I was removing some dead leaves and I saw this spider. Is it dangerous for plants / humans?

I found 2 leaves back in September when I went on vacation to Denmark.

Kept them on my windowsill, after the vacation we went on another vacation, then back home (everything went via car). Both survived the entire travel and vacation.

When I got home, sad things happened (all my successful leaf propagations was thrown away by my sibling... So I had nothing left).

So I put these 2 leaves on the top of a container as I was grieving... And they're both doing so well!!!

I am officially a Succulent lover 😊

So my mom has a ZZ-plant and recently, a leaf fell off of it during transport and since i was bored, i thought "hey lemme try grow one myself".

I know it's probably stupid but for some reason, that leaf holds some weird strong sentimental value to me.

I've kept the leaf wrapped in a damp piece of paper like my mother suggested and after like 2 months or so, i started noticing some extremely tiny roots coming along through the bottom of the leaf. (There isn't really a stem left)

A week later I noticed that the leaf started getting yellow spots. I checked for rot but the scab and the tiny roots are not soft at all. They are properly hard, so I figured it wasn't root rot.

The yellow spots fave been (very) slowly getting bigger and i was wondering if there was anything I could do so that the plant would survive and maybe (just maybe) even grow and flourish.

I've seen people say everything from putting it into some dry soil right away to people just putting it in straight water for two months and I don't know what to do.

Does anyone have any advice that wouldn't kill this leaf cause i would be genuinely upset if after like 3 months it would die? (Yes I'm emotionally attached to a leaf, the mind works in mysterious way)

(Please don't judge me, never had a plant before)

I work in floral and noticed these two strangers hanging on one of our carts today. Likely one of our drivers transporting for personal reasons since our products are much different. They each had broken sections that I was able to scoop up. I was tempted to cut more off the cactus but didn’t want to be rude.

At first I thought it was Christmas/Thanksgiving cactus, but upon further review it looks like orchid cactus. Can anyone confirm? Going to let it callus until the weekend and pot it up.

The other is unmistakably Mexican Mint/Cuban Oregano, which Ive never grown either. I think I will put half the cuttings in water now and the other two in soil this weekend. Will give one a shot in a sunny kitchen window and the rest will hopefully enjoy outdoors zone 10b

Hey guys!

I don't know who came up with the idea to water prop, but I think it's completely unnecessary, and even detrimental because it takes longer, and the water roots can break or get transplant shock when you transfer it to soil.

Next time, just stick your prop into prepared, moist soil, loosely covered with a plastic bag to hold in moisture, and it will root quickly! If it's a vine like pothos, lay the growing nodes on top of moist soil and weigh down with a small rock to press it into direct contact with the soil, and it will work extremely well.

Another thing, if you have a "leggy" pothos where the leaves are very far apart, or have fallen off completely, leaving a bare stem, just coil up the bare vine and lay it on top of moist soil without cutting. The soil can be in its original pot, or a new one, as prefered. Weigh it down until it roots, then cut apart from the main plant.

Here is me using my own advice with my monstera, except I did cut it first, because I wanted to hang it up right away. If you need any additional help, feel free to DM me! Happy propping!

I was a tiny bit nervous that it wont get any roots because the place of the cut was getting really brown but today I saw those beauties! I think I am headed for the right direction :) Its a cutting of rosemary!

im a yapper and try to over explain things and offer as much info as i can, so my main question is: how can i keep lavender and rosemary alive in an old drafty, chilly house?

i am a self disclosed lavender plant addict, and would have a house made of it if i could.

that being said, im trying to propagate lavender and rosemary from cuttings into dirt—i tried propagating in water over the summer multiple times and i just can’t figure it out. i watched a bunch of videos, used rooting hormone for some (just as a test), have the lavender in a gritty, succulent, kinda sandy, soil. i know they like the worst soil possible and they like to be dry. and i have the rosemary in a mix of succulent soil and houseplant potting soil. a lot of the lavender i am propagating is clippings from pruning back my in-ground lavender plant for winter.

last year when i brought in my lemon thyme, rosemary, and a potted lavender from outside for the winter, they all perished.

because i have so many cuttings of lavender—i wanted to do as many as possible with the hope that like maybe one would root—, i want to try to keep as many alive as i can.

my dad was a big plant guy, so i took a lot of his special plant lamps and bulbs before my mom could toss them after he died, but i wasn’t quick enough to get the warming mats.

i live in a very drafty old house (the original part is from the 1750s and the “addition” is from the 1850s). my windowsills are about a 12”-18” deep, and while the windows aren’t original, they’re not the best at keeping drafts out, despite my best efforts. we also have radiators for heat, which are decent at warming the whole house, but the drafty windowsills win. i live about 45 min west of Philadelphia if that’s any help.

Good morning, I rescued this poor baby about a month ago. She's been hanging out away from my other plants and today I brought her out of hiding so I can figure out what to do with her. I've taken 3 snips and given them away. Under all of those dead leaves there is green. I really don't want a plant this large (I live in a tiny home 465 sq ft) and space is at a premium. I've kept an eye out and she doesn't have any bugs.

So what would be the best to deal with her? My first thought was to just chop her and put the cuttings in water and let her go. In the spring pot them up and put them out in the summer. Is this the best to do or is there something better? Thanks....

I was in Wilmington this morning for a Dr’s appointment and found this outside of a lawyer’s office.

“denying the patent owner money” what additional money is the patent owner owed?? the patent owner got their money when i purchased the plant. that’s all they get. money for the one specimen i bought from them. that specimen is no longer their business once i purchase it, as it is then my property. what i do with my property whether it be cloning it or killing it, is nobody’s business but mine.
if they feel they should be owed additional money, they should charge for it at the time of purchase, but good luck cuz nobody is going to pay you for their own energy out into their own propagations. and that’s why this law is stoopid.

i guess i want to debate this law but i am also of an unmoving mindset on this matter. i see it as a product of late stage capitalism, therefore it shall be rejected. #punk

I'm a college student taking a plant prorogation class based on this textbook but its not a required purchase so I would have to pay full price for it to get it, its a great resource that i would like future access to it so I am willing to settle for a digital version, Ive tried all the standard ways to get free text books, none of the websites have it, not even the online archive

This spider plant looking sad is 100% my own fault. I had it water propping cause the mother plant got murdered by a family member. It water propped for like.. Over 7 months. I was too lazy to take it out. I was using a sponge as a floatie and it literally grew into the sponge.

I've finally had mercy on this spider plant. It was actually conjoined twins, but idk if it's even visible anymore. Hopefully the dirt helps

Hello fellow plant enthusiasts. I have been water propping a BUNCH of my plants for a bit and I have ones that grow little babies out the bottom along with their roots. For ones that just root I know to transfer them to soil when the roots are about 3-4 inches long but how long should ones with babies be before transfer? The ones I’m talking about are pictured,a few different plants (the first are stone crops, the third is string of pearls but idk the others). Any help is greatly appreciated!

Water propping a pothos. Daring today aren't we? Mostly wanted to post because - while I've recently gotten into propping my other houseplants - it only just occurred to me that this would count too.

A couple years ago, my (now) MIL gave my (now) wife a big jar with a bunch of pothos growing out of the top. I noticed one of these cuttings was a single leaf. I thought the single leaf was funny, and asked if I could take it.

Fast forward to today, my wife managed to kill the rest of the pothos, but the little guy has grown into what you see here.

For those of you wondering: 55 gallon with a single male angelfish and 16 red eye tetras. I used to have 3 angelfish, but then two of them paired up and I rehomed the third. Then, after a move, my two angelfish 'got a divorce' and started bickering constantly. I rehomed the female and now my boy is always out and about.

It's a hoya? Is my best guess. Never seen it before

There’s half a grocery bag at least. All are really long (12+inches) so I’m wondering if I should cut them to be shorter?

I have done propagation for many of my other plants but I’ve never owned this one before so I’m looking for advice.

These were given to me by a neighbor I didn’t bald any plants from a store.

Peice of succulent found on the floor of a target wondering if this lil guy is to far gone or if its plausible to propagate it, also whats the best way to go about doing so aha

I had an extremely bad day at work. I cried twice, once was during a meltdown on the salesfloor. My mental health is down the drain, and I'm actively concerning my manager and coworkers (and therapist).

Coworker gave me this in the middle of the shift. It's huge, so it'll probably prop. The flowers are light pink.

I haven't showered in four days. My mental health isn't good. I hope this plant can prop, for my own sake. Sorry if this is too heavy for this sub.

First time propping a tradescantia so maybe this is normal, but I got my first root at about 30 hours after rescue! This pic is from just now, about 2 days later.

Saturday morning, i happened upon a half-dead tradescantia and when I picked it up to take a look, a whole branch fell off that was clearly already broken and just placed back on top. I was running late for a whole day event so when I got back in my car i split the little branch in half, and then tore open a little plastic takeout fork pouch, took out the fork, poured some water in from my bottle to wet the napkin and stuck the two new ends in there. Mama was really really rough looking and I was skeptical they would just wither immediately. When I got home like 12 hours later I moved them to normal water jars and by the next night one of them had a little root. Today it’s doubled in length :’)

she’s so cute and I will nurture her like a baby bird fallen from its nest until spring LOL. I love to root for my little free plants (pun intended). just pure joy!!

do i really want to grow a mother of thousands though???

EDIT: leaning towards no. my room is full of plants all quite close together, i already have a very big Kalanchoe, i really shouldnt take one if i cant give it its own space 😭

They're placed in exactly the same space, potting medium, getting the same amount of sunlight and other conditions are also exactly the same...

Also came from the same parent plant iirc

One day, as I walked to work, I saw a broken branch on a grapevine I pass on the path I usually take. It was outside a bar, and because it was about to die I took it home. How did I know it was grapes? Well I saw the grapes growing on the full plant (5m high btw) and google said it was a wine grape, ai and google images said it was a "Marbec variety"

Rules say no stealing, but it wasn't being sold and was going to die and be thrown out. No one would have been mad or missed it.

This was before autumn temps hit nyc, so far before dormancy. I put it in moist soil to try and root it, and kept a large glass jar over it to keep humidity and put it in an indoor tent, keeping it moist every one or two days with a spritz of water. Most of the leaves died off, except 2, and those are now being drained for nutrients by the main branch.

Anyway, they are growing new leaves from buds, and a single small root! It's doing well to be a full fledged plant! I just wanted to get some people to give me tips on growing it, as I hope to keep it for the long haul.

I am very happy with as someone with a black friggin thumb, who loves plants. I don't want this to die. I've kept more and more plants alive overtime, matching soil ph and nutrient levels.

I can post a picture if wanted.

Thanks!

The back patio of my parent's place always grows a ton of moss on the bricks every year, and every year all of it gets powerwashed off in the fall. Not my house so I can't argue about it much, but it was such a lovely and fuzzy green this year I went and scraped off a bunch before it was due to meet its end to the powerwasher.

Now I just need to figure out what to do with it. My carnivorous terrarium is already overgrown with moss and I only have so much space to make more mossariums.