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CanadianGran Tue 27-Sept-22 19:45:34

Funny, I always feel guilty about giving up on plants as well!
Give it a good talking to, then a definite timeline before tossing or giving away. You may post on an on-line garage sale group to give away the plant.

Auntieflo Tue 27-Sept-22 19:41:11

If you ignore it for a while, it may surprise you and suddenly sprout new shoots ?
I am a horrible house plant mother and sometimes they thrive on neglect.

MissAdventure Tue 27-Sept-22 19:34:16

It's an orchid, or it was.
I cut the big long stalk off it because it got on my nerves.
Now it's just four big ugly leaves.

Casdon Tue 27-Sept-22 19:31:46

You could put it on the pavement with a note saying free to a good home, I bet somebody will pick it up?

midgey Tue 27-Sept-22 19:28:38

One day when you are feeling grumpy….chuck it out, it can be therapeutic!

MissAdventure Tue 27-Sept-22 19:27:57

grin
I've offered it, but she has one the same, too, that she doesn't like.

Our late neighbour bought us one each.

Grandmabatty Tue 27-Sept-22 19:25:17

Can you give it to someone? Your upstairs neighbour?

MissAdventure Tue 27-Sept-22 19:21:08

I've been wrestling with this (not the plant itself) for a few months now.

It feels mean, somehow.

kittylester Tue 27-Sept-22 19:19:23

Yep!!! Definitely.

MissAdventure Tue 27-Sept-22 19:08:35

Would you throw away an ugly plant?

I am getting more and more cluttered in here, and I have a very "plain" plant.

Should it go?