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North Facing Window Hutch-thing

We've got this window space on a North facing wall. I'd like to put some usable plants in there. This area never get's any sun, but it does have windows that open so there can be fresh moving air.

A plant did pretty okay there for a long time, but I don't think anyone was watering it so it died [orphaned by old house mate]

What's do-able w/o a grow light? I need to get something functional to take up the old plant's real estate lest the room mates pile the dishes high in the void. Yay built environment and social engineering. 

internet_jen asked in Indoor Gardening about 1 year ago | Report

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    CARNIVORES!  i highly recommend a carnivorous plant. but they're little.  get a whole herd of carnivorous plants and put em together in a big shallow water-filled pot.

    they don't need lots of sun, they don't need lots of care, and even though lots of people say they're tricky to grow, you really can't fail if you do two things: keep its roots half-submerged and don't take it out of the pot you bought it in unless you're feeling lucky.  that soil is precious and magically acidic.  also, don't ever fertilize it or you'll stop getting colorful, bug-trapping foliage.

    swanson's is a good place to get these guys.  they're expensive, but six dollars for the coolest plant you've ever had PLUS bug control is pretty great.  go get a pretty hole-less pot to set the little guy, plastic pot and all, in - there's a sale right now!

    FERNS!  if you don't get a carnivorous little pet, i'd suggest a fern - japanese painted ferns are crazy gorgeous - or perhaps a peace lily.  i've always thought those are ordinary, but maybe you like them.  swanson's and city peoples have decent sized indoor plant sections - go wander around and look at tags until you find a good friend.  better yet, go to the palm room.  its like plant porn in there.  

    TERRARIUMS! if its drafty, some plants will start to panic.  you're already giving them very little light, so very little light plus lots of environmental changes isn't very condusive to lots of growth.  maybe a giant terrarium would work well for you - an extra wall of glass helps to keep humidity and temperature stable.  

    terrariums are crazy expensive, but not if you build them yourself.  ikea sells giant, 3 foot tall glass tumbler-vases, and places like fiore in ballard have made these into big ol terrariums.  they're gorgeous and easy.  follow some instructions and you've got a lovely stable ecosystem.  

    whiskeypony answered in Indoor Gardening about 1 year ago | Report
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