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My recent plant babies

Moved to Arizona and have started my small collection of plants!

Asparagus fern

Hydrangeas

Strawberry plant

Mint!!

Cute cactus

And my first baby my succulent!!!

Currently struggling so hard to grow catnip from seed!! I might switch to buying a small plant to get ahead of the hard part but if anyone has any tips on growing catnip please comment below! #plants #plants 🌱 #plant collection #plant babies #new plant mom

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Good drainage... and aeration and make sure you don't over water and keep an eye out for infestations aphids are attracted to an over abundance of nitrogen in the soil and is recommend food grade diatomaceous earth for larvae of any infestations. Too little sunlight can be a problem too. There are several other things you can look up but here's something to get you started. Hope this helps.

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