Fear of a Green (Snarling) Planet

[thefourthvine]

I can't grow things. This is one of the basic facts of my life. If someone gives me a living plant, my only goal is to find someone else to give it to before my black thumb miasma begins to affect it and it loses its will to live. (Sometimes you can see our gift plants actively wilting the second they realize who their new owner is.) Our sole

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[deepbluemermaid]

I come from a family of obsessive gardeners, but I myself managed to kill a cactus once (actually, two: one fell to its death from a second-storey window, the other dried out and died). So I stay well clear of my parents' garden, for the good of all concerned!

I just wanted to give you kudos for using Neil's immortal line from The Young Ones: "We sow the seed, nature grows the seed, we eat the seed". I love that show so much...

[bluevsgrey]

I haven't attempted to grow anything to eat but my boyfriend got an aloe plant earlier this month then promptly went out of town and I totally forgot about it until earlier this week where I sat it outside to get some sun. Since it rained I didn't water it and I am very proud to report it isn't dead yet(mostly of it's own accord)! I expect it might last to August, but if it is still alive in September I will be shocked.

[sallymn]

I have managed to accidentally ivy, genraniums and and aloe vera, which I was confidently told my The Horticulturally Experienced is impossible in all three cases without using a flamethrower...

The only things I am able to grow are pelargoniums and sourgrass. Both of which are actually quite pretty, but the former is scarely useful and the latter... gets laughed at :(

[thepouncer]

You could check out this Wired article and learn how to make even more green things grow?

[ashkitty]

Oh, zucchini are terrifying! They go EVERYWHERE!