🌱 Care and Growing
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My collection has grown from "cute hobby" to "small unpaid job." I do not mind the work, but I need a better weekend routine. Right now I water whoever looks sad, wipe leaves when I remember, and find pest issues later than I should. For people with 40 or more plants, what do you actually do weekly? I do not need a perfect spreadsheet empire, just a routine that keeps things from getting chaotic.
I split chores: Saturday is watering and checking pot weight, Sunday is pest inspection and cleanup. Trying to do everything at once made me rush the inspections.
Use pest checks as a regular task, not something you do only when a plant looks bad. Pick up each plant, check new growth and leaf backs, then put it back.
Group plants by water needs. The dry plants, average plants, and thirsty plants should not all be treated like one crowd.
Keep supplies together. Scissors, alcohol wipes, sticky traps, microfiber cloth, and a trash bowl. Half my chaos was just walking around looking for things.
Do a small rotating deep clean instead of trying to clean every leaf every weekend. One shelf each week is more realistic.
I made a "no new plants until chores are done" rule. Annoying but effective, because apparently I can be bribed with my own restraint.
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