Tag: reblog

leafy-friends:

Leafy-friends help

I’ve noticed that blogs are being deleted and I want to keep this blog going in all honesty so should I start a Instagram account in case if this blog gets deleted? I had one on Instagram before but I was scared people would steal my pictures

Inevitably the risk of photo/art stealing will always exist regardless of what platform you use. Personally I’m more into twitter than instagram but honestly its all up to your own preferences as to which you choose. Just choose which you feel most comfortable with.

I think those of us with sfw tumblrs should be in the clear/safe, but I can’t blame you for already setting sights on other social media platforms just in case. It’s hard NOT to consider such options during this stress/panic.

omgplants:

I have a random question! Maybe someone who has a little bit more experience with growing trees could help. I have a friend who has Excelsa cedars, and they are wondering what the best way to fertilize them would be (they are mulched and in pots). They want them to grow really well, and I honestly don’t know too much about growing trees. I told them manure might be the way to go, but if anyone has any tips at all, that would be great. They want to use them as a hedge eventually once they are big and strong enough!

Thanks!

little late for the answering party but; compost/manure can be a good way to go, though in general slow-release granular fertilizers will do (in spring/summer though, not now or in autumn it’d just cause them stress).

There’s evergreen specialized fertilizers sold but I think in general you could get away with any standard granular fertilizer so long as its a 50-50-50 balance blend imo.

Also if they become rootbound at any point of their development before planting they should have their roots cut/pruned, as all the kinks in the roots will do is slow development/health of well beyond their establishment phase.

houseplant-lover:

A trip to a botanical garden!! 26/10/18

So today I went on a little trip to a local botanical garden with a guide so I have some interesting things to show u all. First some pictures from the various greenhouses.

The first one intrigued me because it’s a marble queen, so a varietion of my pothos. Its leaves are so much bigger because of it being grown in a greenhouse. Also look at all the cute cacti!!

Here’s a couple of treasures I’ve picked up from the ground, such as the ginkgo leaf, a black pine pinecone, a ball of cotton, two acorns I found near a red oak, but they don’t look like a red oaks acorns at all (to be fair there was a lot trees there) and an european bladdernuts seed capsule. I’m propably going to try to plant the black pine and the bladdernut. 😀

green-garden-witch:

Rescued some orchids from my therapist’s office building (with the owner’s consent)

I brought them home, explaining to them during the car ride that they were coming to a new home, where I will care for them and hopefully they’ll be much happier. Once home, I removed them from their sad, cramped little pots, gave them a good soak and transferred them into their new homes. I put one in an orchid bark mix and the other two in a water culture dish, sprayed them down with some orchid food spray and named them.

The one in the bark planter is Wilbur.

The two in the water culture are Frogmore and Orcus.