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The Plantening
May. 10th, 2020 03:23 pmYesterday, exhausted from studying, Alex and I braved the local Target to find a new pot for Pablito, as well as fertilizer and soil for the task. Somehow Target lacked pots with sufficient drainage, so we went to Wal-Mart. Barren. Then we went to the local garden center and ... Weeeellllll ...
His name is Lurch and YES he IS buckled in. He's a Monstera Deliciosa, and likely to grow many feet tall and take over my living space. Exciting!
After that we knew we had to find some quality, but cheap pots and ended up getting huge ass terra cotta pots from Lowe's as the garden center was trying to sell plastic pots for upwards of $60 (?!).
Today I repotted Lurch and Pablito, pruning Pablito as well. Here's Lurch looking very happy in his corner of my bedroom:
However, things for Pablito were not so fun. In order for a poinsettia not to grow leggy and become a tree, as well as bloom properly, they must be chopped down to, at the most, 6-8 inches. It won't look that bad, I thought to myself as I stared at my poinsettia and thought of all the other pruned poinsettias I had seen online.
He turned out exactly like them.
( Atrocities Under The Cut )
This is necessary for his growth and eventual flowering, but Christ does it seem extreme. I worked out my grief by looking like an insane person and vacuuming my porch since my broom wouldn't pick up the dirt from the potting mix.
Anyways after that trauma I went to check my mail and lo and behold, packages! My birthday is tomorrow so my parents sent me some nice things.
( Not-Atrocities Under This Cut )
His name is Lurch and YES he IS buckled in. He's a Monstera Deliciosa, and likely to grow many feet tall and take over my living space. Exciting!
After that we knew we had to find some quality, but cheap pots and ended up getting huge ass terra cotta pots from Lowe's as the garden center was trying to sell plastic pots for upwards of $60 (?!).
Today I repotted Lurch and Pablito, pruning Pablito as well. Here's Lurch looking very happy in his corner of my bedroom:
However, things for Pablito were not so fun. In order for a poinsettia not to grow leggy and become a tree, as well as bloom properly, they must be chopped down to, at the most, 6-8 inches. It won't look that bad, I thought to myself as I stared at my poinsettia and thought of all the other pruned poinsettias I had seen online.
He turned out exactly like them.
( Atrocities Under The Cut )
This is necessary for his growth and eventual flowering, but Christ does it seem extreme. I worked out my grief by looking like an insane person and vacuuming my porch since my broom wouldn't pick up the dirt from the potting mix.
Anyways after that trauma I went to check my mail and lo and behold, packages! My birthday is tomorrow so my parents sent me some nice things.
( Not-Atrocities Under This Cut )
