So above anything else … one thing that I have never been able to do… is keep a plant alive lol 🌱 … I am excellent with kids, I can cook, clean, work, plan things, I’m really good at most household stuff… just not plants
I try… but either I over water or I forget or it just dies…
I get that from my mother – she did not have a green thumb and even once killed an Air Plant – yes evidentially that’s possible. Lol … she would plant plastic poinsettias outside during winter and my friends would come over and be like “oh wow look how beautiful” I would say – touch them 😄😄
They would and they be all confused … they were plastic but real looking… leave it to my mother – she was always very hilarious lol … my dad used to tease her lol … and then take over
My father – was Mr. HGTV … our yards could have been in a magazine they were always immaculate, with beautiful flowers, manicured walk ways etc. just beautiful – everyone always admired. It was a hobby for him…
Somehow that skipped me. I took after my mother. It’s the only thing I can not master that I want to.
Well a few weeks ago… I went to a home improvement store… at the check out they had strawberry 🍓 seeds …
Well I love strawberries… maybe I will try? They were really cheap so I threw them in with the things I was buying.
I got home and put some soil in a pot, sprinkled the seeds, covered lightly with a little more soil (not much, the seeds were tiny) … and watered.
I have it sitting on my window sill in the kitchen. Every day I water it just a little and sometimes just use a squirt bottle on the “mist” setting. (totally determined not to over water or kill my strawberries!!) I even turn the pot everyday so each section of the pot gets good sunlight. ☀️
I was becoming leery because nothing was sprouting and it’s been weeks… yesterday I looked and there was nothing… I thought to myself 2 more weeks then I just throw away… still suck with plants lol …
This morning when I woke and went to make my coffee… I thought I saw a little sprout but I really couldn’t tell… maybe was a piece of fuzz or something
But no… in fact I have 2 sprouts!!! 🌱🌱… Omg I’m growing a plant ❤️❤️❤️ it’s working!!! I’m keeping it alive
Don’t get too far ahead of myself – is just a sprout… now I have to keep it alive! But I am excited – I have a HUGE smile for that today ❤️❤️❤️
And if I ever get to the point where I have actual strawberries… Oh my god! You gonna hear all about it!!! I’m gonna be so proud!!
I do try things – things I’m not usually good with… sometimes I get it, if I keep trying … sometimes I don’t …
I’m taking this one as a win for right now ❤️❤️❤️ I am gonna be babying this thing… not hovering – I don’t wanna kill it… but I’m gonna TRY to keep these alive!! I am so excited!!! Pray for my plants!!!! I want them!!
So maybe I got a little tiny bit of my dad there … hoping because I really want these strawberry plants … ok so I will have to read how to make sure I don’t kill them!! I made baby plants ❤️❤️❤️🌱
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Congratulations!!
I’m pretty good with plants but have also killed air plants that I’ve tried to go indoors. I get 4-6 months before they dry out… one is on it’s last days now. But they do great in the shade so I’ll just bring in another shoot.
I’ve never tried to grow strawberries from seed, only starter plants so I’m extra impressed!!
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Lol… we always teased my mom about those air plants … and she just couldn’t keep plants alive … my dad was the garden person… we also used to have these amazing gardens … we had one garden with vegetables … my dad let my mother pick what we had… she would always pick squash, and lettuce, tomatoes, green beans – things like that … my dad would have one section of that vegetable garden and he would do pumpkins which we used for Halloween… and then we also had a flower garden … Oh my god! My father and his flowers 😮… he knew how to grow and take care of every possible kind of flower … we moved around a lot … and sometimes lived in cold climates – so during February/March he would use the dining room and that entire room be filled with annuals and all kinds of flowers to be planted in the garden come spring. We always had fresh vegetables and flowers
When I got the job at the funeral home… on my very first day… they gave me a plant 😳😄… that’s what started this – let me try to keep plants alive thing lol
They gave me a Aloe plant… attached was a little card that said … “just wanted to say ‘aloe, and welcome to the team” … I thought was so adorable and such a nice way to start a new job!!
I am Irish but I am allergic to aloe 🤨 makes my burns absolutely horrific!! Makes me feel like I’m on fire 🔥 and then I get blisters so… I’ll just enjoy the plant … and it’s a cactus 🌵 type plant so shouldn’t be too hard… I only mist that every few days… also do not want to over water. It’s doing really well!!
And the strawberries… well I’ve always wanted to grow strawberries – I love strawberries 🍓… and the seeds were really cheap…
I was keeping the aloe plant alive… so maybe I could do strawberries? So I bought those seeds … they are soooo tiny!! I was not sure I was gonna be able to do this at all… but whatever wanted to try and see what happened… And if I can keep them alive I will have the bonus of delicious strawberries!!
Those sprouts surprised me… but I’m excited!!! ❤️
I’m actually keeping plants alive!!!
I will definitely stay away from air plants though… I am carbon copy of my mother – and I don’t want to repeat the history there
They must be really hard to keep alive!
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Aloe often makes me itchy.
My mother was the queen of orchids… we had 50 to 100 in the back patio. The commercial varieties sold these days aren’t meant to last more than a season. I can usually get 2 yrs out of the plants but rarely a 2nd bloom. In fact, despite looking wonderfully healthy, almost none of my plants bloom anymore (plumeria, loofah, flowers)… except the cactii and air plants!
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Oh that must have been beautiful with all the orchids! They must be genetically modified now… they want you to buy more lol
Lol … the cacti and air plants 😄
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I kinda hated Cymbidium orchids (the variety my mother grew; not currently popular) for a long time.
I don’t know if you recall tv commercials, from a few years ago, for “special” orchids you were supposed to water once a week via 2 or 3 ice cubes. I laughed because that’s actually a good way to water all orchids.
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Oh wow… no I don’t recall those commercials … how funny!! I just learned something new … should I ever attempt or get good enough to grow orchids lol
That is really interesting!!! I had no idea!
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I’m so like you. My Dad was a wonderful gardener yet I am like the plant Grim Reaper.
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Lol that’s funny! … yes exactly!!
So far, knock on wood… they are alive! Hoping I can keep them that way!! 🙏
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