Anyone else like plants??

[taliesin238]

I just love plants!! My bedroom is like a forest!! What are your favourites? Id have to say the dragon trees, cococ plants, the bigger the better, thats what I think!! You gotta love Ivy as well, she just keeps on growing!!

[Thunderbird+]

Hi taliesin, I can see from your earlier post that your a big fan of palms and all thing tropical, great aint they!
Heres a tip to get many plants for the price of one!
By far the easiest type of palm to grow is the 'Parlour Palm' (Chamaedorea elegans) garden centres sell lots of these, usually several in one pot to make it look a fuller kind of plant but in reality only the strongest one will survive over time as the others gradually die off. So what I did was carefully seperate the small plants and re-pot them individually in their own little pots and grow them on, now when I lay back in my bubble bath for a good relaxing soak, I'm surrounded by these plants and I imagine that I'm in a tropical rain forrest but without the fire ants ;-)
Good luck. Tbird+

[taliesin238]

Aw Tbird that was ace!!! My nanna has some kind of plant that grew off shoots and spread out into 4 different bits so i planted them into their own pot and they have really excelled!!


Gravitate:- there are lots of studies on talking to plants. Prince Charles is a huge fan of this. Apparently the vibration that is given off from our voices stimulates the plants in some way and they love it and it encourages them to grow.

[Thunderbird+]

Yes and dont forget when you talk to them you are breathing out carbon dioxide which they take in and convert to oxygen, for us to breath!

[shylock73]

I believe it`s unhealthy to have foliage plants in the bedroom at night as they breath in oxegen and expel carbon dioxide. When I was in hospital the nurses took out plants at night for this reason and returned them next morning. Do you find you wake up tired and lifeless in the a/m with headache? If so........!!!!

[Thunderbird+]

I have plants in every room and always wake up fresh as a daisy and on occaision sleep out under the stars on warm summer nights absolutely surrounded by plants and the only affect it has is a good appetite. Good ventillation, I think is the key!

I have a nice small leaved ivy that cascades down from a pot, high up on the wall in the bathroom, it seems to thrive on the rising steam.

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I have many house plants. They all are special but I love my African violets. I talk to my plants and play classical music for them, and when it is very, very cold I give them diluted warm milk. Not kidding.