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After seeing pictures of captiva's giant plant, it reminded me that I would really like to have more houseplants in my apartment.
Problem is, I tend to kill everything. I tend to forget to water the plants. When I was younger, I even had a cactus dry out because I forgot to water it (yes, it's possible!)
I'm a little better now but I still need plants that are very resistant to harsh conditions.
I have one plant right now and it's doing alright. I've had it for almost a year and it's still alive. Must be really though! I have sometimes forgotten to water it for weeks and it was still fine. I don't remember what that plant is called. I'll try to find out.
Within the last year, I've had other plants but most of them died very quickly. Including a really nice ficus that died within a week of purchase!
Obviously it wasn't from forgetting to water it. It just dried out and lost all its leaves almost instantly. Not sure why a plant would die so quickly!
Anyways, are there any types of plants I could get that would do well with very irregular watering?
I have windows facing S-E and N-W so they would get a reasonable amount of light
I would LOVE to get another ficus but I'm afraid it would just die right away.
Growing food / herbs would be nice too.
Any suggestions?
(oh, and preferably something non-toxic, of course!
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Problem is, I tend to kill everything. I tend to forget to water the plants. When I was younger, I even had a cactus dry out because I forgot to water it (yes, it's possible!)
I'm a little better now but I still need plants that are very resistant to harsh conditions.
I have one plant right now and it's doing alright. I've had it for almost a year and it's still alive. Must be really though! I have sometimes forgotten to water it for weeks and it was still fine. I don't remember what that plant is called. I'll try to find out.
Within the last year, I've had other plants but most of them died very quickly. Including a really nice ficus that died within a week of purchase!
Obviously it wasn't from forgetting to water it. It just dried out and lost all its leaves almost instantly. Not sure why a plant would die so quickly!
Anyways, are there any types of plants I could get that would do well with very irregular watering?
I have windows facing S-E and N-W so they would get a reasonable amount of light
I would LOVE to get another ficus but I'm afraid it would just die right away.
Growing food / herbs would be nice too.
Any suggestions?
(oh, and preferably something non-toxic, of course!