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Showerthought: it took me 5 years to notice my ficus was growing sideways
I had this ficus in my living room for ages, always thought it was just leaning because of the window light. Turns out the pot was sitting on a slight slope from a warped floorboard I never bothered to check. I rotated it 180 degrees one Saturday and within 3 months it straightened right up. How long did it take you to spot something dumb like that with your plants?
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craig.olivia5h ago
Wait is that actually true about the heating vent though? Because I swear my snake plant does the same thing and I just assumed it was a dud from the nursery. I moved it away from my radiator last week after reading this and now I feel like such a fool for not trying it sooner. You'd think after five years of plant keeping I'd know better by now.
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the_jessica7h ago
Rotating plants is one of those things that sounds so obvious but nobody does it lmao. I had a snake plant that was literally bent at a 45 degree angle for like two years before I realized it wasn't just a weird variety. The pot was sitting right next to a heating vent and the dry air made it lean away from the heat source. Moved it three feet to the left and bam, straight as an arrow in six months. The real kicker is that I bet a lot of people with crooked plants are just blaming bad genetics or bad soil when really it's something dumb and fixable like a draft or uneven flooring.
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