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[โ€“] krey@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

there are a few tricks, e.g. pick one that lives in an environment you will put it in. for example, if you have the tendency to water too much, pick a hydro plant. if you will water with collected rain water and the spot will be sunny, a carnivorous plant. above a radiator in the sun? a plant that lives in hot dry regions, like lithops. on the balcony in sun, rain and frost? a plant that naturally occurs in the mountains

[โ€“] SquareBear@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What if all you want is a shrubbery? (Ni!)

[โ€“] ThePyroPython@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or a second one so you can have a nice path down the middle.

[โ€“] pagshile@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

A path! A path!

[โ€“] odium@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

Gonna forget it exists for a week? Cacti.

[โ€“] thelsim@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago

More like a long but tormented life of barely subsisting on the smallest amounts of water possible.
Death is too sweet and quick for my houseplants :)

[โ€“] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Me hitting on women at the bar on a Monday

[โ€“] Subject6051@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[โ€“] rbhfd@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was gonna say something like "me adopting cats", but you already topped it.

[โ€“] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Shane Dawson moment

[โ€“] dan1101@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

Plants call her the green widow.

[โ€“] TrustingZebra@lemmy.one 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My family offered to give me plants for my apartment. I said please no. It's too much responsibility and I'll know I'll forget.

I prefer dogs. They at least can bark when they need something. Plants don't.

[โ€“] CoderKat@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Lol yeah. My cat will never let me forget to feed her. But I've killed so many plants. If I'm late with feeding my cat, I feel really bad about it. When the plants die because I thought I'd give gardening another go, I kinda just... don't feel anything.

[โ€“] kapx132@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Thanks OP for reminding me to water my plants

[โ€“] ThePyroPython@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I mean, if you give this a long enough timeframe (decades) then this also applies to when you meet your future spouse at the bar.

Your journey to Valhalla will be arduous, Basil The Thirsty

[โ€“] Pfnic@feddit.ch 4 points 1 year ago

I mean this applies to pets too

[โ€“] rayyyy@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Tendency to overwater (non-chlorinated) and little sun - lucky bamboo

Your first issue is that those are outdoor plants. They probably need 6-8 hours of direct sun.

Is this AI?

[โ€“] MxM111@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

Came back? The lady goes shopping with her own plants?