"When you tow your girlfriends car 1500 miles in the move so you can fill her entire car up with all your plants"

A light hearted thread to hear what your life with a plant obsession is like! Have fun with it!! We do one of these on our arthropod forums and it's one of my favorites! Add to this with funny happenings related around plants and people in your life! Let's hear what you got!! Add to it anytime something funny happens, something interesting, or something unique happens, or anything that lets us know you are REALLY into plants! 😃

I'll kick it off!

"When the number one complaint your spouse has in your entire relationship is the fungus gnats"

"When you have to explain to the TSA agent that the weird rock looking thing in your bag that is planted in a pot surrounded by little red rocks, is actually a plant and it's growing in lava"

"When your plants waking up from dormancy is an enthralling change in your life"

"When some one ask what type of plant it is, advice, or suggestions for plants you only ever reply with the binomial nomenclature. And your met with "huh…what's that?""

"When your morning routine consists of turning on all the grow lights before turning on the kettle to make a pot of tea"

When the first thing in the morning is looking in the (attached) greenhouse to see if a specific plant is opening or simply looking gorgeous in my eyes! Then go downstairs and make coffee...

Ursula said: When the first thing in the morning is looking in the (attached) greenhouse to see if a specific plant is opening or simply looking gorgeous in my eyes! Then go downstairs and make coffee...

Ahhh love it!! Plants in the morning is the best start to the day!!

Smotzer said: "When your morning routine consists of turning on all the grow lights before turning on the kettle to make a pot of tea"

We have an 'Alexa turn on grow lights command'.

Smotzer said: "When some one ask what type of plant it is, advice, or suggestions for plants you only ever reply with the binomial nomenclature. And your met with "huh…what's that?""

That's me...

We have a group chat on our phones with 5 plant mad people and it usually is the most busy text thread on my phone...

mcvansoest said: We have a group chat on our phones with 5 plant mad people and it usually is the most busy text thread on my phone...

Jealous!!! I have a bunch on WhatsApp for all our Arthropod chats but none for plants!!

Ursula said: When the first thing in the morning is looking in the (attached) greenhouse to see if a specific plant is opening or simply looking gorgeous in my eyes! Then go downstairs and make coffee...

Thats absolutely me...

"When you find damaged plants that you think no one wants to buy. Asks the cashier if you can get a discount and then try to revive it."

"When your weekend excuse includes a quick run to the nursery or big box stores."

"When your phone is full of photos of your plants and blooms."

"When your friends and relatives text Hello and you respond with short greetings and a few photos of your plants.

When part of the remedy for your cognitive dysfunction and ADHD in the morning is to rough prune a Juniperus to start bonsai work on it!

" when you can see all these subtle differences , but as far as everyone else is concerned, you essentially bought the same plant 57 times"

"when you buy a couple more clay pots at the garden centre and realise you have 9 of that size already"

"when on a recent bathroom painting project you gave far too consideration to a
colour BECAUSE it happens to be called "agave noble"
https://www.colourcourage.com/....

" when you leave the latest batch of plants and materials in the car so you can put them away later and not have to explain yourself to the wife!

"...when you carry a planted container in your purse because you will be gone from home a few days and might miss your succulents. People are amazed when you whip it out to show them in elevators..."

OK, you all must be more into plants than I am.... because I do not do most of those things... ;)

In my case, would it make more sense if I told you that I have no children or pets?

webesemps said: "...when you carry a planted container in your purse because you will be gone from home a few days and might miss your succulents. People are amazed when you whip it out to show them in elevators..."

Did you really do that?

webesemps said: In my case, would it make more sense if I told you that I have no children or pets?

And they are part of my family! Especially my adenium babies!

mcvansoest said: OK, you all must be more into plants than I am.... because I do not do most of those things... ;)

you probably do a lot of things regularly that I when it is part of your routine it gets normalized. Until someone points it out