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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 72 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Indoor plants are almost all tropical and adapted to grow under 3 canopies of treetops. They work in our house because the tiny bit of sun coming in the window is good enough.

Being tropical, they need a fair bit of water and the chemicals in tap water are often too much. I use rainwater, but you can set your pitcher out for 24-hours and get good results.

The stuff you see growing in cracks outdoors is almost certainly local and adapted.

[–] gens@programming.dev 8 points 1 year ago

I live in a city that has one of the cleanest water in the world. And I remember people leaving water out for a while before watering plants. I also remember ppl just watering immediately, and the plants seemed fine.

Didn't find anything conclusive as to why it matters in the 5 min of googling, other then clorine that seems to not be used much anymore. Hmm, a mistery.

[–] DrPop@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

I wish I could collect rain water here but we get acid rain from living near a city and next to the Mississippi

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 41 points 1 year ago

Choose plants that are native to your region. You will be surprised how well they do.

[–] jayrodtheoldbod@midwest.social 13 points 1 year ago

People certainly are polishing this meme to a high sheen. Anyway, tell it to the pothos ivy.

[–] Candelestine@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Tbf, there's also philodendrons. That's basically potted kudzu. I think if you took a potted one and threw it out during the winter, it'd just grow right back in. Probably need goats or sheep or napalm to actually kill one. Or maybe be colorblind so you don't see it turning yellow when it needs water.

[–] OpenStars@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This should make us all very very afraid of what that water is doing to US!

(Especially if/when it is colored - last year my water became orange and started giving everyone I knew that drank it mouth soreness, I only wish I was kidding, and ofc it was traced to a corporation found illegally dumping toxic chemicals into the water reclamation systems, thus exposing the entire city to those effects. No, they never faced any legal consequences beyond the slightest slap on the wrist iirc, why would they? That is what finally tipped the scales and helped me realize: the USA is not a first-world nation anymore.)

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The tap water killing plants is more commonly the chemicals put in it intentionally to keep it clean/stop us from getting sick and fluoride to keep our mouths cleaner

[–] OpenStars@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

Only if you like more mundane (yet accurate) explanations:-P.

[–] tygerprints@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

Outdoor plants are all burly and manly and hefty, hefty, hefty. Inside plants are weak and wimpy, wimpy, wimpy.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com 5 points 1 year ago

I just left dirt in a pot after planting cherry tomatoes and parsley on my balcony, it magically grew flat parsley like crazy. I didn't even tend to it for a long time, still grows like a madman.

[–] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't understand why my tomato plant doesn't do well indoors with a grow light.

[–] thorbot@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Because it’s indoors. With a grow light.

[–] Muscar@discuss.online 0 points 1 year ago

"I don't understand why I'm not feeling well by never leaving my apartment and only talking to people via text and ordering delivery for food."

A plant is a living organism, and giving it just the bare minimum doesn't ensure it'll do well at all.

[–] xor@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

well the chlorine in tap water is pretty bad for plants...

[–] petrescatraian@libranet.de 3 points 1 year ago

@The_Picard_Maneuver joke's on you (or them). I always water them with tap water.

[–] cro_magnon_gilf@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

Much like humans

[–] general_kitten@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

seems like yall have some horrible tap water

[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 3 points 1 year ago

No, dracaena species in particular are sensitive to minerals and fluoride in tap water. I water my dracaena with bleach sterilized rainwater (after a livingroom-wide leaf spot outbreak a couple years ago). They're just fussy.

[–] 4am@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Plants outdoors don’t get water with nearly the amount of shit in it that tap water has.

Yes, even in Scotland.