The Man in the Iron Mask
About three months ago I bought a small lucky bamboo plant at Home Depot and brought it home.
At first I kept it in the little plastic pot that the store planted it in. I watered it every day and kept it out of direct sunlight.
It did not thrive. I found out on the Internet that you need to water it with filtered water. So I began doing that.
Last night I transplanted it from the pot into a glass vase filled with pebbles. Apparently this is better...
I don't know why, even with four kids, I developed a strong need to take care of a living thing.
I feel like one of those prisoners who adopt a mouse in the cell and share their meager meals with the little creature...
At first I kept it in the little plastic pot that the store planted it in. I watered it every day and kept it out of direct sunlight.
It did not thrive. I found out on the Internet that you need to water it with filtered water. So I began doing that.
Last night I transplanted it from the pot into a glass vase filled with pebbles. Apparently this is better...
I don't know why, even with four kids, I developed a strong need to take care of a living thing.
I feel like one of those prisoners who adopt a mouse in the cell and share their meager meals with the little creature...
posted by e-kvetcher at 11:06 AM
1 Comments:
Good thing you persist.
I've often thought that those things were the baby alligators or fluffy lap dogs of the plant-world.
You know, discarded when the thrill had worn off.
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