You know you have a plant addiction when.....

[deranged chipmunk]

My wife and I were joking about this this morning. She has known about my plant addiction for years, but we were laughing over some of the silly things I do when it comes to plants, like:

....You find a way to work in a nursery, plant shop, or any place that sells plants during errands.

....You go to Home Depot weekly just to see if they got anything new in, so what if it's January! Lol


I have a few others, feel free to add your own if you are addicted to plants!!

[kueluck]

......you carry a small shovel, water, paper towels & plastic bags in a back pack when on walks and hikes just incase you come across-------- (of course I NEVER do this)

[deranged chipmunk]

Haha! Good one!! I never do that, and I never have a spare plastic bag while walking my dog in the park lol

[deranged chipmunk]

....you visit a fellow hobbyist's house and bring your own trimming supplies (yes, I do this!! )

Hardcore version:
.....you visit the botanical gardens with trimming supplies!! Lol

[mshine1217]

You're house sitting for a friend, while you're watering the plants you ask yourself... "Now where can I cut and it not be noticed?"

[BonnieLorraine]

....you visit a fellow hobbyist's house and bring your own trimming supplies (yes, I do this!! )

Hardcore version:
.....you visit the botanical gardens with trimming supplies!! Lol

No disrespect, just had to comment on the post above. I volunteer for a large botanical garden working to propagate and maintain their extensive tropical plant collection. A number of plants in the garden have to be hidden from the public due to people liking to "pinch" off some for themselves, including a cactus and succulent collection that was closed to the public for over 8 years due to repeated thefts of pieces by visitors which is now only open when a security guard can be on duty in the building. Some ways of getting legal plants from botanical gardens include visiting their plant sales (most of my plants that come from the garden are acquired this way), offering a trade to a curator if you have something rare they might be interested in, or volunteering (occasionally I get permission to take a broken branch or seed pods that have fallen on the floor and I find while sweeping, I always make sure they approve and sign a donation slip for me to take it off the grounds first though). There are some incredibly rare plants on display in gardens, and while just one person taking a piece wouldn't amount to much, if everyone did it there would be nothing left, plus if you're caught you will most likely be escorted off the premises.

[deranged chipmunk]

Nice!!

[deranged chipmunk]

This one happened to me this weekend.....
....you can't watch porn set in outdoor settings because you are too distracted trying to identify the flora in the background. LOL

[mshine1217]

This one happened to me this weekend.....
....you can't watch porn set in outdoor settings because you are too distracted trying to identify the flora in the background. LOL

Now that's having it bad.

[Mentat]

This one happened to me this weekend.....
....you can't watch porn set in outdoor settings because you are too distracted trying to identify the flora in the background. LOL

Been under the weather for a while; but you still make me laugh Bill !

[Heatheranne]

Ha ha ha!

[Heatheranne]

You spend too much of your paycheck on plants only for your frogs and everyone at the greenhouse/plant shop knows you as the frog lady . Lol!

[deranged chipmunk]

Been there, done that!!

[deranged chipmunk]

And my plant shop calls me the frog guy. Any time I am in there, they are always asking me terrarium questions lol

[deranged chipmunk]

Which brings me to.....

.....everybody at the nursery/plant shop know you by name, even the new people. Lol

[Tongue Flicker]

When you:Pass by a plant nursery without the intention of getting anything there.When you're outdoors and you see an interesting plant. You decide to get viable plant parts like seeds, leaves and stems in hopes of growing cuttings once you get back home.You see a plant. You snip off a leaf, sniff it, crush it then sniff it again lol

[deranged chipmunk]

Well, sorry you were offended by that Bonnie. It was meant as a joke, and I would never do such a thing. I have way too much respect for the people who work their butts off maintaining the collections at my local B.G. I frequent the gardens several times per year and am friendly with quite a bit of the staff, as well as have quite a few close friends who work there and I have never even so much as asked if I could even take something from the ground, let alone swipe clippings.

Please understand that it was made as a joke and not meant to offend anyone.

[BonnieLorraine]

Well, sorry you were offended by that Bonnie. It was meant as a joke, and I would never do such a thing. I have way too much respect for the people who work their butts off maintaining the collections at my local B.G. I frequent the gardens several times per year and am friendly with quite a bit of the staff, as well as have quite a few close friends who work there and I have never even so much as asked if I could even take something from the ground, let alone swipe clippings.

Please understand that it was made as a joke and not meant to offend anyone.

I didn't think you were, just didn't want anyone getting ideas :P I know a number of people who do "steal" from botanical gardens and have seen it in action quite a few times, most with the belief that they are doing nothing wrong, so wanted to make sure anyone reading this thread didn't think it was an acceptable way of acquiring new material and give a few options for people who really do want plants from the local garden.

[deranged chipmunk]

I understand. I have seen it happen as well, and I would hope that anyone reading this thread would see it for the satire it was meant as, but you are correct, some people do end up getting alternative ideas. Sad that we love in a society that needs disclaimers on everything, like my hot coffee LOL

[Tongue Flicker]

I used to steal clippings from cactuses too when i was younger. I somehow hand-picked an Opuntia (Prickly pear) and i got microscopic barbs all over my hands. I was so traumatized on cactuses that i hated plants at that point in my life. Lesson learned coz mother nature's payback is always a ***** (please do edit if not allowed )