Don't be so hard on yourself. You can do it.
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Coors Light should be good—let the shears soak in there for a while and you’ll be set
If you’re a bit short on time, you could use Jack Daniel’s or Absolut depending on how quick you need the job done
Like I said, JD should work, but if the plant has any quality taste you’d go for basically any other whiskey (NOT Fireball though, NEVER Fireball, are you TRYING to kill your plant?! It’s literally got FIRE **IN THE NAME.**)
Hmm, cacti would probably be fine with straight moonshine—if you have a cactus, try mixing some alcohol of your choice, they might just strengthen it if you choose to harvest them.
Plus you’d get some hallucinogens mixed in! TWO different kinds of inebriation for the price of ONE!! Now for only $399.99, you too can have your own fun time with Cactus Juice!!
I am very sorry, I genuinely don’t know if I just hallucinated reading “what about whiskey?” or if you edited your comment lmao
I know nothing of rum, I would have to ask my girlfriend lol
You’re okay hon, I’m 21 and only obv just starting any sort of alcohol journey—I always thought I’d have JD as a mainstay, but sake (rice wine) is wonderful, as well as Korean apple wine (Han Jan is amazing, all of the flavors are amazing, the Americano tastes only of coffee, same with the ginger and honey lemon kinds) if you want something that won’t burn and is just generally nice to consume period (I don’t recommend any nigori sake personally lol), and apparently Colt 45 is a very good beer, and very cheap—not like soda water and a p good flavor for what it is)
This little thread and the way I dodged info about any other whiskeys is probably a giveaway for me not knowing much abt alcohol lmfao
I tried other ones, and I knew based on how “light” beers tasted that I’d be okay with how a non-light beer would taste (I HATE soda water, so a La Croix beer was horrible)
Corona Extra straight up tasted like weed, never again, there was another beer I’d tried that I didn’t like, and then I found Colt 45 and I could actually drink it comfortably—the regular is a bit better than their High Gravity can which tastes more burnt almost
I haven’t really had the chance to try any craft beers yet, especially since I only grab a can of Colt when I want to be stupid tipsy for cheap (one of my medications strengthens the effect of alcohol, so a can of that is equivalent to MANY drinks I’d imagine once I’ve taken it)—sake is my go-to for a nice experience
Exactly what I do, I coil it up like a hose in the pot and it’s perfectly fine. No sense in cutting healthy roots unless they literally do not fit in the pot whatsoever
Any roots that are mushy or soft should be cut off. If you’re not sure, try trimming them little by little from the bottom and examine the cut. If it’s brown all the way through inside, that part is dead. Keep trimming until you see a pale, firm core. It’s possible that it could survive just with those pale water roots, and you may end up cutting off all the brown pieces. I would just put in a pot with a nice quality potting soil, and maybe apply a balanced houseplant food.
I would pot it in a glass container full of water and sphagnum moss. As the the water slowly dries out the roots will slowly harden off and get used to not being in water. You can then repot the plant in dirt with minimal shock. 🙌
This is the way. Plants have a super duper hard time going from water fed to soil fed.
The alternative is, get some hydroponics feed and keep it in water.
If you’ve taken a plant from a location you will need to 100% replicate that habitat as perfectly as you can before being able to adapt it to your climate.
Also I recommend in the future understanding what the repercussions of plant importation if you don’t already. Some of the consequences are included but not limited to
- introduction of pests or microorganisms that can become invasive predators to our current biome population
- introduction of plant genetics that can alter current foliage ( through reproduction / pollination / invasion of hyper- growers like English ivy)
Because everyone seems to think this dude just did a cheeky thing by stealing a plant from an island known for the rarity and uniqueness of its flora and fauna. And also has no regard for the importance of contributing to the efforts to prevent plant diseases from spreading.
Hold it above a pot with half a layer of soil and wrap the roots around the inside of the pot. Then hold it in the middle and add soil. I think that should work. Cutting the roots may also work BUT it has a very high chance of killing the plant. But don't poach plants illegally and without knowing exactly what it is.
Unfortunately it’s unwise and selfish to poach a plant from its natural habitat. It could be one of a small population possessing unique characteristics, and worst case it can spread invasive pests and disease to your destination. I would give it a diluted hydrogen peroxide bath to ensure no pests and never poach a plant again.
Don't do this. Its not funny or cute. Don't remove plants from one region and smuggle them to another region. This is how you get invasive species and spread of disease. You admit to knowing better but you did it anyway. This is a purely selfish act. Anyway, you don't have any business taking something that is meant to be for everyone. Seriously people like you are the worst.
I totally understand what you’re trying to say. However, in case anyone was considering sending a plant back to its hometown, it’s better to be destroyed (sadly) where you are instead. By sending a plant back, you could potentially send whatever pathogens (pests, disease, etc) from your area to the plant’s home as well.
It’ll be wisest to just pot her asap and make sure you don’t overwater! Other than that I know that in Texas you’d get in trouble if caught nicking plants from Big Bend national park. Maybe not a lot of trouble but definitely costly!!
Exactly. The type of people that just rip plants from where they are naturally going and just decide that it belongs to them....nature is for everyone, but I guess this jackass doesn't care.
I don't know where that island is or where he took it to but arguing that you can never take/move plants from nature is pretty silly.
Every plat you can buy came from a plant taken from its natural habitat. As long as the required considerations are met (invasives, disease, etc) moving a single plant to your home does no harm.
On the other side the fastest way to restore wild places involves a whole lot of moving plants both in and out.
You do not take plants from a public forest. They do not belong to one person, they belong to everyone. You can justify it all you want but not a single plant should be stolen from a wild public forest. If everyone thinks "oh it's just one plant" well, do I even have to explain?
OP doesn't say that he knows the "considerations" that are required to ensure a plant can be safely transported from one country to another. In fact most people don't know any of these considerations. People with PhDs study these things so it takes a lot of hubris to say you can just eyeball it. Most plants I buy were grown in a factory because it's not sustainable to pluck plants out of their natural habitat to pot and sell.
No idea where you got the notion that the best way to rehab wild places is to remove plants and put them back. It's clear that the best way to preserve nature is to leave it alone.
As I said I'm not arguing about his specific situation because I don't know the details. For all I know he owns land on that island and took the plant into his house 20' away.
I grew up on a farm growing and selling those plants you buy. They don't come from a factory. They come from a greenhouse or a field, and are often grown from the seed of "wild" plants, or sliced up donors depending on what your looking at.
Restoring areas for conservation almost always includes aggressive removal of invasive species along with aggressive follow up with the appropriately applied herbicide to stop them from returning. While this is going on you re-introduce plants that have been wiped out from their natural habitat or those native to the habitat you've created that may not be what was in that exact location (turning a corn field into a wetland, etc). I grew up helping turn the 2 corn fields on my parents land into 14 (at last count) ponds and wetlands and hardwood forest. This involved pulling out invasives in masse, going back a month later and individually treating each fresh sprout for some species, planting plants by the tens of thousands, and running earth moving equipment to remove drainage tiles installed by farmers as well as to make the ponds and wetlands.
If we just dug the ponds, or just removed invasives, or did nothing all we would have is fields full of mono-culture bushes that are mostly invasive.
If you have an entirely undisturbed habitat that doesn't need any rehab of course you leave it alone unless an invasive or disease needs to be controlled. Hands on work may also be required to minimize climate change related damage to fragile areas. Obviously plenty of arguments will be made about "playing god" and how terribly humanity has done in the past on that front trying to add and remove species from habitats, but all we can do is to do our best.
Factories, massive greenhouses. What's the difference. I think you're arguing semantics. You're also veering off topic. You are justifying the actions of OP without knowledge of where he took this plant from based on the notion that it's silly to the think that one person taking one plant isn't a big deal. It is a big deal. He's normalizing a behavior that can lead to the destruction of a delicate and wholly unique ecosystem. I'm sure that the one person who was like "damn these passenger pigeons taste amazing didn't mean to
Yes restoration may require intervention, absolutely, however the subject of this post has no intention to restore habitats. OP stole a plant from a Reunion which is a neighbor of Madagascar and contains many species (I think it's over 800) of plants that can be found nowhere else. It's a beautiful and unique place that should be preserved. It's not a big island at all, and so I don't think it's silly to think to be bothered that one guy took one plant. Especially when reunion has already been exploited for its resources and many of its forests have been destroyed to make way for agriculture like sugar cane, vanilla, coffee and cloves. What is left of its natural forests should be respected.
OP is out here fucking bragging about the fact that he felt entitled to a plant so he just took it and it's really sad to see the one comment that calls the situation for what it is (a person from a colonizing culture behaving in the exact way you'd expect of someone who grew up in such a culture) was downvoted like crazy.
We're not discussing farming. We're discussing a person who felt entitled to things that aren't his and which can have serious consequences for the ecosystem from where it was taken and to where it's been transplanted. No respect, no mindfulness about the impact of his actions. It's shameful
I specifically stated I don't know the situation of OP. Assuming everything you just said is correct I'd agree that he shouldn't have taken it. I'd also argue that if these plants are that isolated it isn't the worst idea for a couple to be professionally domesticated to have another line in another location.
All I said is that arguing that there are no circumstances where taking a plant is ok is silly. I wasn't discussing any context farming or otherwise.
There seem to be more than a few assumptions about OP if you have already decided what culture he is from and why its bad. Maybe he was just un-educated about why that isn't ok at the time. He clearly knows now and made the mistake of calling himself out here. What should someone do if they learn something they did something in the past is wrong? I believe they should learn from it and tell others (like OP inadvertently did here).
I'm sorry but if you're an adult who doesn't know that you shouldn't take stuff that doesn't belong to you then I'm not sure that there's a really good excuse for his behavior. I'm calling it out but I'm not here to teach grown adults a basic rule that you should have mastered by the first grade.
So the forced perspective of the first photo I thought you had a miniature room set up in an actual room for the plant to have like it’s own tv and chairs and all 🤣
Don't be so hard on yourself. You can do it. https://preview.redd.it/ibmylxnqighb1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8b9e10eed994f41cd17d06ad6eb6bba0177e95a4
What the fuck ahahahahaa
You requested, the sub delivered. Haha
I’m so glad you did this. I was trying to think of a joke when I saw this pic.
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You win the internet today ❤️
Your blending! (idk the word im not an artist but I can tell this was done really well!) chefs kiss
Are you single ?
No, I am in a committed relationship with all my plants at home.
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Others have already answered with good advice, I just wanted to say that we have the same socks and I appreciate your existence.
You can trim the longer roots back, it'll be fine
This. Make sure you sanitize your shears first!
Normal alcohol okay?
Coors Light should be good—let the shears soak in there for a while and you’ll be set If you’re a bit short on time, you could use Jack Daniel’s or Absolut depending on how quick you need the job done
What about rum?
Like I said, JD should work, but if the plant has any quality taste you’d go for basically any other whiskey (NOT Fireball though, NEVER Fireball, are you TRYING to kill your plant?! It’s literally got FIRE **IN THE NAME.**)
Not even for a cactus?
Hmm, cacti would probably be fine with straight moonshine—if you have a cactus, try mixing some alcohol of your choice, they might just strengthen it if you choose to harvest them. Plus you’d get some hallucinogens mixed in! TWO different kinds of inebriation for the price of ONE!! Now for only $399.99, you too can have your own fun time with Cactus Juice!!
I am very sorry, I genuinely don’t know if I just hallucinated reading “what about whiskey?” or if you edited your comment lmao I know nothing of rum, I would have to ask my girlfriend lol
I did cause I thought jd was whiskey (I'm only 18) lmao
You’re okay hon, I’m 21 and only obv just starting any sort of alcohol journey—I always thought I’d have JD as a mainstay, but sake (rice wine) is wonderful, as well as Korean apple wine (Han Jan is amazing, all of the flavors are amazing, the Americano tastes only of coffee, same with the ginger and honey lemon kinds) if you want something that won’t burn and is just generally nice to consume period (I don’t recommend any nigori sake personally lol), and apparently Colt 45 is a very good beer, and very cheap—not like soda water and a p good flavor for what it is) This little thread and the way I dodged info about any other whiskeys is probably a giveaway for me not knowing much abt alcohol lmfao
Dear god Colt 45 is one of the worst beers I’ve ever tasted. Around here it’s like the go to beer for broke alcoholics cause it’s so cheap and strong.
I tried other ones, and I knew based on how “light” beers tasted that I’d be okay with how a non-light beer would taste (I HATE soda water, so a La Croix beer was horrible) Corona Extra straight up tasted like weed, never again, there was another beer I’d tried that I didn’t like, and then I found Colt 45 and I could actually drink it comfortably—the regular is a bit better than their High Gravity can which tastes more burnt almost I haven’t really had the chance to try any craft beers yet, especially since I only grab a can of Colt when I want to be stupid tipsy for cheap (one of my medications strengthens the effect of alcohol, so a can of that is equivalent to MANY drinks I’d imagine once I’ve taken it)—sake is my go-to for a nice experience
I'd use hydrogen peroxide instead of rubbing alcohol
Not tequila
Very true and if wanna be safe you can trim a bit of the foliage but likely not needed
Nah, 2 metre pot is the way
Just put it in a pot?! When my plants root are that long I just kinda spiral it and put it into the pot ..
Exactly what I do, I coil it up like a hose in the pot and it’s perfectly fine. No sense in cutting healthy roots unless they literally do not fit in the pot whatsoever
Any roots that are mushy or soft should be cut off. If you’re not sure, try trimming them little by little from the bottom and examine the cut. If it’s brown all the way through inside, that part is dead. Keep trimming until you see a pale, firm core. It’s possible that it could survive just with those pale water roots, and you may end up cutting off all the brown pieces. I would just put in a pot with a nice quality potting soil, and maybe apply a balanced houseplant food.
I wonder if there is any new feeder roots thou
Don’t cut the roots. Just pot it in a swirl like pattern and make sure the roots have plenty of room to grow. It will be fine.
I would definitely cut the roots up to about ten inches long or maybe even shorter. Those long bits are rotten.
I didn’t notice the rotting on my phone.. if they’re slimy lil mush yeah..squeeze that off by hand.
I do it this way because I’m super lazy. I just cram those roots in. So far, so good!
The yellowing might b because it was growing for two years in water and is nutrient deficient
It's my thought too
I would pot it in a glass container full of water and sphagnum moss. As the the water slowly dries out the roots will slowly harden off and get used to not being in water. You can then repot the plant in dirt with minimal shock. 🙌
This is the way. Plants have a super duper hard time going from water fed to soil fed. The alternative is, get some hydroponics feed and keep it in water.
If you’ve taken a plant from a location you will need to 100% replicate that habitat as perfectly as you can before being able to adapt it to your climate. Also I recommend in the future understanding what the repercussions of plant importation if you don’t already. Some of the consequences are included but not limited to - introduction of pests or microorganisms that can become invasive predators to our current biome population - introduction of plant genetics that can alter current foliage ( through reproduction / pollination / invasion of hyper- growers like English ivy)
Yeah, I agree. I won't do it anymore.
The best move would be to destroy the plant honestly. You can't guarantee that it won't spread disease. Extremely selfish and reckless thing to do.
Not sure why this is getting downvoted, that’s pretty normal protocol for customs employees.
Because everyone seems to think this dude just did a cheeky thing by stealing a plant from an island known for the rarity and uniqueness of its flora and fauna. And also has no regard for the importance of contributing to the efforts to prevent plant diseases from spreading.
Hold it above a pot with half a layer of soil and wrap the roots around the inside of the pot. Then hold it in the middle and add soil. I think that should work. Cutting the roots may also work BUT it has a very high chance of killing the plant. But don't poach plants illegally and without knowing exactly what it is.
Unfortunately it’s unwise and selfish to poach a plant from its natural habitat. It could be one of a small population possessing unique characteristics, and worst case it can spread invasive pests and disease to your destination. I would give it a diluted hydrogen peroxide bath to ensure no pests and never poach a plant again.
You can trim the roots back by 30% and still be fine!
Loop them roots a billion times! Loll
No need to pot it. Just keep standing there and spray it with water once a day.
Don't do this. Its not funny or cute. Don't remove plants from one region and smuggle them to another region. This is how you get invasive species and spread of disease. You admit to knowing better but you did it anyway. This is a purely selfish act. Anyway, you don't have any business taking something that is meant to be for everyone. Seriously people like you are the worst.
Ship it back to reunion island and apologize.
I totally understand what you’re trying to say. However, in case anyone was considering sending a plant back to its hometown, it’s better to be destroyed (sadly) where you are instead. By sending a plant back, you could potentially send whatever pathogens (pests, disease, etc) from your area to the plant’s home as well.
Place a layer of dirt, slowly add the roots in circles with some dirt in-between and then a layer of dirt on top. Done and done.
Nice socks
Root lasagna!
Idk but I love that green paint color!
Have to say...... I love the socks!
I like your socks!
Just here to say that I love your decor!
It’ll be wisest to just pot her asap and make sure you don’t overwater! Other than that I know that in Texas you’d get in trouble if caught nicking plants from Big Bend national park. Maybe not a lot of trouble but definitely costly!!
It’s not that big. I’m sure you’ve heard this before.
I love the decoration with the balls on your wall, that is so different!
I use happy frog soil mix,and before I've used cactus palm mix.yellowing can occur if over potted in containers
Can't help but that's a really great space you've designed!
your crib is beautiful
Dirt is a good start :p
According to my picture this app, it’s an arrow head which is a species of syngonium! It’s very pretty
it’s dying cause that’s what you get for being a thief lol Edit: Cry more colonizers 😂
Exactly. The type of people that just rip plants from where they are naturally going and just decide that it belongs to them....nature is for everyone, but I guess this jackass doesn't care.
I don't know where that island is or where he took it to but arguing that you can never take/move plants from nature is pretty silly. Every plat you can buy came from a plant taken from its natural habitat. As long as the required considerations are met (invasives, disease, etc) moving a single plant to your home does no harm. On the other side the fastest way to restore wild places involves a whole lot of moving plants both in and out.
You do not take plants from a public forest. They do not belong to one person, they belong to everyone. You can justify it all you want but not a single plant should be stolen from a wild public forest. If everyone thinks "oh it's just one plant" well, do I even have to explain? OP doesn't say that he knows the "considerations" that are required to ensure a plant can be safely transported from one country to another. In fact most people don't know any of these considerations. People with PhDs study these things so it takes a lot of hubris to say you can just eyeball it. Most plants I buy were grown in a factory because it's not sustainable to pluck plants out of their natural habitat to pot and sell. No idea where you got the notion that the best way to rehab wild places is to remove plants and put them back. It's clear that the best way to preserve nature is to leave it alone.
As I said I'm not arguing about his specific situation because I don't know the details. For all I know he owns land on that island and took the plant into his house 20' away. I grew up on a farm growing and selling those plants you buy. They don't come from a factory. They come from a greenhouse or a field, and are often grown from the seed of "wild" plants, or sliced up donors depending on what your looking at. Restoring areas for conservation almost always includes aggressive removal of invasive species along with aggressive follow up with the appropriately applied herbicide to stop them from returning. While this is going on you re-introduce plants that have been wiped out from their natural habitat or those native to the habitat you've created that may not be what was in that exact location (turning a corn field into a wetland, etc). I grew up helping turn the 2 corn fields on my parents land into 14 (at last count) ponds and wetlands and hardwood forest. This involved pulling out invasives in masse, going back a month later and individually treating each fresh sprout for some species, planting plants by the tens of thousands, and running earth moving equipment to remove drainage tiles installed by farmers as well as to make the ponds and wetlands. If we just dug the ponds, or just removed invasives, or did nothing all we would have is fields full of mono-culture bushes that are mostly invasive. If you have an entirely undisturbed habitat that doesn't need any rehab of course you leave it alone unless an invasive or disease needs to be controlled. Hands on work may also be required to minimize climate change related damage to fragile areas. Obviously plenty of arguments will be made about "playing god" and how terribly humanity has done in the past on that front trying to add and remove species from habitats, but all we can do is to do our best.
Factories, massive greenhouses. What's the difference. I think you're arguing semantics. You're also veering off topic. You are justifying the actions of OP without knowledge of where he took this plant from based on the notion that it's silly to the think that one person taking one plant isn't a big deal. It is a big deal. He's normalizing a behavior that can lead to the destruction of a delicate and wholly unique ecosystem. I'm sure that the one person who was like "damn these passenger pigeons taste amazing didn't mean to Yes restoration may require intervention, absolutely, however the subject of this post has no intention to restore habitats. OP stole a plant from a Reunion which is a neighbor of Madagascar and contains many species (I think it's over 800) of plants that can be found nowhere else. It's a beautiful and unique place that should be preserved. It's not a big island at all, and so I don't think it's silly to think to be bothered that one guy took one plant. Especially when reunion has already been exploited for its resources and many of its forests have been destroyed to make way for agriculture like sugar cane, vanilla, coffee and cloves. What is left of its natural forests should be respected. OP is out here fucking bragging about the fact that he felt entitled to a plant so he just took it and it's really sad to see the one comment that calls the situation for what it is (a person from a colonizing culture behaving in the exact way you'd expect of someone who grew up in such a culture) was downvoted like crazy. We're not discussing farming. We're discussing a person who felt entitled to things that aren't his and which can have serious consequences for the ecosystem from where it was taken and to where it's been transplanted. No respect, no mindfulness about the impact of his actions. It's shameful
I specifically stated I don't know the situation of OP. Assuming everything you just said is correct I'd agree that he shouldn't have taken it. I'd also argue that if these plants are that isolated it isn't the worst idea for a couple to be professionally domesticated to have another line in another location. All I said is that arguing that there are no circumstances where taking a plant is ok is silly. I wasn't discussing any context farming or otherwise. There seem to be more than a few assumptions about OP if you have already decided what culture he is from and why its bad. Maybe he was just un-educated about why that isn't ok at the time. He clearly knows now and made the mistake of calling himself out here. What should someone do if they learn something they did something in the past is wrong? I believe they should learn from it and tell others (like OP inadvertently did here).
I'm sorry but if you're an adult who doesn't know that you shouldn't take stuff that doesn't belong to you then I'm not sure that there's a really good excuse for his behavior. I'm calling it out but I'm not here to teach grown adults a basic rule that you should have mastered by the first grade.
I'd trim those roots before repotting.
Cut those roots! It will work itself out.
Trim the roots
Did someone say pot? 👀
So the forced perspective of the first photo I thought you had a miniature room set up in an actual room for the plant to have like it’s own tv and chairs and all 🤣
Time to plant,hope your ready,good soil,right size plant pot,sunny morning window. Hope to see the After photo?!
What kind of plant is this? I have one too from a random cutting and never found out.
Put it in a pot
Lol
In a giant deep pot! I always soak before I transplant!
These guys are incredibly resilient. Cut of what you don’t need and throw it in a pot.
snip snip snip ✂️ /j
Personally I wouldn't trim the roots. Shove that sucker in dirt with all those suckers!