House Plants: Advice, Pics, Sell and Trade

i was kind of devastated but my sister convinced me that all the baby aloes we had propagated from it over the years meant that it was still with us.

your sister is right 👍

there are 3 of the aloe "babies" living in the pot of the ficus.

very cute, but could be the ficus doesn't like them.

show an after-pruning pic!

also yea it probably would enjoy a bit more light but I think that spot is just fine.
it just got really big (tall) so it doesn't get much light from above any more.

anyone interested in this array of plant wicker baskets? £10 ono each?

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Yes please - where from?

camberwell or can try and deliver/ meet central. they are great for pots

Ah great, I'm just up the hill. Will pm this morning

What kind of plant is this?

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Looks like a monstera that hasn’t been tied to a post. If they’re kept in low light they don’t get the Swiss cheese type leaf shape.

Interesting, thanks

Looks like a pothos

I'm also in the pothos camp.
Leaves are peculiar though, they do look like baby monstera ones before they get the "rips"

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Pothos leaves are pointier, I thought? I think it looks like a monstera too, there's a leaf unrolling monstera-style just behind the big leaf centre-leftish (i think, unless it's a trick of the light). Thick stems top middle look monstery to me too.

Monstera camp. Aerial roots I think I can see? Maybe.
Low light could be the cause of the lack of fenestrations.
Otherwise the other suggestion I would have is a Philodendron rather than Scindapsus or Epipremnum.
More pics?!

I want to grow some san marzano tomatoes and wondered if anyone can recommend a good online retailer for plants? Thanks

There is some leaf unrolling action.

It's done well with little care, it's at least 20 years old.

20 yrs with no fenestrations means it’s prob not a monstera.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philodendron_hederaceum Maybe?

Can anyone recommend an indestructible spritz bottle? I seem to keep breaking them

After killing more hozelocks than I care to mention. Bought this, three years going strong.

Use it on the tree fern with a seaweed feed. Just pump it up and it sprays for ages. Fine mist approved.

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Nice, what volume is that?

It’s a litre bottle.

I have a tall rubber plant that needs repotting. It's over 2m tall so I need a big pot. Where are you folks getting your large pots from that isn't extortionate?

Large indoor pots (so no drainage hole) we've bought from Ikea - they're plastic but at least we can lift them. You can always drop these into something even larger/prettier and we've got some whoppers from Homesense that I can only move with the aid of a sack truck.

You obviously have to draw the line on pot size at some point. You can often (check for your particular plant though) get good results from pruning the roots and using the space that creates for fresh compost, without changing the pot

Had this Chinese money plant for over 6 years, over the last few months the main stalk has given up the ghost and shed all its leaves. There’s still a lot of babies sprouting from the bottom. Do I just bin it and take cuttings from the babies or is there a way to resurrect the main bean stalk?

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I don’t know if this got a response but i am pretty sure these are springtails.

Anyone got any ideas on how best to deal - drying out plants to within an inch of their life didn’t help, looking for a more permanent solution.

Basically infected all plants so I think must have been the soil?

Would just reporting everything into new soil and cleaning the roots off as much soil as possible be a last solution?

Also trying to rid gnats with mosquito bits, gnats are frustrating each plant has maybe 1 gnat appearing a day - hoping the tape and bits will kill them off.

Photo is off some springtails but found it impossible to focus on them even with a big lens

edit - no issue with the springtails for causing any damage or stopping growth just a lot of them crawling around

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