Dying plants journals
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Apr
2011
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Confession: I'm a plant killer.
Window garden , Patio garden , Baby's Toes Dying, and Horned VioletStorms 13°C / 55°FIt’s only April, and I’ve already started this year’s dead plant count. The Baby’s Toes were the first to go. They struggled since I brought them home, but the transplant was apparently more than they could take. They’ve only kept getting worse since then. At thi...
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21
Jul
2010
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The Zebra Plant Has Finally Kicked It
Zebra PlantWell, it took roughly three years, but the zebra plant has finally kicked it. It’s been growing up in two offshoots, sprouting leaves only from the very ends for a while. I don’t know why, but it never regained the fullness it had originally. I’d been considering cutting off the...Indoors 26°C / 78°F -
Dracaena marginata "Colorama" Dying, Houseplant garden , and Zebra Plant Dying
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Jul
2010
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Well, it seems my dracena has kicked it. The zebra plant is finally on its way out (two and a half years later), too. My chocolate mint appears to have died while I was away last week, and my basil, which looked fine, seems to be on its last legs. WTF??Sunny 31°C / 88°F -
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May
2009
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Proof That I Am Not A Complete Gardening Failure
Morning Glory (Heavenly Blue) , Moonflower (Giant White) Sprouting, Marigold (French Favourite Blend) , and...The garlic chives are sprouting!!! I’d just about given up hope, but I looked today, and there are about four little green bits poking out of the soil. The common chives sprouted the other day, though they don’t look terribly sturdy. Both basil sprouts look okay, but they don’t ...Cloudy 16°C / 60°F -
Container garden , Orange Symphony , Sunflower "Pacino" , and Dalina Sumatra
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May
2009
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I wish I could say that all my plants are as happy as my Streamer Mix Sweet Pea seedlings. But alas, they are not. Of the plants I bought at Mahoney’s, three are unwell. The Orange Symphony has basically just kicked the bucket with no hope of revival. The dwarf sunflower (which was my early...Rainy 17°C / 62°F
