Ciara1d ago

I know nothing about plants, other than that I’ve learnt that they die if I try to take care of them. So I leave them alone and they look after themselves. I’ve been ignoring this plant for a year. I don’t know what it is or what it does. The other day, I noticed a weird little mismatched shoot. It keeps growing, more and more overnight, like Jack’s Beanstalk, up and up and up. I think unfurling may happen. I am not even embarrassed about how exciting I find this.

#Bloomscrolling

Show threadStephen Darlington1d ago
@CiaraNi I would also recommend rhubarb as a difficult plant to kill. I put some in the garden six years ago and it keeps coming back, with no effort on my part. Stuff I planted more recently: dead.
Show threadCiara1d ago
@sdarlington Good to know. I wonder if you can grow rhubarb in a pot. After years of killing everything, I've been trying out the same strategy of 'just ignore them' for the outdoor plants on my balcony as well and it's showing promise there too. Great that your rhubarb keeps coming back. Delicious in tarts.
Show threadStephen Darlington
@CiaraNi I don't see why it wouldn't grow in a pot. But then I don't see why my other plants die. I may not be the most reliable information source.
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Show threadCiara1d ago
@sdarlington This is sound advice, I think. I've stopped trying to work out what'll work because it's all a mystery to me. So I can just try it, because who knows, maybe it will grow in a pot. And like yourself, I can't see the pattern to why some of my plants die and others thrive. Every day a little surprise.