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How do friends/family react to your plant collection?

j.i.d Seattle,Washington (zone 8b)

6 years ago

random question, but i’m really curious :)

for my it usually goes like this:

-whenever my friends come over after school and such, some frequent sayings include

”how do you even take care of this many??”

”i would’ve managed to kill all of these by now”

some are shocked, and some are actually interested in my hobby and ask questions which is nice every once in a while yanno :) so some i really trust go home with a cutting or two + a care sheet!! i try to ask them to keep me updated on their growth by sending pictures hehe.

as for my relatives, they’re usually really surprised too.

”wow that’s a big responsibility”

”you’re living in a jungle at this point!!”

i can’t wait to read how others react to your question thank you and have a nice day-

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kingd Z6A michigan

6 years ago

My wife and youngest daughter think I have a problem,My older daughter thinks its awesome and has a bunch at her house. My mother loves it and is as bad if not worse that me, definitely where I got it.

Told my wife I could have a much worse addiction :)

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Photo Synthesis
6 years ago
Anybody that knows me already knows that there are lots of plants at my place, so no surprises there. About a month ago, I had some new neighbors move in next door. They came over to check out my garden and I showed them around. One thing they did ask me was, "Where do you guys stay once everything gets moved back indoors for the winter?" HaHa.
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last modified: 6 years ago
A neighbor gave directions to my house as “the house with a buncha plants”. The stranger mistakenly stopped at her house and innocently relayed this info to me. It hurt my feelings for a second. I’d never thought that I might be perceived as a hoarder, of the plant kind, ha.
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Try growing some Cassava and wait for the reaction then!
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My son had his friend over recently and he really liked our cactus plants. He thought they were really cool.

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