Winter Set Up

14 years ago

I thought I'd show everyone my winter set up in the basement. It changes every year, but I have a little rug on the floor and sometimes I just sit there, my kids call it "pot-world" lol. I have about 50 plants in windows with natural light, so the majority is in the basement from October to April. I use brooding lights and full spectrum flourescents, you do NOT want to see my electric bill!!

Denise

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Colleen E
14 years ago
Wowza. Among other things, I see some lovely Dyckia in there. Don't see too many of those.
meyermike_1micha
14 years ago
My goodness Denise, you have more plants there than Walmart and Home Depot combined!

I wouldn't mind shopping in your store, but I have a feeling I would be hard pressed to get you to sell me even one.

Wow! Talk about being in your own world at times. Looks like you don't have to travel too far for a trip to the desert.lol I love so many of those plants, it's no wonder you keep adding to them. As the saying goes, "there is always room for one more".

Mike
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dellis530
Original Author
14 years ago
As the saying goes, "there is always room for one more".

Thanks Mike, my mother always said I was an expert at fitting 10 pounds of $h*t in a 5 pound bag, lol excuse the expression.

I always seem to fit one more...

Denise
flowerpottipper
14 years ago
collections like yours make me look at my plants and feel pathetic....but I keep reminding myself that I've just started collecting a few months ago and everyone had to start somewhere...

Your plants are beautiful, the setup is awesome. I can't wait til it warms up so I can take mine outside and hope they grow. I wish I had a space dedicated to just my plants but I live in a small apartment. I always tease my kids that I'm gonna turn their bedrooms into a plant room lol...
dellis530
Original Author
14 years ago
FlowerPotTipper,
Your collection isnt pathetic at all!! I started out (20 yrs ago) with those little 1 inch pots from the grocery store, killed them all, but they were so damn cute I kept buying them. I finaly got the hang of it and would buy a cactus when I saw one. I already had a million tropical plants. Remember there was no internet back then and being young and single money was tight too. Then I got married and was a stay at home Mom. The internet was invented and I had more cash. The plants really were a source of peace that I sorely needed at that time. When my specimens grew to "specimen" size and I started getting blooms I was really hooked. I found this website, saw plants I had to have and got really good at propagating, hence more plants. Everytime my husband pissed me off I bought a plant, as you can see I'm divorced now, lol. Eventually I had to move out of my much larger house with 33 windows to a small townhouse (because of divorce, not the plants lol). I refused to give up my collection on principal! I lived in Houston for a while so I think they remind me of better days. Now I count the days until April. The comments I get from visitors are funny. Hmmm... this would make a good thread....

Denise