Thank you so much for your help! I’m going to treat myself to some grow lights and start taking care of my house plants more seriously, hopefully I can make them happier!I have no idea why I get along so well with alocasia. I have all mine on a fabrikor with grow lights just now because it's cold. They love the bathroom for the rest of the year. I turn it into a jungle. Usually a light water once a week.
Dangerous!Ooh yay for this thread. I started working in a garden centre recently
Tell me about it I am yet to go home from a shift without buying anything!Dangerous!
You can get grow lights on amazon for about £15 that have timers and just plug into USB.Thank you so much for your help! I’m going to treat myself to some grow lights and start taking care of my house plants more seriously, hopefully I can make them happier!
I moved home last month and finally have a bathroom with a window, so I’m really looking forward to keeping plants in there too!
Thank you!You can get grow lights on amazon for about £15 that have timers and just plug into USB.
I love my fabrikor cabinets. I've got 3 that I picked up from Facebook market place for between £40 and £60 each.
It is perfectly normal for alocasias to look sad or completely drop their leaves during the colder months, as they go into dormancy if temperatures drop too much for their liking. When that happens, just stop watering them during winter and they'll be back in spring.Do you have any tips for alocasia? I’ve had 3 and only one is surviving but only barely! It’s always around this time of year when they start to look sad.. is it the cold weather? Overwatering? I am a terrible plant parent
Wow he looks amazing! I bought a cheese plant from Aldi maybe 3-4 years ago and it looks nothing like this.. yours puts mine to shame! How do you look after it and help it grow so big and healthy?
Fair enough but not everyone can afford the expensive plants from small businesses when they can get the exact same plant for a fraction of the price. Not sure about your shop but the ones around me will have plants for like 20 quid in comparison to a fiver in Lidl for the same plant. Why would I be paying moreI have my own houseplant business in my local town and it kills when when I see everyone posting they got their plants from B&Q, Lidl etc. Pleaseeee try and support your local independent businesses! We try so hard to make sure our beautiful houseplants are taken care of before you buy them, I doubt these huge corporations do the same! They’re able to buy in huge bulk aswell which small businesses like mine cannot compete with which is so sad.
Ok, I've just googled grow lights......never knew you could use artificial light!
Fabrikor? Anyways this looks amazing! Does it give off heat also? Micro climate? Honestly, im feeling excited. Fed up being limited to certain plants due to climate in the home.We don't have any independent sellers near us.
I buy from the rescue shelf at Dobbies. There's been nothing decent for ages though
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I have these in my Fabrikor.
This is my dreamy plant. I had a moment of madness and bought her last year. She is very pampered but I won't relax until I grow a spare.
I completely agree with this! I know I said I’ve got some plants from B&Q but the majority of mine are actually from small businesses I’ve found on things like Etsy, and there’s a local independent plant shop near me that I’ve also got a couple of plants from.I have my own houseplant business in my local town and it kills when when I see everyone posting they got their plants from B&Q, Lidl etc. Pleaseeee try and support your local independent businesses! We try so hard to make sure our beautiful houseplants are taken care of before you buy them, I doubt these huge corporations do the same! They’re able to buy in huge bulk aswell which small businesses like mine cannot compete with which is so sad.
Fabrikor is an ikea cabinet but there are a few others you can try. You can pick up fairly cheap on marketplace etc.Fabrikor? Anyways this looks amazing! Does it give off heat also? Micro climate? Honestly, im feeling excited. Fed up being limited to certain plants due to climate in the home.
Wow! Thank youFabrikor is an ikea cabinet but there are a few others you can try. You can pick up fairly cheap on marketplace etc.
No heat but you can increase the humidity. Mine is around 80%. You can add a heater but mine stays a constant 18 degrees in the house.
Yeah I completely get that and agree to a certain extent but what I will say is the plants we order are from a local nursery and will have been cared for so much better therefore last longer, buy cheap buy twice!Fair enough but not everyone can afford the expensive plants from small businesses when they can get the exact same plant for a fraction of the price. Not sure about your shop but the ones around me will have plants for like 20 quid in comparison to a fiver in Lidl for the same plant. Why would I be paying more
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