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Houseplants
Welcome to /c/houseplants @ Mander.xyz!
In between life, we garden.
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We're a warm and informative space for plant enthusiasts to connect, learn, and flourish together. Dive into discussions on care, propagation, and styling, while embracing eco-friendly practices. Join us in nurturing growth and finding serenity through the extraordinary world of houseplants.
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Health
Identification
- PlantNet.org (see also: !plantid@mander.xyz)
- Seek from iNaturalist
Light Information
- GrowLightMeter
- PlantLightDB
- HouseplantJournal (Scroll down.)
Databases
- Catalogue of Life
- Perenual.com
- The Garden.org Plants Database
- Useful Tropical Plants (Interactive Database Version)
- WorldFloraOnline
- USA-NPN
- Tom Clothier's Garden Walk and Talk
- Plants for a Future
- USDA Datasets
- Permapeople.org
- Temperature Climate Permaculture: Plant Index
- Natural Capital Plant Database
- Colorado Plant Database
- SEINet
- North American Ethnobotany Database
- BCSS Field No. Lookup (collection site IDs for cacti and succulents)
- U Michigan Native Plant Database for Michigan by Region
FOSS Tools
- Common House Plants API
- HappyPlants (Monitoring App)
- PlantGeek (Care Info App)
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Tell us about the lighting rig and the framework behind the plants!
- Lights: 4ft - https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B086BWPBHL/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
- Cable system - https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B09BZ9L9C1/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
- Netting - https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00P7RUI3U/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I just bolted the anchors from the cable system into some ceiling studs, and then attached the lights using their mounting clips + some zip ties. It was a temporary thing that just never got updated since it works well. I thought I might need to add weights at the bottom, but the leds are heavy enough on their own.
Wall has a bunch of screws put into the studs and then the net is just spread over them. I zip tied the net in a few spots to start if off, then just wrapped the netting around the screws to pull it tight.
I've started letting it climb onto the ceiling / off the net by using some thumb tacks, but I don't think this is going to work. I'll probably put a few screws in and then run some fishing line between them.