Great common sense. I seem to remember reading that human sweat contains varying amounts of chemicals similar to rooting hormones which may explain something about green thumbs or fingers when planting cuttings, although I failed to find any references to back this up when I looked just now…
It could be that plants somehow sense when someone really likes them and respond accordingly. I can't back this idea up either but it sure seems like it's real sometimes.
There have been experiments where plants reacted electrically to a person who had previously killed a plant in their presence so you could well be right. I’d like to think so!
Drowning your sorrows is one thing. Drowning your gastropods is another thing. Partially drowning your sorrows while drowning half your gastropods is brilliant. I don't claim to have a brown thumb. What I claim is that I just do not see plants. At least not houseplants. When my wife goes on a trip the houseplants suffer. If I lived alone I would give away all my houseplants because I feel badly when I finally find them all dried up and covered in dust. Caecitas plantarum is the Latin term for "plant blindness." Some people think I'm being snotty when I use scientific terminology to mention it. What they don't understand is that I speak this way out of respect for our houseplant's feelings. Plants do not understand Latin.
This is probably a controversial opinion and I might be driven out of the substack gardening community for expressing it, but houseplants don't count. They are a pain the ass and I don't care about their feelings. In theory, houseplants are great because they beautify the home and purify the air, but in practice they are just too much work.
Good advice about the beer!
Great common sense. I seem to remember reading that human sweat contains varying amounts of chemicals similar to rooting hormones which may explain something about green thumbs or fingers when planting cuttings, although I failed to find any references to back this up when I looked just now…
It could be that plants somehow sense when someone really likes them and respond accordingly. I can't back this idea up either but it sure seems like it's real sometimes.
There have been experiments where plants reacted electrically to a person who had previously killed a plant in their presence so you could well be right. I’d like to think so!
Drowning your sorrows is one thing. Drowning your gastropods is another thing. Partially drowning your sorrows while drowning half your gastropods is brilliant. I don't claim to have a brown thumb. What I claim is that I just do not see plants. At least not houseplants. When my wife goes on a trip the houseplants suffer. If I lived alone I would give away all my houseplants because I feel badly when I finally find them all dried up and covered in dust. Caecitas plantarum is the Latin term for "plant blindness." Some people think I'm being snotty when I use scientific terminology to mention it. What they don't understand is that I speak this way out of respect for our houseplant's feelings. Plants do not understand Latin.
This is probably a controversial opinion and I might be driven out of the substack gardening community for expressing it, but houseplants don't count. They are a pain the ass and I don't care about their feelings. In theory, houseplants are great because they beautify the home and purify the air, but in practice they are just too much work.
Do you hate goldfish?
No, but I dislike indoor aquariums, even though we have one for the turtle.