Saturday, 17 April 2010

Plant Care

About 24 years ago a friend gave me this umbrella plant for a birthday present.
I've been looking after it - although it's had times when it's been struggling. Took it outside for a bug spray, got rid of the bugs, got it covered in Volcanic ash instead :) It's been re-potted a few times, and it's current size shows what a little water and baby-bio every now and again can do.

3 comments:

Mark Caldwell said...

Nice. Volcanic ash is a pretty good fertilizer so no harm letting a little get on it. Give it a few more years and you'll have to move house to accomodate it.

cha0tic said...

Is that the original frog watering thing in the pot?

darkdwarf said...

That is the very same frog watering thing, although these days as soon as I fill it up the plant instantly dehydrates the frog!

Hadn't thought that Volcanic ash could be a good thing - that's why people live on the fertile slopes of Mt Vesuvius isn't it?