Usually, January is the month for feeding all the houseplants, but, I have been busy organizing and cleaning different areas of the house. Unfortunately, some of them started to show signs of neglect, my bad!
This is the first time that my Fiddle Leaf Fig leaves have ever looked like this. I have had it for five years and I felt so bad when I went to water it. Not to mention that I had to put a stake in the pot to hold up the branches. It had gotten to 7' tall so I took the pruners to it, yes, I really did.
It has already started to root in the glass jar. I will have a second plant to enjoy from the mother plant. It will be interesting to see if it branches off where I took the cuttings.
The Pothos that hang in the family room runners were hitting the floor. I gave it a 3' trimming and saved a few ends to start rooting them. I was at the dentist last month and the plant they had on the counter was dying. I will be taking them to their office and sharing the cuttings with the secretary.
The small jar has trimmings from a pink Fushia that I have wintered over. I am just starting to see a few tiny white roots and am hopeful to have two hanging pots this summer.
As usual, the Boston Fern has dropped a gazillion leaves from the fronds. Even though I mist it every other day it still doesn't like the dry air in the house.
In a previous post, I asked if I should cut back on the Thanksgiving Cactus; well, I did, and very hard too. You can see in the center of the pot where a large branch broke off due to the weight. I was afraid it would do the same with what was left. I pinched back every stem to about a foot, mind you the branches were almost 2 1/2' long.
Since I pinched it back, new buds have formed and it is going to be full of blooms again this month. I rooted a few of the tips and have a small container doing fine in my bedroom window.
The blue pot had a tall ginger plant in it but the stems all turned brown and died back. I left the ginger bulbs in the pot and water it lightly hoping it will send up new shoots. The Blue Fern on the floor seems a bit pale just like the Fig.
Now that I used an all-purpose water-soluble fertilizer on all the plants I'm hoping the leaves will darken up again.
This is the only plant that never shows any signs of neglect. It has grown so much in the two years since I bought it. I can see a lot of new stems growing from the center of the plant. I will have to research how to trim it or perhaps divide it. It is getting too large for the space that I have. This south-facing room gets full sun all day long and the plants love it.
It's mid-February and I am busy seeding trays of vegetables, herbs, and flowers for this year's season. I wish you a wonderful week ahead and happy gardening.
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