tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post3997606748631245133..comments2024-03-27T07:35:21.832-07:00Comments on Plants are the Strangest People: How My Plants Diemr_subjunctivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-30033415126065892962009-10-27T07:21:34.668-07:002009-10-27T07:21:34.668-07:00Liza, I think you've saved my croton. <3
Th...Liza, I think you've saved my croton. <3<br />Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-91140098469384816812009-10-26T07:57:56.026-07:002009-10-26T07:57:56.026-07:00Spider mites are easy to kill. Get a spray bottle ...Spider mites are easy to kill. Get a spray bottle and fill it with a 50-50 mix of rubbing alcohol and water. Add a few drops of dish soap. The alcohol will fry the mites. The soap helps the alcohol stay on the leaves, and cleans the leaves at the same time. It's the best nontoxic pesticide, and it works on mealy bugs (you still have to wipe them off, ew), scale (eventually) and the Lizahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02524353441135882375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-39115999694646450612009-10-26T07:40:47.795-07:002009-10-26T07:40:47.795-07:00The listed exacerbating factor of "being a cr...The listed exacerbating factor of "being a croton" under Spider Mites is not encouraging at all. -.-<br /><br />Especially considering I've been spending quite a bit of time squishing spider mites on a slowly-recovering croton. Boo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-64151183490669974102009-10-25T10:13:05.635-07:002009-10-25T10:13:05.635-07:00I am cracking up at the category of "ugly&quo...I am cracking up at the category of "ugly" as a cause of death. Hilarious.Samantha Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11324304321751170433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-41129585564374394122009-10-25T04:40:19.084-07:002009-10-25T04:40:19.084-07:00The only part of that pie that upsets me (besides ...The only part of that pie that upsets me (besides the lack of apple on the inside) is that the largest chunk after given away/sold/etc is "ugly." I prefer to let my ugly plants die of spider mites or underwatering--I don't want their next of kin to see the death records where "cause of death" is listed as "mirror-cracking syndrome."Kenneth Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11619410362453458358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-47019906816000879382009-10-24T20:10:12.920-07:002009-10-24T20:10:12.920-07:00You are my idol. I thought I was an obsessive lis...You are my idol. I thought I was an obsessive list-maker and record-keeper but now I see that I am a mere amateur. However, I find it too depressing to track plant deaths, preferring the "delete that record and forget it happened" method of dealing with grief.<br /><br />Plants totally commit suicide! I once had an aloe plant heave itself out of its pot and crawl several inches Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12589473046882217457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-70029143048918123712009-10-24T19:25:21.135-07:002009-10-24T19:25:21.135-07:00Blogger mr_subjunctive said...
" but you...Blogger mr_subjunctive said...<br /><br /> " but you should probably be warned that I think Backster is wrong. "<br /><br />Thank you for this, I will definitely follow up and boy, do I hope you are wrong ;-)barrywilliamsmbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05184739751490201591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-46361327938230835612009-10-24T19:06:24.922-07:002009-10-24T19:06:24.922-07:00barrywilliamsmb:
Everything I've done here at...barrywilliamsmb:<br /><br />Everything I've done here at PATSP can be found at this link:<br /><br /><a href="http://plantsarethestrangestpeople.blogspot.com/search/label/Cleve%20Backster" rel="nofollow">http://plantsarethestrangestpeople.blogspot.com/search/label/Cleve%20Backster</a><br /><br />but you should probably be warned that I think Backster is wrong.mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-61708829869016607252009-10-24T17:43:26.737-07:002009-10-24T17:43:26.737-07:00Hello. I'm new to the plant world but a new, a...Hello. I'm new to the plant world but a new, anxious to learn more student of Cleve Backster and his conscious plant theory.<br /><br />Would you direct me to any blog stories or provide guidance as to where I can learn more about this fascinating topic?<br /><br />Thanks for your time.barrywilliamsmbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05184739751490201591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-11106634926854953062009-10-24T17:04:22.786-07:002009-10-24T17:04:22.786-07:00Wow. That was a marvelously anal post. I might hav...Wow. That was a marvelously anal post. I might have to reread it! :)Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-6878785466278620202009-10-24T16:09:39.085-07:002009-10-24T16:09:39.085-07:00You are too funny...
When I grow up I want to be j...You are too funny...<br />When I grow up I want to be just like you!!!!!<br />Thanks for the smiles.CAROLANNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00631585466680338622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-72765047280955779562009-10-24T14:17:19.609-07:002009-10-24T14:17:19.609-07:00Ivynettle:
The three plants that had stuff fall o...Ivynettle:<br /><br />The three plants that had stuff fall on them were:<br /><br />-a <i>Ficus microcarpus</i> that had a fluorescent light fixture fall on it; I had two others just like it so I didn't feel obligated to keep it around to watch it recover. Also I think the bulb broke in the process, so there might have been glass in the soil too. I don't remember exactly; it was a while mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-48714880647976171392009-10-24T13:58:28.895-07:002009-10-24T13:58:28.895-07:00I have to say Mealybugs are just evil. Evil. I&#...I have to say Mealybugs are just evil. Evil. I've had to sacrifice some of my favorites (i.e., Clivia, Costus) that'd become incurable vectors (Mealybug Marys?) One of my plant books says the newborns can float on drafts of air. Evil.<br /><br />I'm sure if we could come up with a use for them they'd all get mealymites or something and become an endangered species.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-12855092051677515242009-10-24T13:07:16.324-07:002009-10-24T13:07:16.324-07:00Having been flirting with the idea of trying a pin...Having been flirting with the idea of trying a pineapple myself, I'm a bit disturbed by your account. but I certainly don't think you can count plants you successfully sold, traded, or gave away as deaths, whatever may have subsequently befallen them! once you remove those from the equation, you've lost damned few if you ask me. Though our dog has pulled over more than a few of mine (our friend Benhttp://ourfriendben.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-70109126134059663972009-10-24T12:46:17.843-07:002009-10-24T12:46:17.843-07:00"Three plants were discarded because somethin...<i>"Three plants were discarded because something fell on them, or they fell off a shelf, and broke in an unsalvageable way"</i><br />I don't know why that amuses me so much. Maybe because the one time something fell on one of my plants, it was a bookcase, and the plant (an <i>Abutilon</i>) not only survived, but saved a lot of my other possessions by supporting the bookcase long Ivynettlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-79919919658964414732009-10-24T08:27:40.469-07:002009-10-24T08:27:40.469-07:00Very funny! Love the graphs. -JeanVery funny! Love the graphs. -JeanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-19332595469293742162009-10-24T07:37:47.962-07:002009-10-24T07:37:47.962-07:00I love it when you're bored.I love it when you're bored.Nell Jeanhttp://www.seedscatterer.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-3706979051829798822009-10-24T05:50:35.290-07:002009-10-24T05:50:35.290-07:00I'm sure you must just be getting diseased (or...I'm sure you must just be getting diseased (or otherwise pre-damaged in an irreversible way) Philodendron 'Xanadu's. If we can keep them alive and looking good where I work you definitely should be able to!<br /><br />I'm planning on getting one eventually as a mini replacement for my old P. bipinnatifidum.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16347983770474369842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-38925442182354290952009-10-24T05:42:00.269-07:002009-10-24T05:42:00.269-07:00I'm convinced some of mine committed suicide. ...I'm convinced some of mine committed suicide. There was nothing I could do for them.Lizahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02524353441135882375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-71582039995431162762009-10-24T02:44:23.882-07:002009-10-24T02:44:23.882-07:00Oh am I glad that I'm not the only overwaterer...Oh am I glad that I'm not the only overwaterer around here ...Sue Swifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053188212601918182noreply@blogger.com