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11/01/2018

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nature series 26/∞

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I’ve never thought about Pothos not being a flowering plant. I always assumed they do flower since there so many different variegated ones but I suppose they has developed those variegations with sporting. Wow.

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Still not houseplant related but as someone who keep plants in hydroculture... it’s kind of related.

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Not a houseplant but still interesting!

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In depth information of String of Hearts

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Coleus: Seed collecting to growing new houseplants

Don’t let your coleus flower unless you plan to collect the seeds from them. Try to pollinate even if you don’t actually know what you’re doing. Once the flowers start to drop the blue part, take them off the stalk. Put somewhere safe where they can dry completely before you pick out the actual seeds. This is time consuming.

The seeds are absolute tiny. If you sell these, please don’t send them in an envelope. Place them in a small bag, roll in the bag in some bubblewrap and then put it in an envelope. Sometimes when you buy coleus seeds or other small seeds they has been coated with something to make them bigger and easier to handle. If so you has to plant them a bit differently than these small natural ones are sown.

When I sow my coleus seeds I prepare a box (without drainage) put soil in there (this one has terracotta gravel added). You can also have other growing mediums. Wet it slightly. Add the seeds, and don’t put any soil above them. Take some plastic wrap and put on top of the box. Poke a few dots in the wrap with a fork or something and sit it under a light source.

Six days into it, the non seed particles has molded slightly but that doesn’t matter typically. It’s too small to see any difference but the white specks are for most part seedlings. Just too tiny to be captured.

Ten days from the first sowing picture and they look like this. This was 5 days ago and now they look like this:

Not a lot of growth compared to the first few days. It might be because of the big container. But in my experience, from this stage it will take a few weeks for them to grow a whole lot. And then when least expecting it they’ve grown a tonne over just a couple of hours.

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Golden freakin’ pothos

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Aglaonema

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蓮　（蓮根畑）

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houseplantjournal on ig

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My only living croton to this day

June 28, 2019 the day I brought it home. Luscious and colorful.

March 7, 2020 when the stick period ended and it started to put out new leaves

The same croton today (February 24, 2021)

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Ipomoea

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Crassula marnieriana. October 2020.