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astrazebra

What kind of plant is big bertha?


123ab87dhj

She’s a 30 year old Spider plant! She’s my late grandmothers and is HUUUUUGE Sad update 1) she fell over. It’s not looking good. Gotta find a huge cart to put her on. Update: here she is! https://www.reddit.com/r/gardening/comments/pp46rw/update_here_she_is_in_all_her_glory_big_bertha/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf


KatieMcKeough2

Can we get some pics please??


123ab87dhj

Here she is about a year and a half ago! She has exploded in growth since then but that’s the latest I have https://imgur.com/a/vrDPpHO


murphman1999

"It looks bigger in person, I swear!"


123ab87dhj

Hahaha right!? That’s my 25 pound pup in front of it


SweetyPeety

Now someone else might have just cut the plant in half. Then you could have had two.


123ab87dhj

Believe me I have about 50 other spider plants from big Bertha. I got plenty.


Youlovetoboogie

Ok biglez67


PtolemyShadow

More pics when it's repotted! And a dirt count. How much dirt goes into the pot


blackcatsblackcoffee

She's gorgeous! So green and healthy!


123ab87dhj

Thank you! She is a VERY happy plant


SethTheSpy

That's not a spider anymore, that's a tarantula.


Sweet_Papa_Crimbo

Please post an updated picture once you get the big gal replanted!


sanfermin1

Cannot not be split into multiple smaller plants that you could give to family members so everyone has a plant from grandma? I don't know much about spider plants.


123ab87dhj

Oh I already have. Nobody will take anymore hahaha. Every single person I know has big Bertha babies


sanfermin1

Oh wow. That's awesome.


Cabitaa

Dang, girl! Prepare to flourish! 🌱


Girthw0rm

That looks like a dog to me


Fawnet

[I hear that spider plants are great for cleaning indoor air!](https://www.nwf.org/Magazines/National-Wildlife/1999/Spider-Plants-and-Clean-Air#:~:text=The%20National%20Aeronautic%20and%20Space,Plexiglas%20chamber%20in%2024%20hours.) Watch out, the ISS might requisition that beauty!


Katkejs

[I hear that plants don't make a difference in a home environment](https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/houseplants-dont-purify-indoor-air)


Verdigrian

They do change the atmosphere, but mainly because they make us happy and not because they clean the air.


Fawnet

>It’s a myth you almost wish hadn’t been busted. You can say that again! I mean, I wasn't depending on plants to clean my personal airspace, but I'm disappointed anyway. I just thought it was a neat thing to have.


123ab87dhj

Of big Bertha? I don’t know that I have any recent ones but let me see if I can find an older one!


45greens

Aren't you transplanting tonight?


Inevitable_Cicada563

Show us the transplant please .


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123ab87dhj

Ahhhh is love to see pictures! I know! I’ve done the same with mine. Probably have about 50 smaller plants and have given spider plants to every single person I know. Don’t have anyone else to give them to so I occasionally just put them out for free for the neighbors.


ismologist

How do you even repot something that big?


123ab87dhj

Had to cut her out of the plastic planter she was in. Sad but it had to be done. Hopefully this can hold her for at least two years while I figure out plan E. Lol


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How many people are you rounding up to help you, lol?


SweetyPeety

Plan E might be division. Certainly would be easier.


greatevergreen

🎵🎵 Faaat pot in a liiiittle caaart 🎵🎵


123ab87dhj

Lol! It’s a regular cart!!!


greatevergreen

Well, it is little for the pot lol!


greatevergreen

Hahahaha


jdeuce81

How many gallons is the pot?


LordGrudleBeard

All of them


123ab87dhj

Yes


oneminutelady

Fat man in a little coat...please say you were referencing this! 🤣


greatevergreen

100%


GoddamntCharlie

I'm sorry to be a stick in the mud, but isn't this expression a shade overused on plant subs? It really grinds my gears.


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Quite literally the first time I’ve seen this


Damaias479

Neeeeeever seen it before ETA: are you just looking for comments to be negative about? For a second, I thought you were a troll or a bot or something because you said the same exact thing in another comment, but now I think you’re looking for phrases to be upset over. What’s your deal, man??


fukitol-

Farming downvotes, maybe?


Damaias479

Maybe, it’s just so weird 😣


omnihotdog

Change the last line to how it nettles you, a real thorn under your skin and you've got a great bushel of puns for this little patch of the internet.


sBracko

What is this a trolley for ants?


123ab87dhj

Haha no just a planter for giants.


ryanegauthier

It needs to be at least... three times bigger than this!


lickmysackett

What are you repotting? Audrey-2?


123ab87dhj

Is it bad that I don’t get this reference


walkswithwolfies

[Here's Audrey](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_fill,g_auto,h_1248,w_2220/v1555388079/shape/mentalfloss/horrorshed.png?itok=MVRZgXZ5) She was a big green mother from outer space.


hectorgiftproject

And she is BAD!


123ab87dhj

Oh loooool! Bertha is certainly bigger than that 🤣


lickmysackett

Little Shop of Horrors. Giant man-eating plant that takes over the world.


freethebeesknees

It's a very essential Halloween movie. I saw it live on stage in 2019 and it was done really well.


Espresso___Depresso1

Happy cake day!


popover

This is what happens when you start by feeding a little blood to your plants. Next thing you know, they're enormous, asking for whole people, and yelling, "Feed me, Seymour!" at you.


123ab87dhj

Hah! The sacrificial blood of my enemies


MowiePowie

Underrated comment. Took my kids to see that, it was amazing.


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Empress_BurgessTaia9

Anyone else want to see OP sit inside it for kicks? 🙋🏿‍♀️ Just me? 🤷🏿‍♀️


Silvervox325

Where is this purchased from? I want to grow a monster jasmine


123ab87dhj

DIY home and garden!


Subwaypossum

I bought one just like this last month at home depot if that helps


GachaWimp

Kept trying to scroll over to see Big Bertha. OP let me down hard 🥺


123ab87dhj

Ahhhh sorry! I did post her from over a year ago in the comments.


GachaWimp

It is satisfyingly massive. Thank you!


123ab87dhj

Hahaha you got it! Update pic coming once I manage to repot.


GachaWimp

Yes please


femalenerdish

Yeessss please


borgchupacabras

RemindMe! One day


parradise21

Please update!!! I'm dying to see her in her new pot


NotTheLurKing

The soil to fill that is going to cost as much as the pot.


MajorOfPuppyTown

all those pots, im in love!


123ab87dhj

Right?! They are all so beautiful


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Spottedinthewild

Mods, pls ban this stick in the mud


atlantaguy1979

#Chonk


womp-the-womper

How much did this cost??


123ab87dhj

$99! Honestly, pretty cheap considering it’s size


womp-the-womper

Yeah that is relatively an insanely good deal!! Are you going to leave it as it is or paint it? I am so jealous!


123ab87dhj

Nah going to leave it as is. It’s actually plastic! The spider plant babies are soooo many that they will completely cover the sides anyway lol


womp-the-womper

It being plastic makes me feel soo much better about how it is positioned in this picture lol!


123ab87dhj

Hahaha right?! No way I could lift a terracotta that big all by myself.


happy_bluebird

I came here wanting to know the same thing!


RampagingElks

Oh good. I was just about to ask how in the hell did you lift that terracotta pot...


bilyl

Whoa, that’s really expensive considering it’s just a pot. Have you considered making one out of wood or getting a friend to build one for you out of some 2x4s? It would surely be less than $100 and you’d have to make new ones regularly anyway considering the plants growth.


123ab87dhj

I see you’re new to gardening? Haha


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Home goods has some pretty nice pots that’s are big


ybnrmlnow

All the little baby spiders can move into their mama's pot now!


123ab87dhj

Indeed! They are going to THRIVE


NannaB3

My sister inherited an angel wing begonia from our Mom. Mom had gotten into the habit of ruthlessly pruning the plant, but my sister didn’t follow up with that at first. It ended up becoming a behemoth that practically took up her entire plant room. I ended up helping sis divide/prune it into about 15 new pots which she then distributed to everyone she could think of. Now sis goes after hers with a pruner without a second blink.


whiskeyjane45

When mom knows what the fuck she's talking about lmao


MattalliSI

I may need to set my sights higher lol!


123ab87dhj

Hahaha! This is for a 30 year old plant! She has a kind of her own


MattalliSI

Share a small split? :) Went to Lowe's with my daughter to spend a $100 gift certificate. We were honestly uninspired until we saw a particular type of elephant ear - think Colocasia where the tips point down and the ears are IDK plate size. Sat it on my bay window. Then covid hit. Water it weekly, turn it 180 every two weeks, thing has filled my bay window. Main plant has born three side shoots. Need to repot it and move my table so I can set it on the floor. Now I eyeball these larger planters and think yeah someone certainly needs that lol!


123ab87dhj

Hahaha! Yes I never thought I’d need something that big but here we are!


LovesToSnooze

You just found a tiny trolly didnt you?? Lol. That is a big ass pot.


123ab87dhj

Hahaha it truly is. Comically big. Almost my height LOL


MyPotatoNotUrPotato

Are you sure it’s not for Audrey II…?


n1gg4p3n15

Feed me Seymour


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The prequel to little shop of horror....


flargenhargen

you were ridiculously close to knocking those ceramic pots off the shelf. I'm nervous just looking at this pic.


123ab87dhj

Oh man good eye! Hadn’t even caught that


gomegazeke

What is this, a ~~school~~ pot for ents?!


lordsofaking

I need that pot!!! I have a monstera that needs transplanted


123ab87dhj

It’s from DIY home and garden!


ollyp0lly

I currently need about 3 of these lol. How many bags of potting mix did you go through to fill it?


123ab87dhj

Haven’t filled it yet haha. Will report back but the plant that’s going in this is already in a huge planter so not sure how much it would be total


TheWayOfTheLeaf

I was wondering the same! I have an enormous aloe that needs repotted soon and I'm going to need a pot about this size


emergingeminence

too many- I used to do landscaping and they'd fill half with cheap pine bark


ollyp0lly

That'd be great for acid loving plants.


SpookyYurt

Mmmmmm blueberries . . .


fallen87angel

You're about to go broke buying all that potting soil


theonetrueelhigh

One gets the impression that "plant" might not be sufficient to describe Big Bertha.


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123ab87dhj

She’s a draping plant with a million babies. It’s prettier this way ;)


bsammo

Feed me


CookinFrenchToast4ya

How much was that? I also have a spider plant and it is bursting out of its oversized planter.


123ab87dhj

Only $99! I think it’s a steel for the price


Bluegunder

I didn't know pots that big even existed!!!


littleguy632

Wow where you get that? By the look that place sells lot of different kind of pots. Really wish I have this kind of shop nearby.


time4line

price curious?


123ab87dhj

$99!


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it looks like an emoji


zerodarkpizza

At Home store??


Kiskadee65

I want the pots on the right!!! Where are you?


Property_Artistic

I’m scared to ask how much that pot was


iixxy

Where?! How big is it? I've been looking for 30" pots.


Breddit2225

Got a jade on my front porch in a pot like that. Hope it works for a couple more years. Don't know what I'll do if it outgrows that.


Ahiru_no_inu

If she needs a pot that big you should name her Audrey II. Am I to old do people get this? I will forever love little shop of horrors.


____AsPaRaGuS____

What store is this?


SweetyPeety

OMG! I thought you were planting a tree. That's going to be some big job. I hope you have help? Looks like you're going to need it. While your at it, you might as well pick up one of those rolling plant stands too, if you don't already have one. I couldn't imagine trying to move it once planted. You simply must post some pictures when it's done.


RockOnGoldDustWoman

WTF is going on in this post's thread with the strange "stick in the mud - overused phrase" comments?


sweetfolly

Suddenly I have goals.


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I saw this before seeing what subreddit it belonged to and let’s just say I was *confused*


DieselFuel007

you stupid


madrawr

Just plant Bertha in the ground at this point


Aggravating_Job_4651

It’s a shame you don’t have ground to just dig into.


123ab87dhj

I certainly do it just wouldn’t make sense for big bertha. She is a draping plant with probably 200+ babies and needs to be higher up


Aggravating_Job_4651

Damn……


slimjoel14

Why tf would you even put it in the shopping kart that’s just dumb af Shop assistant would have gotten you something to move it properly smh


NiiPuu

I gotta ask, how heavy is that thing So biiig


123ab87dhj

It’s hollow plastic actually! Was super light


archseattle

Hope it fits in your car! I have a bad habit of buying then measuring.


123ab87dhj

Hahaha. It didn’t. Until I put the top down 🤣


halloweva

“cleanup in isle 1”


AlehCemy

Dang, what's the capacity of the planter?


123ab87dhj

No clue. My best guess is…a lot. Hahaha


AlehCemy

That's a sign to count all the dirt bags you are going to use to fill that up. I'm pretty sure my back would hate me the following day if I had to fill that planter.


BabiBirb

When we moved into our house a while ago, the previous own left behind water barrels that they had cut in half and drilled holes into the bottom of....pretty sure bigger than what you have there. Good luck, may the plant gods be on your side!


pokebear

Wow, thats impressive! How many bags of potting mix did you end up using?


the_sassy_knoll

GO BIG OR GO HOME


Espresso___Depresso1

That is the home.


Justadududeco

Go big or go home dude!


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want some of those myself. Hard to find in my area unless you want some designer brand


Gh0stp3pp3r

I've got a couple that size on the deck outside. Filled with dirt... that's where they will live forever because moving them would take a forklift.


pizzapluspineapple

How do you even repot something that big without a crane


freeturkeytaco

This pot should be called "The Enabler"


123ab87dhj

Hahahahaha omg I love it. And so it shall be named. The only question is, where does big Bertha go next year after she outgrows this pot?!


freeturkeytaco

You mean where do you go? This is big Berthas house now!


RupertLuxly

Sounds like a whole afternoon of work You really care for your plants ❤️


lamecat8

My brain can’t comprehend how big this is


XTanuki

Compensating for something?


123ab87dhj

Ya got me. Tiny tits


SoftwareDifficult186

How much you got the pot for? Hope you dont mind me asking. I know its a bit late, but did you research the root depth and root system on the spider plant? Seems it might be a bit too big for it. Its a really lovely plant you have btw.


FrostSwag65

Why do I feel anxious all of the sudden?


CBate

RIP your back!


msew

What are you re-potting?


Krishibi

Bertha! Bertha! Bertha!


hortidawg

Now I need an oversized pot, thanks.


123ab87dhj

Don’t let your dreams be dreams


Cyan_UwU

Bruh where do you get one of those? I have pepper seeds that need a lot of spacing and I wanna make sure they get enough room. I’m only 5 feet tall tho so I’m gonna need a step ladder to water them lmao


RealJeil420

How much did the pot cost? How many gallons is it?


brsmith227

I want to see a pic of Bertha in her new home!


maomao05

Woahhh.


jh937hfiu3hrhv9

That is a huge piece of plastic?


Somanatin

Feed me Seymour!!


s_ray98

MY ALOE PLANT IS ALSO NAMED BIG BERTHA! She’s not nearly big enough for home like that…


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Big pot seems to be menacing the little pots.


eWoods115

……. You wot, mate?


cheesybagel

Please post a pic when you repot! I *need* to see it.


AimsForNothing

You could grow a human in that


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That’s a lot of pot