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[darkanddusty]

Last fall, I picked up a bunch of small clay pots from the FREE box outside one of my favorite thrift stores, thinking I could use them when spring came.  And, since spring is coming, I'm starting to think about what they could hold.

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[swampfaye]

Cactus

[darkanddusty]

Ooh, good idea! Thank you. :)

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[the_great_maker]

ummm.... anything (small)?

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[darkanddusty]

Ahaha, I figured, but I don't know all that much about plants so I want to walk into Home Depot or wherever saying something more than like, "Hey, where are your small plants?" So I was just looking for some recommendations. :)

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[the_great_maker]

Haha, yeah I get you! If you want something for your window ledge, I would recommend a row of potted herbs - fairly easy to care for and cheap to obtain, so if it all goes wrong you've not wasted much!

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[darkanddusty]

That's what I'm thinking, yeah! And I've been working on cooking for myself a bit more (lol, look at me, I'm domestic!) so maybe that will encourage me, too. Thanks!

[carmy_w]

If you have drip trays, African violets would work, but they will outgrow those sizes fairly quickly....

I suggest drip trays because the best way to stop root-rot on AVs is to water from the bottom.

I think herbs would work better; you can keep cutting them back, so they won't overgrow the pots.

[darkanddusty]

Thank you so much! I'm thinking herbs are definitely the better option.

[rangerharkness]

African Violets do sound nice. Pots seem a good size for them too.

[darkanddusty]

Awesome, thanks! carmy_w mentioned that they'll outgrow the pots; can I just plant one seed and see if that works?

[mmegaera]

Those are pretty tiny pots. Seedling sized, really. I wouldn't try growing anything to adulthood, so to speak, in them. Except maybe miniature African violets (in the bigger pots -- regular-sized African violets would still be too big). Things'll get rootbound in them very quickly. Watering would be an issue, too.

[darkanddusty]

I'll definitely look into miniature African violets, thanks! And I'm sure you're right about them being a bit too tiny... I just thought they would look darling with little teeny plants, haha. Maybe starting things off and then repotting would work better. :)