fragile masculinity

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• swelter_spark@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Don’t forged orchids. Manly men love orchids.

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• Devjavu@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I got a plant from my father that he found years ago when we moved to a flat. It was in the corner of the bathroom on top of a shelf. It wash shriveled up and completely brown. That kind of fall leaf brown. Mind you, this plant was discovered easily 4 years after we moved in, so it had not gotten water for at least 4 years.

  Crazy thing is, that plant was apparently still alive. We do not know how, but it did not die. Maybe it was feeding of the steam from the shower.

  It is now part of our family and has had many cuttings made from it.

  It’s a crazy plant, it just does not die. I once overwatered it to the point that it’s 15 liter pot was filled to the top of the dirt with water and only when I noticed a “puddle” did I act on it. We have one that is literally just in a jug with water. We also had one where the dirt was full of mold, but that plant was just fine.

  I researched that little guy and apparently it’s some kind of Syngonium.

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• 01011@monero.town ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  IDGI.

  Most of the people (men) I know who like to grow fruit and vegetables start with apples and cherry tomatoes.

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• ftbd@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Decorative plants are great, but harvesting something from your plants (especially if that product is otherwise hard to get / of poor quality / very expensive) is extremely rewarding!

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• Formfiller@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I grow a lot of those manly plants lol

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• orioler25@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Learned a new thing men are insecure about.

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  • sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Hashtag NotAllMen

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    • ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      u sure?

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• Rolder@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  For me it’s “whatever plant I’m least likely to accidentally murder” so usually a succulent of some variety

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• Faydaikin@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  What’s wrong with growing chilies? I eat a ridiculous amount of them that it’s too expensive if I have to buy them.

  Also, store bought chilies don’t taste as good.

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  • socsa@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The hottest chili anyone sells near me are thai chilis and habaneros. I require at least one million scoville to cum, so I have no choice but to grow my own.

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    • Faydaikin@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Always nice to meet another culinary masochist.

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• FosterMolasses@leminal.space ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Y’all are growing venus flytraps? Ngl, sounds pretty cool…

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• falseWhite@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I don’t get to choose what to grow. All my plants usually die after a couple of years at most, so whatever happens not to die that’s what I grow.

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• Waffle@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m in this picture and I kinda like it.

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• piranhaconda@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Is that really a thing…? Not me

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• MotoAsh@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  What if the plants I want to grow are those on the right? … plus some cool looking house plants for decoration and less stale air.

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  • HikingVet@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Toxic gender culture is just trying to weave itself into everything.

    Grow what you want and be a decent person unconcerned with trends.

    NASA released a list of air quality plants years ago, it should have a few suggestions that grab your interest.

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• Omegamint@hexbear.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Tomatoes and herbs because I have a super limited growing area and I’m gonna grow the most cost efficient things I like to eat

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• lengau@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I have a spekboom and an impala lily.

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• ViperActual@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I can’t even grow plants on purpose, I managed to kill one of those mini cactuses that you’re not supposed to water very often. I literally forgot about it and it dried out entirely into a husk. But the plants outside that I don’t even care about? Those things are all growing like weeds and they’re annoying

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  • Devjavu@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You need 3 things: Light, water, nutrients.

    Light and nutrients are easier, since they don’t require consistency, but it’s the watering that’s a little tricky.

    You should have the right soil and pot for that plant and for you I would recommend an automatic watering system. Then just look at it for the first few weeks and dial it in. Succulents also need dry periods, but you can look that stuff up on the web.

    Then just check on it every few months/years and you’re good.

    Hope this helps.

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• Lightfire228@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Me like hot stuff

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• rekabis@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  IDK, I like growing and eating zucchini. Especially Ronde de Nice and Cocozelle. But you have to check pretty much every day during peak season, those suckers can go from hand-sized to arm sized in just a day or two.

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• flora_explora@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Plus aroids and other trending plants, because then there is an economic status attached to it and you can compete with others who has the more valuable plant

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• ShellMonkey@piefed.socdojo.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Given my black thumb tende to kill anything not tougher than dandelions I'll take what I can get.

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