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The groundhog says 6 more weeks of winter for the Northern Hemisphere. 

Today I repotted my indoor plants. Mostly I have African violets.  I've been struggling with Chantaspring, a micro-mini, and am moving it to wick watering (despite me never doing wick water). I think the only reason I haven't lost this plantlet is it is the one still attached to the parent leaf.  Cap from a broth container is the pot, an xacto blade is my shovel. 
tiny plant in a blue cap for a pot


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Date: 2023-02-03 04:48 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] ysabetwordsmith
>> Some hybrids just don't like my growing conditions and I let them go, but by and large no trouble (I am one of *those people* with named hybrid plants and *collection goals*).<<

If collecting plants makes you happy, go for it.

I am more haphazard with both houseplants and garden plants. But then again, I have Gaia throwing random things into my yard that I don't have to pay for. Cup plants. Elderberries. Wild grape vines. :D

>>My mom was reading her great-aunt's journals and found that she had grown African violets exclusively. Mom remembers the house having lots of plants, but she was a little kid and didn't remember/know what they were.<<

Aww. That's a sweet story.

My grandmother grew African violets, but she was the only person we knew who could do that. Sadly none of them survived her by more than a month.

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