Roommates and plants

Sep 20, 2008 23:01

So it looks like one roommate is fully moved in now, and the other will come in sometime tomorrow. The second one's stuff is actually here, but she's not physically moving in until tomorrow ( Read more... )

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fairiegodmother September 22 2008, 13:19:50 UTC
Coleus are wonderful and seem to like some bright light-I used to grow them in SW facing windows in Seattle (pretty far north). Pinching them back, they'd branch, and pretty soon I'd have a coleus bush instead of a plant. Victory for me the year I sold 25 cent starts back to the nursery as 25 dollar bushes. Coleus are still one of my favorites after 35 years.

Any chance you can fit an AeroGarden in a corner of your dorm room desk? They have corner size AeroGardens now-and even little 3 pod units. If you put your coleus near it they'd benefit from the light-and the light runs on a timer so it won't keep anyone awake at night.

Hope your new roomies are good to you.

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athenaltena September 25 2008, 02:30:03 UTC
I don't think we could fit an AeroGarden in here, though I've thought about it. At the moment we have to deal with an extra set of furniture so we're a bit cramped, but maybe sometime in the future I could get something small.

The cuttings I have seem to like the strong afternoon light we get here, and they're putting down good roots already. I've thought that maybe this holiday season I can give people the plants I make from the cuttings if they want them. I still can't get over how nifty this form of asexual reproduction is from a biological standpoint. :)

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subtlety September 23 2008, 12:07:23 UTC
Btw, happy belated birthday. :)

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athenaltena September 25 2008, 02:26:51 UTC
Thanks. :)

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