My grandmother is dying and this is one if her plants that I am trying to keep alive. When i got it the white parts were wrapped in paper towels and in a cup and I tried burying them in the soil but it didn't work out well.

She stresses not to over water them like once a week and lightly. Foes anyone know what these are called? And the best way to save this one? The one pic by beavis and butthead is of a healthier one she had planted before.

We planted some spinach last year, they grew, we harvested them and died since they were out of season. But as we speak I checked the garden and these grew in place of them, Bird's Nest Fern is what they're called apparently and I'm wondering if they're edible or not since they were planted from the spinach seeds we sown last year. Thanks in advance for the help!

By seed starting mix I mean any seed starting medium, e.g. rock wool, peat moss, coco coir, etc.

In January, YouTube creator Soil and Margaritas / Garden Life published a video of her latest experiment around potting mixes (that's right, potting mixes) for starting seeds indoors.

Her rationale for starting her seeds in potting mix is when she uses seed starting mix, she eventually transplants them to potting mix anyway. She acknowledges that not all potting mix is suitable for starting seeds - for example, one of the specific products she tested was very chunky, which significantly hindered those seeds' germination and growth. That said, she claims that some potting mixes are "fluffy" enough to work well enough for starting seeds.

She tests Chinese noodle beans, sunflowers, and zinnias w/ six products:

• Vermont Compost Company Feed the Soil Fort Vee All Purpose Compost Based Potting Mix (the one she used in 2025)
• Miracle Gro Potting Mix
• Promix Premium Moisture Potting Mix
• Fox Farm Ocean Forest Potting Soil
• Black Gold Natural & Organic Potting Mix Plus Fertilizer
• Espoma Organic Potting Mix

Not accounting for price, personally I'd rank the performance as follows:

• Vermont Compost Company Feed the Soil Fort Vee All Purpose Compost Based Potting Mix (the one she used in 2025)
• Miracle Gro Potting Mix
• Fox Farm Ocean Forest Potting Soil
• Promix Premium Moisture Potting Mix
• Black Gold Natural & Organic Potting Mix Plus Fertilizer
• Espoma Organic Potting Mix (performed the worst, although she acknowledges in her video that this particular product is very chunky and this company has a seed starting mix on the market)

What do people of c/gardening use for starting their seeds? What are your thoughts on this test?

Hello! Does anyone here make their own soil mixtures without purchased materials? If you look for home made soil, its usually just a mix of bought ingredients like peat moss, coco coir, perlite etc. Peat moss is fossil, coco coir and perlite is certainly not from around here so definitely transported long ways.

Now, I’m no gardener but I can see that all the native plants around me don’t have any of that luxury, yet they thrive. Compost is the next obvious answer, but if you haven’t yet had time to establish one, what options are there?

I’ve successfully grown plants like tomatoes, strawberries, herbs and salad in a mix of gravel, local manure, topsoil and rotted wood.

I am looking for recipes and information on such mixes as I often struggle with drainage which killed my cucumbers. I need huge amounts of gravel to keep the silty manure from clogging up my pots but 3kg pots become quite silly too and the gravel makes repotting an almost sure death to any roots I want to move.

What are the consequences of using uncomposted organic materials? Some gardeners say soil acidity usually solves itself through microbes, yet the common saying is that it must be composted first.

Happy gardening Cheers

This is an inventory of what I've achieved over the last couple months. I started with the first DWC kale about three months ago, which has been producing for over 2 months now, 5 lacinato kale plants and 1 genovese basil growing prolifically. I started growing microgreens with no soil which has been decently successful with several challenges, primarily anaerobic rot and mold requiring me to learn to use hydrogen peroxide and doing water swap at the key stage between soak and germination before light phase, carefully managing water level. I set up my 2nd DWC which is purely tropaeolum of three different varieties, 2 empress of India, 1 Alaska mix, 1 Jewel mix. Most recently I just built the v2 microgreens shelving you can see has the tall speckled peas at the top, and the old v1 is now a great 6 shelves for storage on the left. The 10 gallon storage tote with water pump has been a great way to experiment on a small scale, I'm pretty sure I could scale this and produce a huge amount of greens with very little maintenance in a couple months. I like the idea of keeping things modular and separate.

Hello! Hope its okay to ask some questions here. I read you’re supposed to trim away the earliest sprouts on hops, as they’re usually bull bines. Bull bines are recognised by their large spacing between nodes as well as being hollow inside. These don’t look hollow to me and the nodes are rather tightly spaced I think. Should still cut them down?

This is hydroponic, the pH was too high so I lowered it and added nutrients to the water. Now that it can actually absorb nutrients the leaf is turning green again starting at the veins which I think looks really cool. It was previously much more yellow.

Most lived, some died. They got a little too dried out over the weekend so the smaller ones shriveled. Just forgot about them, kid had a dance comp and then my mother passed. So I’m just glad most actually survived.

Still got another month atleast before hardening, that will give the peppers about 8 weeks, they’re 4 weeks now.

Picked up some celery leaves to make a stew.

I have been harvesting celery from the 4 bunch I bought at the farmers market 2 years ago and planted them in a pot on the balcony.

It's the best 4 Euros I've ever spent on the market.

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cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/houseplants/p/1978261/where-do-you-get-your-plants-and-supplies

Hi, I'm a beginner at plant caretaking. I recently picked out a couple of small plants at a nursery, but they didn't have any pottery to go with them unfortunately.

So, I'd like to know where do you generally like to go to get what you need? Are there any good online resources I should be aware of? I'd prefer to shop locally of course, but the resources available to me here are limited and difficult to get to.

1 Month progress on some flowers and 1 Jalapeno.

• (Livingston Seeds)
• Zinnia State fair mix
• Morning Glory Tri Color
• Malva Sylvestris
• Zinnia Old Mexico
• Jalapeno

Little behind on the Jalapeno and Znnna OM. Will get them in a bigger container soon. First month of progress has been indoors under a SF Led board. Hoping to get them outdoors soon.

First asparagus spear popping out of the ground. Was a bit worried as I didn't spread the roots as much as I should have, but I think they're going to be ok. Hopefully the other 23 crowns grow soon.

Anyone got advice on what might be able to grow in a space like this?

We are sandwiched between tall buildings, so it only gets direct sunlight when the sun is directly overhead near noon

We are in Sydney, Aus, so pretty temperate weather, but in the shade these pots never seem to dry out

I have nearly finished learning how to do this successfully and consistently without any grow medium, no soil. First time doing multiple trays of daikon radish at the same time. Not ideal germination, but I know what I did wrong. I soaked the seeds in two containers, started several hours apart, then mixed them. The speckled peas are doing very well at this point, almost all seem to have germinated, and I was very careful not to over stuff the tray to avoid rot from anaerobic conditions. The only inputs are polypropylene trays, seeds, hydrogen peroxide, light, water. The shelf is ~12" by ~22", the trays are ~13" by ~10" so it takes up minimal space while allowing for 8 trays, the bottom shelf and top shelf used for storing excess trays and hydrogen peroxide. Now that I know this method is actually feasible, I will be doing a better job of tracking exactly what I do and the weight and time with the tracking app I used AI to help make.

Any feedback is greatly appreciated, and I'm happy to discuss anything constructive regarding what I'm trying to achieve, thanks for reading! I hope to be able to grow for others doing this in the near future, I've already given some trays to family members who enjoyed them. My area in Chicago has many people interested in healthy fresh foods.

Tents a little full, I’m expecting not every transplant to take.

For tomatoes I have:

Gusto Halia

Jubilee

Cherry Roma

Beefsteak

Black Krim

Yellow pear shape

Green zebra

Rainbow blend 

Get stuffed 

For peppers:

Red bell

Fat and sassy

jalepeno (early)

Sweetie snack mix

Hungarian hot wax

Habanero

Red habanero

Shishito

Sweet

Mini bell mix

Early sunsation

Golden California

Purple Beauty

Not too bad. Too many smaller ones means i planted too close together. I spaced them out more this time around and will add more water and manure.... should come out better.

Seedling pot made from an empty toilet paper roll. After germination, it can be buried directly in the garden bed as is; the roots will grow through the softened cardboard, and soil organisms will then consume it. Make sure to only use toilet paper rolls made from unchlorinated and unprinted cardboard.

edit: please check if recycling has a problem with chemicals or heavy metals in your country

The full spectrum white light would be too intense on this light right now, it’s not adjustable, so I’ve got supplementary wavelengths on, they’re better for seedlings anyways.

Fan for airflow, humidifier since it’s dry as shit here.

Most have some true leaves coming in, but there’s still a dozen or so still sprouting as well on the heat mats.

This is its third year, hopefully we'll get some good harvest.

several varieties in 3 euroboxes (cereza amarilla, gardeners delight, vilma, charmant, gargamel, tegucicalpa, feuerwerk, paul robeson, starfighter rebel prime, tamatilo de jalapa).

pricked them out once so far (gardeners delight twice)

setup is 3 32*40*60cm clear euroboxes with uv-led-lights powered by home assistant aligned with the possible sun time. the soil is a mix from composter and worm composter. sensors give home assistant feedback for temperatur and humidity in soil and air and trigger an alarm if necessary. but if i'm honest the sensor are mainly a gimmick since i check the plants a least daily because it makes me happy.

now i have to wait for may.