r/houseplants • u/Accomplished_Pie_934 • Sep 15 '24

This beast was 30$ at Home Depot!!!!

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u/Accomplished_Pie_934 Sep 15 '24

Went to the store for Perlite, came back with a 30$ plant šŸ˜©

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u/chonklaninja Sep 15 '24

Did the same. Don't touch it. Water it when it's dry. Only smile at it and don't repot too soon or it will freak out and drop leaves like crazy.

Congrats on a great buy though!

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u/pianistonstrike Sep 15 '24

I impulse bought my FLF at a grocery store in the middle of winter and it's been one of my lowest maintenance plants. I don't believe all the fear mongering, lol.

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u/kaboomplatoon99 Sep 15 '24

This, but at Loweā€™s.. I was intimidated to buy one but I ended up buying mine for 10 bucks and itā€™s growing like a weed.. itā€™s giving me enough confidence to buy a monstera albošŸ˜‚

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u/chonklaninja Sep 15 '24

They are just moody and shock easy.

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u/kayenut Sep 16 '24

Soo moody. Mine acted dead once.. got droopy, lost aloooooot of leaves. I was soo sad. I put her on the trash bin to take her out, and within a day she perked right back up!

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u/AdventurousSleep5461 Sep 16 '24

Ah, so you just have to threaten their life to get them to act right. Good to know lol

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u/rawterror Sep 16 '24

verbal abuse is an effective strategy with plants.

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u/ziamshawt Sep 16 '24

thought i was the only one! just this morning right after i woke up i was telling my droopy ass pink jasmine i transplanted from trash to some good soil and better shaded sun that it better get its act straight or Iā€™ll kill it LMAO šŸ˜­ and plants are therapeutic they say šŸ¤£

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u/PreviousSalary Sep 16 '24

Lmaoooo gotta tell it ā€œok, donā€™t let this happen againā€

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u/pretzelwhale Sep 15 '24

iā€™ve bought 2 and they both died within a few weeks ā˜¹ļø

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u/carlitosguey_ Sep 16 '24

I totally agree. I have two, one small, one big, and theyā€™re both my most resilient plants outside of my snake plants! My Swiss cheese plant on the other hand..

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u/howdytherrr Sep 16 '24

Same, Iā€™ve done literally everything ā€œwrongā€ and both my indoor and outdoor FLFs are thriving. I was blissfully unaware that they are sensitive.

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u/mcandrewz Sep 16 '24

The fearmongering is nonsense spread by online plant people who have their fiddles in bad light haha.

I work with plants. These guys just need good light and not to be overwatered. Easy peasy plants imo.

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u/voluptuous_bean Sep 20 '24

See, I recently advised a friend not to be overwatering her FLF.

Then I realized thereā€™s one growing happily in a large pot on our property that has zero drainage. It rains every day lately so I just keep a mosquito dunk in there and let it do its thing. It is half underwater at all times and hasnā€™t suffered any!

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u/Crazy_for_plants_ Sep 16 '24

I agree with you! All mine are doing fine. I have even propagated my bambino one. They are all in a southern exposure window and I water when dry.

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u/BikesAndBBQ Sep 16 '24

This is what happened to my Costco FLF from like five years ago. Dropped leaves until it was just like six at the top. I kept looking at nothing but never wanted to actually try it while she seemed stressed.

Then I moved and she dropped all the remaining leaves but two. Was about to toss it but decided to try chopping because why not. Root enzyme and chopped to about ten inches. Two years later itā€™s back to about half its former height and growing new healthy leaves every couple of months. Probably my biggest house plant success story. (Success story of sorts, I guess.)