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10th April 2008, 9:27am
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#1 | | Wide as the Clyde
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Am getting well into plants for my flat.
Where do you get big fuck off ones for not that much money? | 
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10th April 2008, 9:32am
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#2 | | I hate your band SuperMod
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| Re: Plants
Other people’s gardens.
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10th April 2008, 9:33am
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#3 | | Wide as the Clyde
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You're right, you know. | |
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10th April 2008, 9:33am
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#4 | | (suicidemachine)
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| Re: Plants
cheapest place I have found is Homebase really. Tends to be much cheaper than most garden centres, unless you can find other big business garden centres | |
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10th April 2008, 9:34am
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#5 | | Cajun Style!
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West ends an amazing place to go picking.
Seriously though, I think Ikea do Bamboo, and its cool as fuck.
Infact, I'll get you some as a housewarming, so I have an excuse to go to ikea.
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10th April 2008, 9:36am
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#6 | | Im yer da
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| Re: Plants
aye its a low answer but bump them
best places are like memorial gardens/old folks homes
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10th April 2008, 9:38am
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#7 | | Wide as the Clyde
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| Re: Plants
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Originally Posted by Bunnylingus  West ends an amazing place to go picking.
Seriously though, I think Ikea do Bamboo, and its cool as fuck.
Infact, I'll get you some as a housewarming, so I have an excuse to go to ikea. | ooh, do you want to go in a few weeks when i get back from canadia? I need a bookcase. | |
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10th April 2008, 10:20am
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#8 | | Cajun Style!
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| Re: Plants
Yas.
Sounds awesome.
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10th April 2008, 10:37am
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#9 | | Fattly Drawn Boy SuperMod
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| Re: Plants
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Originally Posted by JennyPiccolo Where do you get big fuck off ones for not that much money? | Glenrothes 
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10th April 2008, 10:40am
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#10 | | Cajun Style!
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| Re: Plants
You should get a chilli pepper plant for your kitchen.
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10th April 2008, 11:35am
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#11 | | Better not to err
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| Re: Plants
Easy to grow and you get free chilis. Can't recommend it enough. Quote:
Originally Posted by JennyPiccolo You're right, you know. | Also see: other peoples closes.
Or just buy something simple, like spider plants or grass plants, they're giant in a few months and clone themselves whenever they feel like it. | |
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10th April 2008, 12:12pm
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#12 | | I believe in Harvey Dent
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I'd avoid ikea - every single plant I've bought there has died. I'm not exactly johnny green fingers but I'm not wholly inept either, they've got loads of weird and wonderful plants that just don't seem to thrive in our climate. B&Q do a selection of three houseplants for a fiver, they're pretty good quality and last as long as you look after them. | |
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10th April 2008, 12:19pm
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#13 | | Drop dead gorgeous
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Oh oh oh! B&Q is your pal. I LOVE having green in my house. 15 bucks for two BIG plants, I've started off with Devils Ivy wich is about 2metres tall and some sort of Dragon tree thingy. Lush. | |
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10th April 2008, 12:19pm
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#14 | | Cap'n Cherry
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In saying that, though, I got an orchid from Ikea nearly 3 years ago. I'm RUBBISH at looking after it, but it's never died, and blooms twice a year without fail. When it blooms it has about 8 really pretty flowers.
I really want a chilli plant - currently we have a basil plant (called Rosemary), a rosemary plant (called Basil) and a coriander plant (much to my disgust; he's called Steve). | |
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10th April 2008, 12:37pm
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#15 | | Drop dead gorgeous
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Originally Posted by bikuki In saying that, though, I got an orchid from Ikea nearly 3 years ago. I'm RUBBISH at looking after it, but it's never died, and blooms twice a year without fail. When it blooms it has about 8 really pretty flowers. | How do you care for yours? I got a beautiful smelly one from botanics at the fair last year and it bloomed twice but since then it's just been growing more and more green stalks and no sign of flowering again  | |
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