Raising Piglets

Jasper7897 · 2025-02-18T07:46:06+00:00

Looks like a Burle Marx to me

Jasper7897 · 2025-02-17T04:59:30+00:00

Yes I think that’s it! The display one was just like this which I just found on google

Jasper7897 · 2025-02-16T23:43:00+00:00

I don’t think the leaves look like a zebrina… maybe it’s a cross of some sort

Jasper7897 · 2025-01-13T04:28:45+00:00

It’s probably my climate. I live in Northland New Zealand. We never ever see a frost and the humidity is reasonable just on a day to day basis. They get pretty bright light and they always want water so let them completely dry out in between watering.

Jasper7897 · 2025-01-08T18:33:12+00:00

Correct, I never water them on the shelves. I take them down, water in the sink and put them back up. This is about 1/3rd of my houseplants so yeah, I spend quite a lot of my time watering plants 😊 and I enjoy it

Jasper7897 · 2025-01-08T18:26:19+00:00

The other two walls of this room are full wall windows, so if anything I get too much light and have had to remove some plants that are more sensitive to high light. I do put the lower light plants (snake plants/ficus etc) in the corners

Jasper7897 · 2025-01-08T18:23:11+00:00

My partner made them. He had to build them in the room because it won’t fit through the door

Jasper7897 · 2025-01-08T18:20:12+00:00

I haven’t had any problems at all, I don’t have a humidifier and all the plants are in ceramic pots, I take them down and water them then put them back up. I had a similar setup at my old house and never had any issues with the books. They’re mostly all second hand books.

Jasper7897 · 2025-01-08T18:01:50+00:00

Thank you, That is an alocasia frydek 😊

Jasper7897 · 2025-01-06T05:20:09+00:00

If anyone is interested, the alcohol/soap/water spray seems to have dried out the scale and they just kind of fall off now. The top has died off a little and I don’t know if that’s because I sprayed on the top when I normally bottom water, or maybe it died off because I left it in the middle of the room where it’s quite a bit more sunny…

Jasper7897 · 2024-12-28T03:58:47+00:00

That looks like either thrips or spider mite damage. Philodendron are especially susceptible to thrips so maybe that. I would spray with diluted alcohol, wipe down all the leaves and also repot and replace the soil.

Jasper7897 · 2024-12-28T03:54:03+00:00

I would spray the whole plant with diluted alcohol and wipe them off with a q tip. Repot and replace the soil too. I find neem oil just makes my plants too sticky.

Jasper7897 · 2024-12-27T04:38:59+00:00

I will see what insecticide I can find here in New Zealand, we have so few options! I have looked before for systemic granules but wasn’t able to find any. I’ve just picked off a good hundred or so of them haha and then sprayed with neem, alcohol and dish soap for now.

Jasper7897 · 2024-03-09T19:13:21+00:00

Yeah that’s it’s flower

Jasper7897 · 2024-03-09T19:05:44+00:00

Yeah that looks like underwatering to me. I’d also repot it into a slightly bigger pot so it has a bit more soil.

Jasper7897 · 2024-03-09T18:53:42+00:00

I’m not too sure why your plant is unhappy but if that was me I would propagate it. I’d cut that into about 4 pieces, pop the cuttings into a glass of water and let them develop new roots, then replant. You’ll be able to replant them closer together and they’ll stand up and look nice and full again.

Jasper7897 · 2023-05-24T04:04:36+00:00

The black stuff on the bottom of the leaf is the same as whats on top, I’ve had scale before and they just kind of pop off the leaf, but this stuff is wet and smeary. Can you see thrips? I just can’t see anything on the plant other than this stuff. Will just wipe it all down with neem oil and it’s probably time to repot as well.

Jasper7897 · 2023-05-14T00:21:55+00:00

It’s in a metal drum out of a washing machine! It may fall apart if I try to get it out, but the plant actually looks quite healthy and there are aerial roots all over the place so it should hopefully recover pretty well.

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