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We're rescuing this #jadeplant from my MIL
😢
I would love to get some advice from someone knowledgeable about jades. 🙏
It was being kept outside in the shade, so only indirect light. We're in N TX == 100 degrees for the last several weeks. I believe she was watering it very frequently.
The last time I saw it was a couple months ago, and it was gorgeous.
Help! What do?

#houseplants
We're rescuing this #jadeplant from my MIL
😢
I would love to get some advice from someone knowledgeable about jades. 🙏
It was being kept outside in the shade, so only indirect light. We're in N TX == 100 degrees for the last several weeks. I believe she was watering it very frequently.
The last time I saw it was a couple months ago, and it was gorgeous.
Help! What do?

#houseplants
We're rescuing this #jadeplant from my MIL
😢
I would love to get some advice from someone knowledgeable about jades. 🙏
It was being kept outside in the shade, so only indirect light. We're in N TX == 100 degrees for the last several weeks. I believe she was watering it very frequently.
The last time I saw it was a couple months ago, and it was gorgeous.
Help! What do?

#houseplants
We're rescuing this #jadeplant from my MIL
😢
I would love to get some advice from someone knowledgeable about jades. 🙏
It was being kept outside in the shade, so only indirect light. We're in N TX == 100 degrees for the last several weeks. I believe she was watering it very frequently.
The last time I saw it was a couple months ago, and it was gorgeous.
Help! What do?

#houseplants
We're rescuing this #jadeplant from my MIL
😢
I would love to get some advice from someone knowledgeable about jades. 🙏
It was being kept outside in the shade, so only indirect light. We're in N TX == 100 degrees for the last several weeks. I believe she was watering it very frequently.
The last time I saw it was a couple months ago, and it was gorgeous.
Help! What do?

Top 10 Gardening Trends for 2025 from the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society https://www.allforgardening.com/1926089/top-10-gardening-trends-for-2025-from-the-pennsylvania-horticultural-society/ #annuals #ClimateChange #drought #education #FeaturedHome #GardeningPennsylvania #GardeningTrends #houseplants #MentalHealth #pennsylvania #PennsylvaniaHorticulturalSociety #perennials #SocialMedia #sustainability #trend!! #tropicals #UrbanAgriculture #UrbanFarming #VerticalFarming #water #WaterManagement #YearInReview

How to Transition Your Container Garden Indoors Ahead of the First Freeze https://www.allforgardening.com/1811889/how-to-transition-your-container-garden-indoors-ahead-of-the-first-freeze/ #ContainerGarden #garden #gardening #houseplants #ImageCredits #PottedPlants #TropicalPlants

'Morning! #Begonia #bloomscroling #HousePlants

The strange tale of Sigmund Freud’s #begonia. Corinne’s begonia had grown from a cutting of a plant grown from one given to her by the actor Sally Miles in the 1970s. Sally’s had started life as a cutting she was given by the opera singer Kirsten Flagstad in the 50s. And Kirsten had been given her cutting in the 30s by her dear friend … #SigmundFreud. #plants #gardeners #history #cuttings #plants https://observer.co.uk/news/first-person/article/emma-freud-sigmund-freuds-begonia #gardeners #houseplants #begonias

#Introduction She/Her. Very much still learning the mastodon/fedi ropes! Central Indiana natural history enthusiast and co-owner/#photographer @Nativeplantsunlimited . Mostly boosts posts, will occasionally gush abt #naturalhistory, my various #handcrafts, #pets, and #houseplants. I don’t mind answering questions in the comments!
#beading #beadwork #weaving #tabletweaving #handmade #carnivorousplants #pitcherplant #nepenthes #cats #catsofmastodon #photography #artist #MastoArt

I found a really effective and safe method of getting rid of spider mites on your houseplants and seedlings that I want to share with you here:

The agent used is Potassium-based liquid soap (all liquid soaps are made with Potassium Hydroxide or KOH). Ideally, you'd find a "horticultural soap" or "insecticidal soap" that doesn't contain fragrances or other additives, but most plants, even young seedlings, will tolerate a bit of that with the method I'll describe and if you buy the cheapest soap dispenser refills you can find they won't have much of the additives anyway or there wouldn't be any profit in selling it.

Anyway, what you do is make a whole lot of foam out of your liquid soap. Use high pressure water hose or similar over uneven surface that you squirted your liquid soap over. Once you've got your foam nice and thick, start coating your plants with it, also from underneath the leaves and try not to let too much of it fall onto your soil / substrate / growth medium. Thick enough foam should stick to leaves where you applied it. Do this in the shade of course and let your plants remain covered in foam for 5-10 minutes, then gently wash it off with water. Let the plants dry up in shade before moving them back to where you keep them. Do not let the plants sit covered in foam for too long and wash it off while it's still a thick foam. You don't want too much of that to leak into your growth medium (but a bit of it should be fine).

And that's it. You'd have washed off most of the spider mites because liquid soaps are also "surfactants" i.e. they make the water less viscous which will make it reach into the crevasses it otherwise wouldn't and make the surfaces too slippery for insects to cling to. Your plants will now also be covered with a very thin film of KOH-based solution (Potassium is lethal to soft-bodied insects). It will kill both adult spider mites as well as their tiny eggs they deposit underneath the leaves. And the surface of your plants will be too bitter for pests to feed on for a minimum of a week after you've applied the foam, possibly longer. But do inspect your plants on occasion for mite damage and see if you have to apply the soapy foam again. Other, larger insects such as moths, bees and beetles visiting your plants can, involuntarily, carry stowaway spider mites on their bodies back onto your plants as they collected the mites from other plants they visit.

Obviously, this should only be done on plants that you don't intend to eat and/or before they start flowering and developing edible fruits, but your plants should tolerate this treatment well, even seedlings of soft-leaved plants (e.g. pepper, tomato, eggplant,...). I produced so many viable seedlings this year, despite spider mite infestation I was fighting using this simple method of pest control I had to literally beg neighbors to take my seedlings so I won't have to discard them. Happy gardening!

#gardening #seedings #houseplants #pestcontrol #spidermites

Love plants? Dice? Perfect for druids, nymphs and elementals!

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Beautiful resin dice containing lovely succulents and flowers, a delightful gift (for yourself or others) as Spring is coming in and the plants begin to flourish again

#Dice #TTRPG #RPG #ResinDice #resin #IndieGames #PenanceRPG #DnD #DnD5e #TTRPGs #GamingDice #gaming #PolyhedralDice #plants #HousePlants #spring #SpringFlowers #succulents #cactus #affiliate #podcast #discount

The final day of ‘23, a new orchid flower opened 🤗 The last three are waiting for ‘24, hope the year has more good things in store, peace and unity especially.

To send off the year, a bonus apistogramma and a pleco on leaf cleaning duty for a Red Tiger Lotus, started the tank almost 7mo ago!

Macro video of the Apistogramma Agassizii Tefe Red Back pair: http://tinyurl.com/2n23pv7c

#orchids #orchid #houseplants #plants #flowers #lotus #apistogramma
#cichlid #plantedtank #aquarium
@plants @nature

I potted up 22 Lithos yesterday. I felt like they would look beautiful in a group. I hope that I got the soil correct. I am fascinated by them. I like witnessing different survival strategies. #succulents #houseplants #lithos