#tiny succulents

[lerry-hazel]

Visuals no one asked for;

aka things I looked up while writing my latest fic in order to find out what weird shit playing out in my head would look like iRL - which turned out to be fun.

Of course, nothing is mine.

The bear is based on this art; screenshots are screenshots; the rest is poached from Google Images, do a reverse search if you are curious ;-)

And yes, I know it isn't actually the same castle.

Could someone please draw them all in Starfleet uniforms, so that I could stop dreaming up weird crossovers? Or just come chat to me about which alien each of them would be :-D

[wilyserpentofeden]

I wish Crowley was real so I could ask him how to brutally murder all fungus gnats in houseplants forever and always permanently with no possibility of return ever in the history of the world if anyone has Crowley level plant knowledge please advise if there is a solution to be rid of them even more effective than re-potting, checking for root rot, and thoroughly washing the pots or killing each one directly with my bare hands bc these horrible bastards keep coming back somehow and I'm soooooo fucking mad about it!!! Leave my baby succulents ALONE. OR ELSE.

[daisybell17]

tiny succulent! 🌱

i got this for free!! moots what shall we name this cutie?! :D

[cappurrccino]

most fun part of the "tiny plants" lego set is that the instruction booklets tell you what existing lego pieces they reused in new colors to make the plants

[mysa-creations]

RAINBOW plant earrings! 🌈

Wasn't sure if they'd look good with the brown pot but I think they turned out awesome!

[simonsaysmacy]

Coming at you... heh... COCKTUS!

this FRIDAY, Nov 3rd, only at @strangecattoys is the third edition to your fanciful Cocktus garden.

PINK.

So get your trigger fingers ready ‘cause this guy is here for a good time, not a long time.

Oh and Happy Halloweiner! 🍆🌵💦🎃

[blackswallowtailbutterfly]

Succulents Part 8--Portulaca, Euphorbia, and Spergularia

Succulents are a wide variety of plants, spanning multiple orders. Some have succulent leaves while others have succulent stems. Cactuses are succulents, but not all succulents are cactuses. Defining what exactly makes a succulent is a little tricky. For example, cabbage leaves are considered by some to be succulent, but tulip and onion leaves apparently aren't.

All photos mine. Unedited except for the fourth one down on the left, which was taken in RAW format and edited from there to bring out the colour while maintaining the contrast of light and shadow.

There are Portulaca cultivars that are popular in gardens as annuals. But the weed known as purslane (second photo down on the right) is a Portulaca species with a nearly global native range. It's edible (has a mild salty taste), makes a nice ground cover in my opinion, and is unfairly maligned.

But don't mistake it for Euphorbia (spurge)! Because that is poisonous. Some cultivars look rather nice in the garden, though. One tell is that Euphorbia species will leek a milky sap if you cut it whereas purslane will not.

Spergularia (sea spurrey, sand spurrey, etc.) have very tiny pink flowers that you might notice if you look down on the grass from time to time if your city doesn't use pesticides. They are edible but I haven't tried them.

[xcziel]

got a bunch of little baby plants and am doing some repotting but damn i have a hard time remembering which ones can't have direct light

all but a few of them are low light types because i don't like window or overhead light (i am a cave gremlin)

but some of them need at least indirect light and i'm trying to get those situated well to the french doors (also i bought another seasonal fern bc i am weak and it's hogging a bunch of the space)

some of the tiny ones are barely hanging on and idk what to do else besides sun+ water

i thiiiink it's the tiny peperomia, the mini spider plant, and the aglaonema that really need out of the direct sunbeams and the couple of little succulents that need moved in more

the one snake plant that i haven't watered for six months needed a bigger pot so i upgraded it and i hope it takes it well. the bitty pearl pothos doesn't need a bigger pot but less sun and more drainage i think, so it got a new pot too

why do i get tempted by plants when i hate natural light so much? i did buy a *little* grow light for the corner though

i need plants that are ok with just ambient low light - the sansevieria is out of the window reach entirely but has been putting up fresh green shoots? the big peace lily keeps unfurling new leaves in the dark corner as long as it gets plenty of water?

but the other peace lily that was by the window is crunchy now and idk how to rehab it (still green? and not wilted but the leaves are crunkly so)

also i seeded some rosemary and sage and they are sprouting but the mint did not come up at all ://

[discoknack]

Also what do I do with my succulent? It's the only plant I managed to keep alive so far. My grandma gave it to me. I knew that with this kind of plant, most plant death is due to overwatering as opposed to under watering. So I watered it every two weeks, noticed the edges getting brown, so I water it every Sunday. It had a baby, but neither watering schedule was good for it and it died.

Anyway, now this plant is getting too big for the pot; there's a root or something coming out the bottom and going back in through another hole. I don't know what to do with it because it has been living in my windowsill and outside is frosty.

[leenlue]

yellow

[creekfiend]

Got some cool footage of some really exciting mosses and lichens today friends

[pachyfaeria]

I love this Sedeveria Lilac Mist. So simple but so pretty!

[icewindandboringhorror]

A tiny little jade plant and a very small succulent, dime for comparison.

[cantankerouscatfish]

manager's friend came by yesterday to learn how to use the seed machine. gifted us with two opuntia and a cholla. bro I don't WANT THESE...

[badassindistress]

Repurposed old book covers that got turned into notebooks, bags, fridge magnets, earrings, necklaces etc

That is so cute!

I love finding those little arts stalls next to the lady with the Good Basil and tomatoes

[xcziel]

i think i have given up on the yard now

there are things planted and we'll see what we'll see, but from everything i've read stuff will either die in the 110F heat or later on in a winter freeze so further $ invested may be a waste

and the only solution is to keep everything as potted-and-mobile or indoor plants

there's already been issues with ants and gnats so the impetus to leave them outside and then bring them in later is now very low

so maybe i will just have a lot of indoor plants - at least i can take them with me when i go

the one pothos is at least VERY enthusiastic and all the greenery is *so* fucking mentally soothing

... i just really want to buy so many more plants and i *have* to stop