I always put my houseplants in a clay pot with a hole in the bottom after I take them home in their plastic containers. Learned from experience that it's way harder to over-water when they're in a clay pot! Loved your anecdote/memory -- so symbolic :).
This makes me feel less awful about all of the houseplants I’ve accidentally killed. I was worried it was just me. I refer to my sunroom as the plant dungeon, where green things go to await water torture and their slow, miserable deaths... there are several shriveled specimens languishing in there now :-(
Ahh it’s too easy to do! And I recently discovered my neighbour has been secretly leaning over my balcony to water my plants which she complains look too dry, so they often inadvertently get a double water!
I always put my houseplants in a clay pot with a hole in the bottom after I take them home in their plastic containers. Learned from experience that it's way harder to over-water when they're in a clay pot! Loved your anecdote/memory -- so symbolic :).
This makes me feel less awful about all of the houseplants I’ve accidentally killed. I was worried it was just me. I refer to my sunroom as the plant dungeon, where green things go to await water torture and their slow, miserable deaths... there are several shriveled specimens languishing in there now :-(
Ahh it’s too easy to do! And I recently discovered my neighbour has been secretly leaning over my balcony to water my plants which she complains look too dry, so they often inadvertently get a double water!
Hence the reason I have two dogs. I’ve never, ever, EVER been able to keep a houseplant alive.
Love the Celia anecdote!
True story. I know . I was there. Guilty as charged.