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Very interesting article by the BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/18612661
Wish I had the space to put everything in larger pots..
Wish I had the space to put everything in larger pots..
reminds me of this 70's crackpot:
Scot
meh..this kind of story means nothing to me..
if you think about it, very few plants we grow can reach their "full potential"..
especially non-native houseplants, flowers, garden plants, etc..
tomato plants in their native habitat live for years and the vines can grow 10 to 30 feet long..
does that mean I should feel bad because my tomato plants give me more tomatoes than I could ever use,
but die at the first frost in October? meh..please..
this story is, IMO, much ado about nothing..
We give our plants the best conditions we can, and they are fine..the fact that they might not reach their "full potential"
is, 99% of the time, utterly irrelevant..that doesnt mean we cant strive for more perfection in growing!
thats fine..but if we don't reach perfection, so what?
plants in pots are fine..the plants are fine..they are not unhappy.
reminds me of this 70's crackpot:
Scot
meh..this kind of story means nothing to me..
if you think about it, very few plants we grow can reach their "full potential"..
especially non-native houseplants, flowers, garden plants, etc..
tomato plants in their native habitat live for years and the vines can grow 10 to 30 feet long..
does that mean I should feel bad because my tomato plants give me more tomatoes than I could ever use,
but die at the first frost in October? meh..please..
this story is, IMO, much ado about nothing..
We give our plants the best conditions we can, and they are fine..the fact that they might not reach their "full potential"
is, 99% of the time, utterly irrelevant..that doesnt mean we cant strive for more perfection in growing!
thats fine..but if we don't reach perfection, so what?
plants in pots are fine..the plants are fine..they are not unhappy.
reminds me of this 70's crackpot:
Scot
Yeah, I have a couple dozen Bonsai books here in my library. Still, Bonsai growth IS stunted. IMHO of coarse. I'm not saying it's bad but it's stunted.
I honestly don't think this is always the case. Some orchids are definently an exception, I have seen orchids such as masdevallias growing in tiny pots while the plant it self is gigantic and is utterly covered with flowers. Like the pic below...
If that isnt full potential then I don't know what is!