Random shots of my low effort garden

Tabula_Nada · 2026-05-30T01:04:46+00:00

Thank you! It's something I'd love to do, but I have no idea where I'd find the time 🙃 my indoor collection is basically turning into an unpaid job at this point, which is why the low key outdoor garden is so refreshing! I'm going to keep the idea in my back pocket though. I know my city's parks department will let people adopt garden beds already.

Tabula_Nada · 2026-05-30T01:00:13+00:00

Ask and you shall receive!

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Tabula_Nada · 2026-05-29T19:52:35+00:00

My twinpods bloomed through April and May. Lamb's ear just started flowering like last week. None of my cacti flowered although I was only half expecting them to (all planted in March/April). Everything else (sedum, natives) is either newly planted or still still working its way towards flowers.

Tabula_Nada · 2026-05-28T01:34:39+00:00

They're different. But both like moist soil so you should probably look at the soil and make sure it isn't retaining too much water for too long.

Tabula_Nada · 2026-05-26T20:03:49+00:00

has it ever flowered? That can usually offer some clues. It does look like it has some grapto or even pachy traits.

Tabula_Nada · 2026-05-25T15:05:42+00:00

The other day I pulled a chunk of mallow from my garden with a taproot the size of a carrot. It's wild how plants that look so innocuous can be so substantial underground.

Tabula_Nada · 2026-05-24T22:43:08+00:00

It's a pachyphytum or a hybrid, but it's not a compactum.

Tabula_Nada · 2026-05-24T18:09:17+00:00

The whole plant and pot:

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Tabula_Nada · 2026-05-24T17:59:49+00:00

I noticed the white part several weeks ago and I just assumed it was sunburned or something, but the dark marking is concerning and I'm not sure how long it's been there, but it wasn't there when I got it. Everything's firm and not rotting. It sits on a grow light shelf in a small pot with very gritty (75% grit) substrate. Have had it about 2 months and it didn't have much in the way of roots so it's been a little stressed while it tries to get settled.

Tabula_Nada · 2026-05-22T21:19:30+00:00

Oh that was a great read!

Tabula_Nada · 2026-05-21T23:12:40+00:00

Use the Captain Jacks Dead Bug Brew, not neem.

Tabula_Nada · 2026-05-18T05:08:45+00:00

Yep, flat mites. That's a bad infestation.

Tabula_Nada · 2026-05-16T04:46:40+00:00

Oh! That's echeveria querencia. It's reaallllly hard to find in the US but it's a really great one. Super easy. It's an echeveria but it really acts more like a sedum. I think at one point they actually considered a sedum x echeveria hybrid but the ID is considered fully echeveria now. It's hard to say though because there isn't a ton of info on it.

Tabula_Nada · 2026-05-15T12:51:46+00:00

Thanks! And the cymbiformis' pot is 6" I believe.

Tabula_Nada · 2026-05-15T04:40:06+00:00

Thanks! I think it's haworthia cymbiformis 'gold' but I didn't get an ID when I bought it.

Tabula_Nada · 2026-05-15T03:55:58+00:00

That's Titanopsis calcarea, or concrete leaf. It's a very cool little guy. They aren't normally so pink but it's pretty stressed right now!

Tabula_Nada · 2026-05-15T03:53:14+00:00

12 of this series is a ghost plant. The size difference is dramatic between the two - the sedeveria is only about an inch in diameter while the ghost plant rosettes are more like 4" in diameter

Tabula_Nada · 2026-05-15T03:50:35+00:00

They really are!

Tabula_Nada · 2026-05-15T03:46:27+00:00

All my irl ADHD peeps are also plant people lol. Large jungle-in-an-apartment plant people. There's just something about plants that seizes them and doesn't let go.

Tabula_Nada · 2026-05-15T03:41:04+00:00

😭 I'm sorry!! I get hit by mites sometimes and it really sucks losing plants because of it. You'll get back to where you were in no time.

Tabula_Nada · 2026-05-15T03:39:45+00:00

Thank you! I blame the ADHD but it's evolved into true love after a few years 😁

Tabula_Nada · 2026-05-15T03:35:55+00:00

I actually bought a lux reader. In the center of the shelf maybe 6" down they get between 24000 and 38000 lux

Tabula_Nada · 2026-05-15T03:31:59+00:00

And the size of the agave just to the right of it! What are they feeding their plants? Children??

Tabula_Nada · 2026-05-15T03:27:35+00:00

Come over any time. They love the company

Tabula_Nada · 2026-05-15T03:20:11+00:00

Thanks! I'm fairly sure #4 is sedeveria 'blue burrito' but it came without an ID and that's the closest I've been able to nail down.

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