I ATTRACTED SOME PLANT PARENTS! I HAVE BIG WINDOWS WITH LOTS OF SUN COMING IN AND AM BAD AT KEEPING ANYTHING ALIVE, ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR THIS PLANT NOOB?
I want to take care of plants since I don't have pets, but I'm also notoriously bad at keeping things alive. Growing up in a household where everyone has green thumbs would have one believe I'm somewhat capable, yet my track record so far has been rather sad. I usually try to go for plants that are easy to take care of and that I don't need to give too much attention to but only one has thrived so far.
There used to be a bellflower in my windowsill, but it didn't like me being gone for a week and died, sadly. The calathea (I named it Cala) is doing better, but I can't put it in my windowsill because it doesn't like direct sunlight and it doesn't like a draft. A shame, because I bought Cala BECAUSE I WANTED A PLANT THAT LIKES THE SUN. Alas, now Cala is in a corner in my bedroom, because that's the only place where there is no direct sunlight and where no draft can reach it. Sometimes I hear Cala open its leaves at sunrise and then I groan and tell Cala to stuff it. Sometimes, when I forget Cala it hangs its leaves and shrivels up, but then I give it some water again and Cala is all tall and pretty again, which is also when I call Cala dramatic.
I also bought a water mister for Cala as an extra treat because I do think it is very pretty and want to be better and talk to it lots in the hopes it will stop acting dramatic.
ALSO I LOVE THAT BAYMAX PLANT POT!!!