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On Aug 28, 2007, cruz4him from Toronto, ON (Zone 6a) wrote:
I'm a newbie at keeping plants (I'm a struggling-to-recover gangrene thumb!) and my fittonia is growing under filtered flourescent light at the office.
I got this plant in May at Home Depot but it's only been in the last 2 weeks that I've been taking better care of it, misting it several times a day to get the humidity levels up.
After looking at the photos on this site, I noticed that my leaves aren't nice and flat, most are curling in around the edges.
Am I doing something wrong? I think the leaves have more or less been this way since I first got the plant.
On May 6, 2006, marie516 from Los Angeles, CA wrote:
I love this beautiful little plant! One issue-- for some reason mine has a much more flattened, sprawling form than any in the photos. It looks like it wants to either climb or spread out as a ground cover, which is a problem since it's in a pot on my desk!
On Jan 9, 2005, kniphofia from Ashington
(United Kingdom) (Zone 8a) wrote:
There are around 15 varieties of this plant available now, some having beautiful pink veined leaves. I have a lovely 'Juanita' specimen which I inherited from a work colleague. She'd had 2 weeks vacation during which time her co-workers hadn't watered it and it was literally 3 sticks stuck in the soil. Now it is flourishing.
On Nov 7, 2003, frigid75 from Reno, NV (Zone 6a) wrote:
Moist being the operative word. They are nice and lush-looking as long as they're happy. If they get even a bit dried out they tend to "faint" though. Luckily, if you catch it fainting a bit of water restores it straight away. I got mine half price at the hardware store because it was totally limp in the pot. I could tell it was fine because the leaves were all still a lovely dark green.
It spruced up magnificently and I now keep it in a violet pot. Those kind of pots give it adequate moisture (most of the time) without making it soggy.
On Feb 3, 2003, vroomp from Marietta, GA (Zone 7a) wrote:
These easy to grow tropicals make for a little interest in ground cover. Easily propagated, they are deffinatly a conversation piece in any garden. I have both varieties of this plant which are red or green leaves. I use mine as ground cover for spring through summer. Not being hardy, I winter them in the greenhouse. Placed in pots it makes a wonderful house plant, if kept moist and in medium light
Regional...
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
Mountain Home, Arkansas Fullerton, California Merced, California Bartow, Florida Hollywood, Florida West Palm Beach, Florida Gonzales, Louisiana Brevard, North Carolina Mount Holly, North Carolina Boerne, Texas
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