Indoor Gardening and Houseplants: Thoughts, issues, and successes of Indoor Gardeners., 1 by HollyAnnS

HollyAnnS wrote:
That really is a beautiful Begonia. I too am a rather negligent Gardener. In my house only the strongest survive. I rarely ever prune or divide as a result I have some pretty large plants.
Last May we traveled for 3 weeks my adult son stayed here to care for the animals, plants and whatever. Did did a really good job with all the plants especially since I had trays and trays of plants for the yard inside at the time, so it wasn't just the house plants. I tried to get as many in the ground before we left but it was a bit early for our area so many of them were still inside or in the process of hardening off.
I one mistake he made was to water my terrarium, every time he watered the house plants. The violets were swimming when we came home. LOL
We drained it as best we could without actually taking the plants out. We poured off as much of the excess as we could and then used sponges to soak the water up out of the dirt and a few wicking cotton strings. Let it sit all summer long without the top off. I can't believe that they didn't rot, but instead are blooming beautifully.