, given they're indoors. Most of my friends do the same, it's very popular.
Certainly dying at my place. Can grow almost anything outdoors, but have the kiss of death for indoor plants for some reason.
for a start, stop kissing them
Seems to be popular among the young ones, especially the Zoomers, personally I would like to have some indoor plants.
I live in a peasant neighbourhood where the Richmond Tigers play.
So my mate Chad grows plants inside under special lights and plumbing set up.. please keep it a secret…
As the brother of someone who owns one of WA's largest wholesale indoor plant nurseries, the answer is definitely NO.
judging from my instagram feed keeping an almost absurd amount of plants inside is still alive and well for people in the bracket of mid 20s to late 30's with no kids.