There is NOT always room

11 years ago

...and so what to do?

For example: I have a certain amount of Aloes. Most of the are the smaller types, but some of them are tree-Aloes.. In the Netherlands one could live to be a hundred and still those Aloes are not big enough to flower. In summer there's no problem, but looking forward to winter I have a storageproblem.

The shortest way to solve this: throw them away - nobody wants them. Or...make room to skip a lot of Echeveria's, Pachyphytums, Haworthia's, Adromischus???

One way or another: before coming winter I have to decide.

Harry

(divorce and throw everybody out is absolutely no option :)

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ewwmayo

11 years ago

Yesterday, my wife saw my spreadsheet and realized how many plants I have. *laughs*

She didn't see my new lights yet... but I expect her to notice any time now. She's quite observant!

In preparation a few weeks ago, I also moved many plants into smaller pots.

Wish I lived by many of you to take your 'problems' off your hands! (And make my own storage problem worse)

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notolover
11 years ago
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I dread thinking of moving in my stuff, too. I have two large Trichocereus that take up valuable winter real estate. I cut the parents out of the pot last year, but the pot foot print is the same.

I still have a few months to think about it.....and I've started a mental list of what others may not make the cut this year.
rina_Ontario,Canada 5a
11 years ago
Harry

That is true and funny at the same time! (divorce and so on...).

Just build - or maybe just winterize your summer house!

My problem will start probably 4-6 weeks earlier than yours :( - just as noto's...Rina
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addicted2plants Southern IL USA
11 years ago
Harry I am so sorry to hear of this decision you are faced with. I am thinking that there must be a way to winterize them in your growing structure. I am buying LEDs for my over abundance of joy.
Tracy
cactusmcharris, interior BC Z4/5
11 years ago
Harry, a botanical museum / college wouldn't want your larger plants?
westerly pacific
11 years ago
I have the same problem ...too many plants and a husband that is always hoping/asking/wishing that I will have less ... but it's a mathematical problem ... the more I give away the more I have...I don't understand it at all :)

Seriously though it is very, very hard.... some I give away (and they don't survive),some given away will survive and do well and some I have to throw away .... just hold my breath, close my eyes and drop them into the bag and then don't look at them...just close the bag and run to the garbage bin in the garage.

Plants that I have had for a long time are agonizing!!!
Plantspace (5a)
11 years ago
I second the idea contact a nearby botanical garden, university horticultural dept, or local succulent and cactus society!
purslanegarden
11 years ago

I hate losing plants, too. Even offering for free, some plants still don't get anyone who wants them.

In the end, I offer it as a bundle with other plants, and say that someone must take all of them (no pick and choose). Or, make sure it's really dead in some way (especially as pertains to succulents) and then compost it.
User
11 years ago
If you can't find the space I might can (depending on plant size)? I'm getting my own place in October.
laticauda
11 years ago
I know....dig an 10x10x10' hole in your yard and turn it into a geothermal greenhouse...
laticauda
11 years ago
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The thing about big pots is most times, you can sit little pots inside the big pots around the bigger potted plant.

Don't judge me. Also, hanging baskets can hold 4 or 5, 3-4 inch pots. And you can hang hanging baskets from your other hanging baskets.