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1. Flick 🇬🇧 (flick@spinster.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jul-2023 05:12:55 JST Flick 🇬🇧

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   @thatguyoverthere How’re your pansies, btw?

   • Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jul-2023 05:12:54 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

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     @Flick well.... one of the pots died but the other was looking really good until a few days ago. I think I need to look into pansies care a bit because they seem a little more special needs than most other things. Look at these damn impatiens. All they need is water (a lot) and they grow a little out of control
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     @Flick also this one strawberry plant currently has around a dozen flowers and berries on it madness
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     @Flick I have to figure out how to clone this plant. Most strawberries throw out runners like crazy, but I bought these specifically because they would not (and they fruit all summer). Unfortunately without runners cloning seems more difficult. I could try and start some from seeds, but I don't know if they will be true to the mother.
   • Flick 🇬🇧 (flick@spinster.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jul-2023 05:23:16 JST Flick 🇬🇧

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     @thatguyoverthere Have you grown them successfully before? I wonder if you’re just too hot for them. Even here, they’re treated more as a winter bedding plant than a summer one.

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     @Flick They are usually hanging in the greenhouse at the nursery we go to so we grab a couple pots each year. That said, I feel like they are always kind of short lived when we get them. Where I have them is a full sun location most of the day so it could be too much for them to handle once the summer heat is in.
   • Flick 🇬🇧 (flick@spinster.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jul-2023 05:28:37 JST Flick 🇬🇧

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     @thatguyoverthere Afaik, strawberries from seed are a bit of a sod. No idea if they come true.

     I think I’d try layering and (careful, if you only have one plant) root cuttings. It seems like strawberries should do well with layering, given the way that the runners behave.

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   • Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jul-2023 05:28:37 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

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     @Flick yeah I had 4 or 5 of these but as it stands I have 2 (one is basically a dud). This particular variety almost never throws out new runners. At one point I had 4 or 5 of them, but people around here don't pay very close attention and often trample certain spots of the bed they are in. This is an original one, and it has thrown one runner in it's time which is the second plant I have, but it's in a crappy spot because I didn't even notice the runner when it happened.
     
     I wonder if pruning it back might cause it to run :Thinker: I'm not sure I can just layer a leaf because the stems don't have any nodes where roots could grow afaict. I can also be patient and pay attention because it does push new runners just infrequently.
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     @Flick with root cutting you would remove the plant and split the ball into 2 I guess? Or just slice down the middle of the plant and remove one side? I think I could maybe transplant the dud into a better spot and when it grows up a bit more I'll have 2 to play with before I get into the roots
   • Flick 🇬🇧 (flick@spinster.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jul-2023 06:26:54 JST Flick 🇬🇧

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     @thatguyoverthere I would at least try layering first, you’d be surprised how well some things do just from a healthy leaf.

     Definitely move the second one, maybe even into a pot and pamper it as it may be more likely to runner than the original.

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   • Flick 🇬🇧 (flick@spinster.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jul-2023 06:27:02 JST Flick 🇬🇧

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     @thatguyoverthere Normally (with a plant that’s relatively easily replaceable and that I know responds well), I would just chop the root ball in half.

     In this case, I’d be a bit more cautious: soak the rootball in a bucket for ten minutes to get most of the soil off, then just cut off a corner with a good root and some top growth. I’ve done that successfully in the past with near-black hollyhocks, which never seem to come true from seed.

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   • Flick 🇬🇧 (flick@spinster.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jul-2023 06:27:27 JST Flick 🇬🇧

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     @thatguyoverthere Also, you can get little dome-shaped cage-cloches that might be useful to prevent future trampling. And birds, and dogs, from eating the fruit.

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     @Flick I was thinking a bear trap :smirk:
   • Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jul-2023 06:29:12 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

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     @Flick yeah potting it up seems a good move. I am always amazed at the conditions a plant will survive. This one I think is being trampled by a gnome (statue)
   • TinyHouse4Life (tinyhouse4life@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jul-2023 06:33:40 JST TinyHouse4Life

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     @thatguyoverthere @Flick
     It's too hot for pansies right now. They are a fall/winter flower.

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   • Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jul-2023 06:34:48 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

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     @TinyHouse4Life @Flick maybe I can bring the survivor indoors and somehow keep the cat from destroying it until fall
   • Flick 🇬🇧 (flick@spinster.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jul-2023 07:31:41 JST Flick 🇬🇧

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     @TinyHouse4Life @thatguyoverthere That was what I thought. They barely get through summer here.

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   • Flick 🇬🇧 (flick@spinster.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jul-2023 07:33:14 JST Flick 🇬🇧

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     @thatguyoverthere ….

     How does a statue trample something…?

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   • Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jul-2023 07:33:14 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

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     @Flick well I think the statue was placed before it came up, but it's rooted right next to or behind it against the lattice under my porch. It doesn't have much room with the statue in the way