When I had my house and garden up in the canyon, my obsession with repotting was no big deal. I had a big patio with plenty of room to work in and any mess I made (and I always made a mess) was easy to clean up with a hose and a broom. Now that I have relocated to an apartment with only a few insolent house plants, my efforts at giving them a new, more attractive spot are considerably more difficult.
The subject has unfortunately come up again because late last year I bought a really charming fiddle leaf ficus. It has been a great addition to my tiny collection of house plants, and so I decided it was time to give it a real pot. Repotting is not really very difficult, but since I have to pull it off in the kitchen, The whole operation is a little more complicated.
Especially since the ficus is fairly tall and the pot is sizable. But I am a genius and also not all that fussy about the final product. I always explain to any plant that has come into my grasp "You have two options: live or die."
Ficuses are notorious for going into shock if you move them around and then dropping all their leaves to prove have a delicate they are, but this one seems to be less crazed than that and I hope it will be happy in its new home.
Boys I'd like to put in a pot:
This is a beautiful Fiddle Fig! I love them and have had several, and I have had no luck with any of them. For some reason, I have no luck with indoor plants. My talents must only be used for outdoor gardening.
ReplyDeleteOutdoor gardening is so much more amusing and also has so many more options. I miss my garden.
DeleteYou could simply put the cheap pot into a slightly larger and more decorative pot...but the cheap pots often fall apart. I had one break before I even got the plant home!
ReplyDeleteAs for all those AI-generated men, you can have them. Please, take them. Take them far, far away.
Anonymous, too
I forgot to mention that the pot the ficus came in was definitely too small and the ficus needed a bigger home.
DeleteGood to know you still have "green fingers", even if you don't have outside space any more!
ReplyDeleteI hope boy #1 isn't AI slop, 'cos I could get "sloppy" with him... Jx
I know I complain about not having a yard any longer, but actually, five indoor plants is all the gardening I have energy for anyway.
DeleteI got rid of all the house plants a couple of years ago after a lifetime of having them. I don’t miss taking care of them in the winter. They would go out for the summer.
ReplyDeleteI do have dahlia tubers in pots in the basement that I am bringing up to put on the south facing widow sills to get them going before they go out for the summer. This might be the last year I grow them.
Real or illusion the health young men are nice to look at.
Dahlias are some of my favorite flowers. There's a charming bed of them in Golden gate Park that the dahlia society maintains.
DeleteBel homme # 6- l’odalisque mâle classique :)
ReplyDelete-Beau Mec à Deauville
Uhh, merci. I think.
DeleteInfomaniac’s 20th anniversary is tomorrow for those who want to say hi to her annual post.
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Thank you for the reminder. The old hag is turning into some kind of Stonehenge for bloggers
DeleteI love that you're still gardening! God I remember how astounding the garden at your old place was. Just gorgeous. Looks like you still have a green thumb!
ReplyDeleteOur man in the towel = Yummmmmm.
Nothing like slightly covered beef.
DeleteI always say I want house plants but my place is just too small and dark.
ReplyDeleteBoy number 1 is jaw dropping! Number 3 is more like a jaw breaker!
Please take the AI men away
Who needs Miracle-Gro with Peenee around??
ReplyDeleteI hope we'll see more of your fiddle leaf ficusin the Garden Photos Event later in the year?
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