my new friends
And these are the next contestants:
There’s a funny story here. I was riding my bike home in the mist and darkness at about 1 a.m. on Saturday morning and came upon an all-night roadside plant stand. For several kilometers the street had been empty, save for the packs of errant dogs that roam the city at night, and then, all of a sudden, here it was, a giant plant stand. An SUV was parked at a crooked angle in the middle of the road. One passenger was on the side of road talking to the vendor, the other examined the vehicle’s dashboard.
Unable to think of a clearer sign from the cosmos that I should restart my home gardening enterprise, I pulled over. The business-transacting SUV passenger was stone drunk. He was also a doctor at
His friend kept fiddling inside the car, and all of a sudden the radiator exploded. Steam billowed from underneath the SUV’s hood, and water sprayed all over the ground. This was getting really bizarre.
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The next afternoon I returned the plant stand to pick up my new friends. I paid 70 rupees for the three plants, and another 25 to have an auto-rickshaw deliver them to my apartment. All told, three plants for just over US $2.00.
BUT!!! Here’s the thing: I’d love to keep these guys alive. So, if you have any suggestions regarding plant care, please send them along. My constraints are these: I don’t get much direct light inside my apartment, only reflected light. And I have an east-facing balcony which gets sun for the entire morning when it’s not raining. So my plants can either get lots of sun, or no sun. Also, I can get a bit spacey with the whole daily-watering thing. What do I do?
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jordon...i can't seem to get to your e-mail address to give you comments or communicate with you. do you have one anymore? I don't want to leave on communal blog as if i knew how to do that...auntie lo
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Anonymous, at 5:22 PM
Ok, so my advice here is based on not books for once, but practical experience (of which I have little, but just enough). My favorite kind of plant is one that has sort of a central spine, like the one you have inside. If you think about what happens when it rains, the leaves collect the water which trickles down to the center of plant and down to the roots. So, generally when watering these types of plants, I just very gently pour water on the top leaves and let it naturally flow down to the roots. They seem to like it (the plants). About two cups once or twice a week should do it. You probably want to cycle between dry and wet for that type of plant. If the leaves are getting dry, then water more frequently, but I don't think you need to water it every day.
I'm not much help on the outdoor plants. The rose bush will like to get watered. They don't like to be too dry. A cup or two twice a week should do it, but that's for my lovely apartment climate - I'm not sure about the climate in India. If it's warmer and more humid... maybe the same? maybe more? A rose bush does not hide its emotions. If it's dry, the leaves will dry out quickly. Mine is not particularly happy with me right now, but it's getting to be drier because we have the heat on.
Hope you had a great Thanksgiving. Wish you could have been with us.
Much love,
Katherine (and Jesse too!)
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