Hello and welcome to On the Ledge podcast, the show that treats your plants like family.

Uh-oh, grandma's got thrips again.

How are you diddling? It's Jane Perrone here, your host.

And today I'm going to be answering your, yes, your questions, well, as many of them as I can fit into the show.

We'll be looking at conservatories, growlites, the ever-fresh tree, and a poorly gopertyer, and more.

And we'll be hearing from a listener. His name is German.

Thank you for all your kind comments in the wake of my 200th episode. What a ride it's been and

let's stay saddled up because there's plenty more where that came from.

Oh, and I did want to play one thing that was missed out of episode 200 because it came in a

little bit too late. Yes, it was the Plant Daddies from Plant Daddy podcast, fashionably late.

Here's what they had to say.

Hey, Matthew and Stephen here from Plant Daddy Podcast.

What changes have we noticed since 2017?

Well, we both felt the distinct need to have our own house plant conversations off to the side of the social gatherings we were attending.

And we started a podcast for God's sakes because we were hoping to connect with like-minded plant fans, and we were pretty sure they were out there.

But people told us it was too niche.

But now.

Yeah, but now, friends and I regularly exchanged photos of new plants after a trip to the plant store.

We swapped cuttings and newly propagated plants because we're excited to share with someone who will appreciate them.

And it's even sort of become the sort of small talk topic that's catching up with weather, TV, and sports to get

you through social gatherings with strangers without becoming the weird plant person. Yep,

it's gone mainstream, Jane, and we're sure you had something to do with that. Thanks, and happy

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