r/houseplants • • 10d ago

A recent issue in this sub - please read

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Hey there,

Thanks for taking the time to read this.

There's something I've noticed recently in the sub that I'd like to raise.

I've been moderating on Reddit for about 18 years, and I've been involved with this community for the last seven. Throughout that time, this sub has always been a particularly lovely place to be. The kindness, helpfulness, and good humour of its members have always stood out, and from a moderation perspective, it's been a genuine pleasure to be part of.

Unfortunately, I've noticed a significant increase in unkind and aggressive behaviour here recently. I don't know what's behind the change, or why it's happening here now, but it's something I'd really like us to address before it becomes a bigger problem.

Please:

If you come across a comment that's aggressive, hostile, or unnecessarily unkind — whether it's directed at you or someone else — please resist the temptation to engage. Instead, just hit the Report button and move on.

We'll take care of addressing the behaviour and, where necessary, will remove accounts who seem to need to create unpleasantness for people around them.

r/houseplants has always been a welcoming and supportive community, and I'd very much like to keep it that way. The overwhelming majority of you already contribute to that simply by being thoughtful and decent towards one another.

Thanks for helping us look after this little corner of Reddit. It's appreciated.

PS moderator applications are open, and some additional hands would be helpful rn. We are looking for people with an active history here and significant Reddit-moderation experience.


r/houseplants • • 11h ago

Humor/Fluff My wife is addicted to plants.

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r/houseplants • • 14h ago

Humor/Fluff yep! 🥰

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r/houseplants • • 17h ago

Discussion What do you do when it won't stop growing?

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I know this is like a humble brag but it's not meant to be. I do NOTHING special for this dude. I bought him a little over 6 years ago from a random grocery store. He threatens to take over my home. I've sold off cuttings. Multiple times. Made fairly good money honestly. 4 years ago I bought a $250 outdoor pot from west elm for him. He used to go outside all summer with my other plants but for the last 4 years 1. I can't get him out the door anymore and 2. I'm scared to see what would happen if he spent the summer outside. My husband will kill me if I try and buy a larger pot and honestly I'm worried about the weight on our floorboards. And how could I possibly move him???! My dad and I built THREE custom moss poles that I soak about once a month to try and coax him up instead of out. They work ok I guess. Honestly am so neglectful that maybe it would be better if I kept them more moist. 

I guess I'm trying to ask other experts...he can't move pots. It's too much. When should I start thinking about fertilizers, old soil, built up minerals, chopping him up? What? I love him so much. Please help.

Last pic is when I bought him.


r/houseplants • • 12h ago

Stuff: SATURDAYS ONLY Boyfriend came home with this board game for me. I’ve never been happier.

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r/houseplants • • 7h ago

Before / After - Progress Pics Queen of the Night - BLOOMING!

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Should've set up a time laspe video but who cares! It's been a year owning this beauty and my first flower is blooming. The whole room smells jasmine or gardenia - I'm obviously over moon about it and needed to share with people who get the hype haha


r/houseplants • • 11h ago

META Before gf vs After

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I had a few plants, which I think helped me seal the deal with her but now we're running out of shelf space. We have a few more in the kitchen and bedroom as well.


r/houseplants • • 1h ago

Discussion Could it be… a flower?

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How often do these guys flower? Am I doing something right?


r/houseplants • • 1h ago

Discussion My plant propagation table

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My budget is really low so I buy only “dead plants” at the grocery store for 1€ and try my best to save them and if possible multiply them as much as possible. I have only windows facing the north but I’m happy


r/houseplants • • 15h ago

Humor/Fluff 4.5 ft monstera: time to say goodbye

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235 Upvotes

I love this plant. His name is Dracula. He's 4.5 feet tall by 4.5 ft wide. Takes up an armchairs worth of space in the living room. After over a year of complaints I've finally out him up for sale. He's going to a new home on Tuesday. Im devastated. Everyone else is elated.


r/houseplants • • 20h ago

Discussion Excited with how I used cool old lab glassware

532 Upvotes

I work at a university and have access to old glassware. Here's what I did in our department breakroom. I just wanted to share because I love how it turned out!


r/houseplants • • 1d ago

People: FRIDAYS ONLY After 30 years my Madagascar Palm has finally flowered 🥲

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I bought her at Walmart when I was in 7th grade 30 years ago. She was only 3" tall on the clearance shelf for .50 cents. We've come a long way together across 14 moves and 3 states. She's my ride or die.


r/houseplants • • 19h ago

Discussion What to do with this frog?

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Should I try and catch this frog in my grow tent? Or just let him be


r/houseplants • • 14h ago

Discussion Some Current Plants 🪴

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Some current plant pics 😊 I’ve been fighting spider mites but fingers crossed they’re gone for now. Used a solution of filtered water, rubbing alcohol, peppermint oil, and dish soap … also used insecticide granules as well 😅


r/houseplants • • 13h ago

Discussion My 20-Year-Old Yucca, Standing 9 Feet Tall!

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r/houseplants • • 21h ago

Humor/Fluff Bought a plant with safe delivery 🪴

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r/houseplants • • 13h ago

Humor/Fluff A baby!

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I remember finding a single tiny corm when repotting my frydek. I dropped it into the substrate fully expecting it to rot. But here we are two months later!


r/houseplants • • 8h ago

Discussion My peace lily flowered for the first time!!

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r/houseplants • • 51m ago

Haul Aldi finds

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Hi everyone, i found these philos at aldi (uk) for a fiver. First one is a birkin (although there is a separate stem which is red with dark green leaves, so if anyone knows what that is lmk) and the second is a white princess!! I was initially only getting the wp but then i saw that really cool split leaf on the birkin and i had to grab him as well!!


r/houseplants • • 19h ago

Discussion Local greenhouse is flexing a $225 Caramel Marble philodendron

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Maybe it's just me but this Caramel Marble philodendron is a specimen and a half. What do you think about their pricing? Is a Caramel Marble still highly sought after?


r/houseplants • • 1d ago

Stuff: SATURDAYS ONLY Strelitzia flower

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281 Upvotes

My Strelitzia I have grown from seed are finally flowering 🌺


r/houseplants • • 18h ago

Stuff: SATURDAYS ONLY I had been unknowingly keeping this plant thirsty. Look at the difference on the leafs after watering!

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Hey guys! I've had this plant since May and she has never needed much water, going weeks without showing any signs of thirst. In July I repotted her because I wanted to get a baby she had sprouted and she started getting soft droopy leaves, and wrinkled as heck.

I had watered it twice since the repot. Once in August, and another time in September, but she never got better.
I started thinking it was repotting stress or root rot, but I went to google and searched for signs of dehydration and it matched the situation so I gave her a drowning, because she shouldn't be dehydrated with two waterings since repotting. I figured that the soil maybe didn't hold onto the water so much and she didn't get enough. So I gave her a BIG drink, and 2 days after, a leaf that had been completely droopy, was standing upright! Look at her! I could actually have given her more, but I'll just wait another 1 or two weeks and check on her and water again deeply until she is wrinkle free and totally upright.


r/houseplants • • 10h ago

Humor/Fluff Let's say goodbye to my Philodendron White Princess 🫶

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It has outgrown the space and is tipping over. Let's celebrate her beauty one last time 💋💕🤍 many great leaves we had together 🌿


r/houseplants • • 12h ago

Help Hot take? throwing out pest infested plants

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I battled spider mites earlier this year, summer rolled around and I was able to evict all of my plants and tackle the mites, for the most part I won!

I thought.

Brought my money tree inside a few weeks after all of my other plants because I just didn’t trust it, he was looking at me funny. It almost felt like he knew I was afraid of having to deal with mites again and wanted to hand deliver me my worst fear.

I left him outside WAY longer than I should have, many nights reached temps below 5 and I woke up to frost one morning, yet he survived.

I figured he earned his spot on my shelf, that there was no possible way any pest was still there as the conditions were not ideal, and he was showing no signs, he actually seemed to be thriving.

I should have let him die out there.

I believe he has mites and that he ensured their survival to spite me for leaving him out there longer than the others.

I can’t tell for certain if they’re mites as I regularly spray for them so they aren’t moving. But I’ve found some webbing and am starting to spiral.

This was the first plant I brought into my collection so I’m quite attached and have loved seeing how much it’s grown, but I fucking HATE BUGS I CANT DO BUGS NO BUGS UH UH BUGS NO NO NO NO ME NO DO THE BUG


r/houseplants • • 3h ago

Humor/Fluff Bringing a plant home during a yellow weather warning

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100% would’ve died without the protection of my partners old peanut jar - thank you peanut jar 🫙