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Re: no messages?

Hi,

Thanks for the input on my houseplant problems.  I liked what you said about decided which plants will be happy in a 
particular place rather than which ones will simply look nice there.  I usually take the approach of saying "Gee, that's a 
pretty plant. I think it will look good in my den."  I think I'll move some of these plants around and see what affect it has.  
I've already done that a bit by experimenting with having them live on the screen porch instead of inside.  Since the sun 
is so hot here in GA in the summer I've found that most of them wilt outside this time of year.

Sue B.

On Mon, 20 Jul 1998 00:30:46 -0400, sifton wrote:

>Hi Sue,
>
>This depends on which plants are where and what kind of light they are
>recieving (and general care). I have plants in many rooms and all are doing
>fine. If you know the needs of all your plants and give them what they need
>without regard to the room they're in, there shouldn't be any problems.
>Different rooms have different levels of humidity, temperature and light. When
>moving a plant to a different room, make sure the new enviroment is suited to
>the plant. And also, some plants will be stresses if moved around the house,
>like african violets (who can sometimes stop flowering for a longer period than
>usual due to the move) or ficus (who tends to lose its leaves if moved around).
>Then if you have most of your plants in one room and just a few in other rooms,
>you sometimes forget to care for those few plants that are scattered around the
>house or you just give them less attention than those all grouped together.
>The most important thing is to give your plant the enviroment it needs. Give it
>the room that will best suit its needs. You can't just put plants where they
>look nice, you have to put them where they will be happy. What I do is look for
>a spot in my house where I would like to have a plant and then I buy the plant
>that will be able to grow there happily or I pick one I already have that will
>be able to tolerate this new enviroment. This way, I'm never dissapointed. It
>is best to not move your plants around too much. And I find that grouping
>plants together also helps-I don't know what that does exactly but they do seem
>to grow better in groupes. (Perhaps someone can tell me why that is?!?)
>I don't know if this helps you. All this to say that those droopy plants musn't
>be happy in that particular room, either because of the light, humidity,and/or
>temperature level. Something in that room musn't be right for those plants,
>which doesn't mean it wouldn't be right for other plants. Look at the general
>care of the plants in that room and if they fit with the enviroment they're in.
>It's the best thing to do.
>Helga
>
>Sue B. wrote:
>
>> Some of us newbies on the list are trying to figure out why all of their
>> indoor plants in one room are alive and well and the ones in the other room
>> are drooping.  Any thoughts?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Sue B.
>>
>> At 10:27 PM 7/19/98 -0500, you wrote:
>> >You're coming through. I suppose most everyone is outdoors gardening,
>> >golfing, vacationing or just plain sweating.
>> >John Adney, Marion, Iowa
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: Tsuh Yang Chen <anggrek@juno.com>
>> >To: indoor-gardening@prairienet.org <indoor-gardening@prairienet.org>
>> >Date: Sunday, July 19, 1998 9:13 PM
>> >Subject: no messages?
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>> >
>> >>i have not received anything in a long time, just wondering if i'm
>> >>unsubscribed or if the list has been quiet recently.
>> >>
>> >>tsuh yang chen, new york city
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