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Has anyone tried grow bags?

 

They are economical, but I'm not sure if I like the looks of them.  Might be better just to use an old pillowcase.

SonOfAbraxas wrote:

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I know nothing about plants. I'm in Florida, so I guess we have a long growing season because of the weather, but do some basic plants do better here because of the rain/humidity, or does it not matter?

How about a curare vine?  Or maybe a strychnine vine.  A kombe vine or an upas tree would also be fun to try in a warmer climate.  And the poison arrow plant makes a nice hedge.

Aconite might not do as well in the heat.  Castor beans and calabar beans might be a better choice.  Coyotillo looks fairly ordinary, but its berries are to die for.  Grass peas, rosary pea, jimson weed,  oleander, peacock flower, and white snakeroot are also worth considering.

Forget about growing marijuana, coca, tobacco or opium poppies.  Be a trend setter and grow some ayahuasca vines, charcruna. or henbane. The iboga is a flowering shrub from west Africa that has spawned tourism for the region.  Khat is another popular plant from Africa.  Impress your Harry Potter loving neighbors with a patch of mandrake.  If you have a dry, sunny spot some peyote cactus and San Pedro cactus would make an interesting pairing.

If you have rooms for some trees, consider the Tanghim poison-nut from Madagascar or a betel nut palm to enhance your smile.  The sassy bark tree from Congo and a strychnine tree also have their charms.  Ratbane is a flowering tree that does well in a warm climate as does the sago palm. 

The suicide tree prefers a swampy habitat as does the water hemlock.

The sandbox tree, gorse, squirting cucumber, rubber tree, witch hazel, and dwarf mistletoe are surprisingly fun if a tad aggressive.

If you have a shady spot some atropa belladonna would do quite well. 

Try a few death camas scattered in a bulb garden. Conium maculatum, artemisia absinthium and tansy mustard in the herb garden.  The four foot tall bright chartruse blades of cogon grass make a nice accent in a flower bed.

For a scented garden try titan arum, rafflesia, white plumed grevillea, stinking iris, stinking hellebore skunk cabbage, voodoo lily, stinking benjamin, slobber weed, sangre de drago, pterocarpus tree and draco.

Fine, no poisons nor hallucinogens.

Do you like salsa?

Try tomatoes, peppers, cilantro, and chives.

Do you always finish 'cause you eat your spinach? Too bad, spinach does better in a cooler climate. But don't despair, New Zealand spinach isn't really spinach, it is a heat loving vine that tastes better than spinach that will produce all summer.

Radishes, carrots, cucumbers, zucchini, bush beans and pea pods are some other favorites.

And melons, melons, melons. I like to grow them vertically, so choose smaller varieties. You can grow larger ones on a vertical support using slings, but that requires too much work. Otherwise they take up a lot of room on the ground.

Do you have citrus trees? Try an avocado, though you may want to keep it in a container so you can bring it in if it freezes in the winter.

Are you sure you don't want some poisons or hallucinogens?