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September 24, 2015 By Jenna 83 Comments

Achieving Green Thumb Status

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How I Water My Indoor Plants Only ONCE Every Few Months - And yes, they are thriving! / Nimbus Pot

This post is sponsored by Nimbus pot, however all opinions are 100% mine. Affiliate links may be contained in this post. 

One summer, my great uncle and I got into gardening.

Ok well, it was more me and he just listened to me rant on about it.

We visited every Lowe’s, Home Depot, plant nursery and any store basically within an hour of us that was selling plants.

He bought each of us a rose bush.

I bought each of us a tropical plant of some sort.

As if I know the name, I just thought it was pretty.

The rose bushes lived.

The tropical plants died.

As did anything else I purchased. 

I read his mother’s book on gardening that was thicker than the Bible.

I’m not kidding. I still have it.

I attempted to propogate hydrangeas.

I divided irises.

I ordered a ridiculous amount of flower seeds from a specialty seed company and planted every last one of them.

Much to my dismay, not a darn thing lived except for a few irises.

It was apparent that summer that me and flowers didn’t get along too well.

When I realized Grunt Labor was such a fantastic gardener, I jumped for joy and didn’t worry with anything flower related again.

Things have changed though.

I have now achieved green thumb status, y’all.

And I didn’t have to lie, cheat or steal to get it.

Ok, I did cheat a little…

How I Water My Indoor Plants Only ONCE Every Few Months - And yes, they are thriving! / Nimbus Pot

Recently, I have a newfound love for indoor plants.

The problem is that I forget to water them.

Poor Fiddle Leaf Fig.

That poor fiddle leaf fig is still recovering from when I forgot to water it for three weeks. The really sad thing is that I was super pumped about getting that plant and then forgot all about it.

But now, I have a friend who gives me instant green thumb status.

How I Water My Indoor Plants Only ONCE Every Few Months - And yes, they are thriving! / Nimbus Pot

The Nimbus Pot.

Its just like any other flower pot – except its magical.

Because it waters your plant for you. For up to 4 months.

All you need to do is plant your plant as you normally would in any planter and water it.

How I Water My Indoor Plants Only ONCE Every Few Months - And yes, they are thriving! / Nimbus Pot

P.S. You can use this inside or outside. There’s a specific plug on the bottom for inside or outside.

Then, remove the handle.

How I Water My Indoor Plants Only ONCE Every Few Months - And yes, they are thriving! / Nimbus Pot

Fill the reservoir with water and replace the handle.

You can also add plant food in the reservoir to help your plants really kick butt and take names. 😉

How I Water My Indoor Plants Only ONCE Every Few Months - And yes, they are thriving! / Nimbus Pot

When the cute little blue float drops, you need to add more water.

So y’all, my plant (as if I actually know the name of it), has been in the Nimbus pot for about a month now. It has done so well – it even had new leaves growing within two weeks of being in the pot.

I may or may not have done a happy plant dance.

How I Water My Indoor Plants Only ONCE Every Few Months - And yes, they are thriving! / Nimbus Pot

I was seriously amazed with my green thumb abilities.

Ok, the Nimbus’ green thumb abilities.

You can place the Nimbus pot inside a pretty container if you want to and it won’t affect the watering at all.

How I Water My Indoor Plants Only ONCE Every Few Months - And yes, they are thriving! / Nimbus Pot

I have mine inside a thrifted gold container I found. Its actually a little too small at the top for the Nimbus, but not enough to bother me. I think it looks great in front of the confetti wall.

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How to Grow Indoor Plants | When to Water Plants | Growing Plants Indoors

Is there anyone else who is ready to achieve instant green thumb status?

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Disclosure: This post was a collaboration with Nimbus Pot. However, all opinions and admittance of lack of watering plants are 100% mine.

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  1. Bette P. says

    September 24, 2015 at 8:49 am

    wow! What a great idea for all of us with our busy lives! Plants everywhere will be grateful for Nimbus!!

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    • Jenna @ Rain on a Tin Roof says

      September 24, 2015 at 9:11 am

      Isn’t it so cool, Bette?!

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  2. Susan says

    September 24, 2015 at 9:23 am

    I would plant my husband’s plant–although I have no idea the name of it. Its one of those green leaf plants that you can get a sprig from another and grow a whole new plant with it. It was from his grandmother, so we really want to keep it alive!

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    • Jenna @ Rain on a Tin Roof says

      September 24, 2015 at 9:48 am

      I’m glad someone else doesn’t know the name of plants either! 😉

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  3. Breenah says

    September 24, 2015 at 10:22 am

    I have no idea what I’d plant! But I love the container you put the Nimbus in.

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    • Jenna @ Rain on a Tin Roof says

      September 24, 2015 at 10:41 am

      Thank you, Breenah!

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  4. Elizabeth Sullivan says

    September 24, 2015 at 1:14 pm

    This is sooooo cool! I need…like….25 of these!

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  5. Sharon says

    September 24, 2015 at 1:18 pm

    Would transplant into the Nimbus pot a big fancy-leaved begonia that is outgrowing its current pot. It is thriving but is in a well-lighted but hard-for-me-to-reach spot so the self-watering aspect of the Nimbus would definitely make my life easier.

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  6. Kristina L says

    September 24, 2015 at 1:28 pm

    I’m not sure. I’d probably go get a new plant to use it with.

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  7. cathy says

    September 24, 2015 at 1:29 pm

    wow what a great product im like you but try really hard but either over or underwatering is me

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    • Jenna @ Rain on a Tin Roof says

      September 24, 2015 at 3:58 pm

      That’s usually how I am too, Cathy! This luckily fixes that though!

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  8. Trina @ Let's Just Build a House Blog says

    September 24, 2015 at 1:38 pm

    this is AWESOME because i do kill all my plants. outdoor indoor. I don’t have amy dad’s green thumb that is for sure. I’d replant some of my houseplants (that I have yet to kill) in the Nimbus ASAP.

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  9. Jenny says

    September 24, 2015 at 1:45 pm

    I think I’m in love with this!

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  10. darlene says

    September 24, 2015 at 1:53 pm

    i need this … my mind is almost gone and i forget plants … i’m great outside: just set the sprinkler and go … inside, not so much …. would love to win this winsome plant waterer ….

    darlene

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  11. Elizabeth says

    September 24, 2015 at 1:55 pm

    Love this! I’d plant either a Golden Dieffenbachia or a Mother-In-Law Tongue.

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  12. Pam S says

    September 24, 2015 at 2:02 pm

    That is nothing short of awesome! Your plant is beautiful….you didn’t use Photoshop did you?? LOL! You are one rockin’ gardener now 🙂

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    • Jenna @ Rain on a Tin Roof says

      September 24, 2015 at 3:57 pm

      haha!! Nope, I don’t even know how to use Photoshop! I do use PicMonkey to edit photos but only to fix any lighting issues and add my watermark. I wouldn’t know the first thing about trying to really change something in a photo!

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  13. Samm says

    September 24, 2015 at 2:47 pm

    This would be perfect for when I bring Fern (yes, the fern’s name is Fern) in for the winter so I can promptly forget about her (like I do now…. but without the help of rain).

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    • Jenna @ Rain on a Tin Roof says

      September 24, 2015 at 3:57 pm

      haha!! I love that your fern is named Fern!

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  14. Suzanne says

    September 24, 2015 at 3:32 pm

    I have a big Clivia I’d love to put in one of these.

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  15. Amy Howard Social says

    September 24, 2015 at 3:39 pm

    Exactly what a plant killer like me needs!!!

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    • Jenna @ Rain on a Tin Roof says

      September 24, 2015 at 3:56 pm

      I feel ya, sister!

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  16. Lisa Cooper says

    September 24, 2015 at 4:27 pm

    I’d love a fiddle leaf fig, but without a Nimbus it would be dead relying on my black thumb. So, I really could benefit from winning this giveaway!

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  17. Charisa says

    September 24, 2015 at 5:25 pm

    I am known for having a ‘BLACK thumb’, but have kept an ivy alive for a while. It is
    down to 2 leaves, though, and the Nimbus would help it a lot, I’ll bet!

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  18. Jen V. says

    September 24, 2015 at 5:30 pm

    I would use it to grow herbs in my kitchen. It would be nice to have fresh basil and cilantro year round.

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  19. Jennifer Juenke says

    September 24, 2015 at 5:30 pm

    My husband and I are constantly travelling. I would use it for my indoor palm plant! I worry about it when we are gone for weeks at a time.

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  20. barbara n says

    September 24, 2015 at 6:49 pm

    I would plant some kitchen herbs

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  21. Carol S says

    September 24, 2015 at 7:38 pm

    What a great way to water plants,especially with California ‘s drought!

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  22. DJ says

    September 24, 2015 at 7:54 pm

    I would plant a nice peace lily in it.

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  23. Linda Kish says

    September 24, 2015 at 7:57 pm

    I don’t really know. I’d probably give it to my DIL. She loves plants but often forgets to water them. She chooses really nice ones but I don’t have a clue what they are called.

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  24. Liz says

    September 24, 2015 at 8:11 pm

    I need a pot to transplant my plant that I have no idea what it’s called that I almost killed but now it’s growing like crazy again. If I knew what it was called I would Google how to care for the dang thing and maybe I wouldn’t have almost killed it. Maybe this pot will save me from myself.

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  25. Terri Hughes says

    September 24, 2015 at 8:42 pm

    WOW….what a great flower or plant pot. This is my first time seeing one. I love it. When it comes to some names of flowers and plants, I don’t know them. And couldn’t pronounce them anyway…lol. I have a plant (can’t tell you the name of it….but, I have always heard it called a mother-in-laws tongue…hahaha. It is a beautiful plant. Thanks for showing us this cool pot!!!!

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    • Jenna @ Rain on a Tin Roof says

      September 25, 2015 at 6:47 am

      Yay! Another person who can’t remember plant names!! haha! I do love how some of them have the funny names, Terri! I was trying to tell my mother in law about one she gave us and I was like “You know, its the one you told me an old English lady gave you because she said everyone should have a little white in their garden.” She looked at me like I was crazy and then said you remember the weirdest things! I do. I know! haha!

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  26. Debbie Reynolds says

    September 24, 2015 at 10:31 pm

    I really need these pots! I lot of them actually!I have many that I could replant into the Nimbus pot. Hmmm…I wonder which would be the lucky one? Thanks for the chance, Jenna!

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  27. SONJA HANSEN says

    September 24, 2015 at 11:46 pm

    I would try a peace lily.

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  28. mary ballerin says

    September 25, 2015 at 2:29 am

    What a cool product! I love orchids but they need minimal watering so I would plant a coleus … they’re so easy to divide, then share, sell, or fill the yar.

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    • Jenna @ Rain on a Tin Roof says

      September 25, 2015 at 6:46 am

      I really want to try an orchid in one too, Mary! I am TERRIBLE with those!

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      • mary ballerin says

        September 25, 2015 at 3:50 pm

        I’ve always heard/read that an orchid only needs 1-2 ice cubes set into the pot once weekly. I wish I were the oldest not the ‘baby of the family’ so that I could have learned more from my Grandma, she died on my 16th birthday, I was busy having fun at 16. 😉 She had a green thumb, was a great cook, especially a pie maker, and she sewed all of her children’s clothes. I do sew, and I have her functional Singer treadle machine in an ornate oak table, but I don’t sew on the treadle machine. Grandmas and great aunts, if only I had tape recordings of their wise and wonderful conversations.

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        • Jenna @ Rain on a Tin Roof says

          September 28, 2015 at 6:49 am

          That’s what I’ve heard too, Mary, but have never been able to get that method to work for me!

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  29. Raine says

    September 25, 2015 at 4:08 am

    I honestly don’t know what I’d plant, I’ve never been able to keep anything alive, nit even cacti! I’d have to check and see what plants are safe for my cats and then I’d pick!

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  30. Glenda B. says

    September 25, 2015 at 6:15 am

    I really need this. I have a black thumb when it comes to keeping flowers, herbs, vegetables, or anything alive. I even kill cactus & aloe plants! But with this pot I think I have at least a fighting chance. I love cactus so I would plant some flowering cactus and aloe vera. Thanks for the giveaway & the chance to win. God bless.

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  31. Lisa says

    September 25, 2015 at 9:45 am

    Oh my word!!!!! I don’t think there’s anyone else besides me who needs this more!!!! This year has been a major fail for me regarding my outdoor plants. I’ve got 2 inside plants that are struggling too. I love them, but like you, I’m a horrible plant-mother who forgets to feed her children!!! LOL

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  32. Debra S says

    September 25, 2015 at 12:03 pm

    I would put my cyclamen in it! It is a wonderful little plant, and when I remember to keep it dampish, it gives me tons of blooms! LOL I need a pot like this.

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  33. Sharon Kaminski says

    September 25, 2015 at 12:42 pm

    I would plant a diffenbachia in the nimbus pot.

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  34. Ashley C says

    September 25, 2015 at 12:53 pm

    I don’t know what I would plant because I don’t really know what type of plants grow inside. I would have to go to the garden center and ask haha. I definitely don’t have a green thumb! The only thing I grow is rose bushes outside and I really don’t do anything to them, except occasionally cut them back.

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  35. Susanne says

    September 25, 2015 at 1:08 pm

    My plants would love me 4eva!

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  36. Lisa says

    September 25, 2015 at 2:22 pm

    I’m so terrible with plants (which is why I need this) that I don’t even know what I would plant, I’m sure I would find something.

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  37. Susan Hartman says

    September 26, 2015 at 12:57 am

    I would plant my arabian jasmine in it.

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  38. Judy says

    September 26, 2015 at 9:26 am

    How cool! If I won, I would have to ask my friend, who has all green thumbs what to plant.

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  39. Danelle Lacey says

    September 26, 2015 at 5:15 pm

    I would bring my Jasmine plant inside for the winter!

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  40. Jennifer Heintz says

    September 26, 2015 at 6:01 pm

    I would like to ry to grow my Christmas Cactus in the Nimbus.

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  41. Diana Smith Hill says

    September 26, 2015 at 9:31 pm

    My indoor pepper plant, they don’t like dry.. so this is great!

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  42. HilLesha says

    September 27, 2015 at 2:27 am

    I’d plant Vriesea hieroglyphica. Thanks for the giveaway!

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  43. Hargow Wong says

    September 27, 2015 at 3:15 am

    I would plant Areca Palm in the Nimbus pot. I hear it could help clean indoor air.

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  44. Sheila Vives says

    September 27, 2015 at 8:00 am

    I would plant tomatoe or green peppers

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  45. Jenilee says

    September 27, 2015 at 11:45 am

    I always forget to water my plants so this would be great!!

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  46. Irene Menge says

    September 27, 2015 at 7:43 pm

    I’d plant my tomato plants and other vegetables. I’d probably also plant a few house plants. Sometimes I have to be away for up to a week or more and I could really depend on this to keep my plants healthy.

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  47. Benny Sequeira says

    September 28, 2015 at 3:27 am

    I would try Poinsettias !

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  48. shaunie says

    September 29, 2015 at 1:28 pm

    I would plant pansies for the fall

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  49. Wendy Brennan says

    September 29, 2015 at 3:35 pm

    I have a tropical plant that has outgrown its small self-watering pot. The pot I have is clay-like and needs to be refilled much more frequently. I would love to try the Nimbus pot and give this plant a new home.

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  50. Samantha V says

    September 29, 2015 at 8:40 pm

    I wonder if this would work with succulents? Do you think it would water it too much?

    I’d love to see some sort of flowering plant in a Nimbus Pot next to my desk in my dorm room, I’m pretty bad at keeping my plants alive right now!

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    • Jenna @ Rain on a Tin Roof says

      September 30, 2015 at 4:05 pm

      I asked the people at Nimbus, Samantha and they said that yes, it does work with succulents!

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  51. Diamond Dixon says

    September 29, 2015 at 10:49 pm

    This looks awesome! I’m just getting into gardening and planting and it truly raises the vibration of my house. I’d love this pot to add to my collection. Thank you!

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  52. Ms Gretchen Ann Luper says

    September 30, 2015 at 7:46 am

    I would plant a new peace lily.

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  53. Desiree Dunbar says

    September 30, 2015 at 12:57 pm

    I’d plant herbs.

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  54. D says

    September 30, 2015 at 9:31 pm

    Not sure what I would plant, but would be helpful for whatever I decide to use it for.

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  55. golden storm says

    September 30, 2015 at 10:41 pm

    i would plant my rubber plant in it

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  56. Jen S. says

    October 1, 2015 at 8:36 am

    I have a “money tree” that is getting way too big for it’s pot. It started out in a little flower shop golf ball container and I’ve transplanted it twice and it just keeps getting bigger. Can’t wait until it starts producing money 😉

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  57. Tickin says

    October 1, 2015 at 10:35 am

    I have one pot now that is similar, but it has no way to tell when it needs more water in the reservoir. The Nimbus will change all of that! I can’t wait to have some of these pots!

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  58. Lesley F says

    October 2, 2015 at 9:22 am

    I have a fern that I would plant

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  59. Anita k says

    October 2, 2015 at 10:06 am

    What an absolutely amazing concept.this would be perfect for my Dracinia Marganata,it belonged to my father in law.Thanks so very much for sharing.

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  60. EMMA L HORTON says

    October 2, 2015 at 1:54 pm

    I WOULD PLANT A SPIDER PLANT

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  61. Mari says

    October 2, 2015 at 10:16 pm

    I would plant some jasmines.

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  62. Charles-Linda Bradshaw says

    October 3, 2015 at 3:11 am

    I would like to plant a tomato plant in it. I have never seen or heard about these yet. Glad I found this.

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  63. tina reynolds says

    October 3, 2015 at 6:21 am

    I am thinking one of the snake plants they mention on a facebook post would be really nice

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  64. Candie L says

    October 3, 2015 at 10:17 am

    I had a Lavendar plant that I somehow killed I would like to prove that it will not get the best of me. Thank you

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  65. wen budro says

    October 3, 2015 at 2:03 pm

    Hmmm….I’m not sure exactly what I would plant in the Nimbus Pot. Possibly a pothos or some other plant that is good at cleansing indoor air.

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  66. Angela Cash says

    October 3, 2015 at 4:09 pm

    I would love to have a Nimbus pot to plant catnip for my kitties.

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  67. Bobbye Hill says

    October 3, 2015 at 4:44 pm

    Well I am one that has been skilled enough to kill a cactus! But having a treat like this to help me keep a plant alive would be great! I have always wanted to buy a Koala Pendant for the humming birds to visit!

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  68. Anna Pry says

    October 3, 2015 at 6:02 pm

    i would repot my houseplant in it, no idea what its called!

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  69. Richard Hicks says

    October 3, 2015 at 6:37 pm

    I think a peace lily would look wonderful in it.

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  70. Vikki Billings says

    October 3, 2015 at 8:25 pm

    If I win it would actually be a gift for my mom, she has a big tree she would plant in it.

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  71. Laurie Nykaza says

    October 3, 2015 at 10:35 pm

    I would plant milkweed for the monarch butterflies

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