Close to Home by John McPherson for December 01, 2020

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    allen@home  almost 4 years ago

    Bleeb is showing you if you’re going to kill them go with the cheaper ones.

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    KA7DRE Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    I too have purchased several nursery grown plants that never made it, & I don’t have a green thumb either. Sort of explains it all.

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    Leojim  almost 4 years ago

    Bottom line, plant hate me. And I don’t blame them hahaha

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    AllishaDawn  almost 4 years ago

    My dandelions did pretty good this year.

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    Liverlips McCracken Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    That’s what I call honest pricing.

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    PoodleGroomer  almost 4 years ago

    Which shelf has the scented plastic and silk plants?

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    TStyle78  almost 4 years ago

    I think my girlfriend has a brown thumb. She’s pretty good at killing plants. My ex-step-mom had a black thumb. She could kill any plant quickly including cactuses. She even tried using those auto feeders and still killed them. Lol

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    jr1234  almost 4 years ago

    Have lots of natural plants outside that get watered by the rain. I don’t care for potted plants, inside or out, because I don’t remember to water them often enough

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    hleavitt155  almost 4 years ago

    finally, truth in advertising!

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    NeedaChuckle Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    People kill them with kindness. First thing many do is repot them. Bad idea. You need to get the plant acclimated to its new surroundings before shocking it by transplanting. The other big mistake is thinking that a plant is a fish and pouring thousands of gallons of water on it. As it dies they pour more and more water on it to complete the job.

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    Ralph Newbill  almost 4 years ago

    I know plenty of folk who shop for plants like this!

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    MoeJoe  almost 4 years ago

    How much for plants that will kill you?

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    exness Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    My well water tastes delicious, but certain potted plants will die with one or two waterings, so have to use rain barrel water. I have been told it is too salty.

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    russef  almost 4 years ago

    Wanna talk ridiculous? I’m watching my ‘little girls’ trying to push out their first blooms after about 3 years. Christmas cactus. Started from cuttings. Talk about excruciatingly slow growing.

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    geese28  almost 4 years ago

    Or you can simply forget to water them….

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    Herd of Turtles  almost 4 years ago

    I’m rooting for the plant.

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    jbduncan  almost 4 years ago

    Use music to help your plants live longer. However, plants prefer classical music not new age stuff. Marijuana prefers the Stones music.

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    epaphus8  almost 4 years ago

    Crabgrass and poison ivy are on the next shelf: “Plants that will survive no matter what.”

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    admiree2  almost 4 years ago

    Obvious lucrative business opportunity in the making. One stop Target Shooting Range and Plant Shop

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    Dobie  Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    “Excuse me ma’am, but would you by any chance have an Argentea Columnaris Augustifolia Tomentosum?”

    “No, I’m sorry, but we don’t. But we do have this lovely Croceus Fragrans Tradescantia Spathacea.”

    “Oh my, that does sound nice, but there appears to be a weird looking yellow bug over there by that Rubens Saxitalis Nana Maculata… oop, never mind… a big spider got it! WHOA! That yellow bug is dragging that spider by a leg over into those plants over there… that does not look like it’s gonna end well for that spider! I’ve never seen anything like that before! So… can you show me a nice cactus, then?”

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    Perkycat  almost 4 years ago

    I have a bonsai plant that I didn’t ‘bonsai’. It is over 30 years old and six feet tall. I have had to cut it back several times when we have moved. I have another plant that I got from my dad’s house when he died in 1981 ~ it is still going strong and I’ve given many cuttings to people. They like me!!

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    Robert Maxell Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    About 20 years ago, I bought a dracaena in a 4" plastic pot at the grocery store. It rapidly out grew the pot. My son and I planted it in the yard. It is still going strong and now taller than the house.

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    DondiDoo  almost 4 years ago

    Plants you’ll smoke in 3 weeks, $45

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    paranormal  almost 4 years ago

    I used to have a green thumb but it’s turned brown…

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    cuzinron47  almost 4 years ago

    That’s kinda buzzkill.

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    cuzinron47  almost 4 years ago

    The one on the right next to Bleeb looks like a succulent, they’re pretty hold to kill.

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    Prawnclaw  almost 4 years ago

    So so true!

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    Buckeye67  almost 4 years ago

    Those $25 plants look like something you should eat or smoke.

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    jccdlc  almost 4 years ago

    The deer ate most of my plants. They even got the ones by my front door step that required them climbing stairs to eat them.

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    Impkins  Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    I’ve even killed a terrarium! Waving back at you Bleeb!!!!!!!!! :)

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    vjorgensen54  almost 4 years ago

    plastic

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    Baucuva  almost 4 years ago

    Accurate.

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