How many did you kill? - Sad but make us feel better thread!

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Originally Posted by Gthumbz89

I guess you could say that I'm an orchid murderer.... I grow out of a 30 gallon aquarium in Arizona, so I have limited space... when the tank got almost full I mail ordered what I thought were miniatures, but really were huge.. so I threw a few away a few plants that were in decline and gave a few more away that had never bloomed.....( the ones I gave away were killed by neglect by their new owners, and the ones I threw away got steam cooked in the 110 degree trash can.) Needless to say all the ones I kept have bloomed in fear of being my latest victim .
So far the total number of murdered orchids is at around 5 guess I got a mean streak in me.

God, such a shame, next time maybe find someone who likes and grows orchids, it is sad to kill them like this, they did not deserve it:-( I am sure people would be thrilled get free stuff:-))))

---------- Post added at 07:45 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:43 PM ----------

Originally Posted by professor plant

If you haven't killed a plant you haven't learned anything. The problem is people kill them, only to kill them again in the same way as the first. This is worse in my opinion. If you don't put more time into research, then into growing, it will happen over and over again.

I have no idea how many I have killed, but I have a few bags of tags for what its worth.

you kept the tags, interesting, never thought about it:-) I do agree now, the ones that are gone were for me learning experience, and I definitely learned a lot and try not to make the same mistakes. My plants are so much better now, and I am very happy, even the fact sometimes I just loose one here and there. It still happens and it will happen forever, especially with the new species I buy and try:-)