Can you help resolve a dispute that my girlfriend and I are having? - please see inside?

Question

She says that her hibiscus plant will grow better in the dark like in a basement.

I say that it will grow much better if you cover it with W2 forms.

Who is correct?

Answer 1

biscus are always best fresh out of duh ovens wit a little budder

Answer 2

I think your version is right. Please read the following extracts:

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Hibiscus plant care - a crash course

Hibiscus are good performers, both in the garden and in bright areas inside the house. If they receive just a small amount of care they reward us with many magical blooms throughout the year. Here, in short, is what they need:

hibiscus cultivar 'Heavy Metal' 1. Most important, a WARM place where their tropical origins are respected. It is often said that hibiscus like much the same conditions as people and with temperature, that is pretty much true. For best results and lots of blooms, hibiscus should be located where the temperature remains between 60 and 90 degrees most of the time. Short periods of either hot or cold will not injure them though they may show their displeasure by shedding a few leaves or dropping some developing flower buds.

If temperatures routinely drop below 50 degrees, particularly at night, most growth and blooming will stop until it warms up again. Flower size will become much smaller and the occasional blooms may also be misshapen".

Temperatures below freezing will injure hibiscus. Factors such as how cold and for how long, the age of the plant, and whether it is dehydrated determine how extensive the damage. Under 30 degrees for many hours will most likely kill the plant entirely. Such temperatures should be avoided.

Temperatures over 95 degrees will often cause most flower buds to drop off. Hibiscus can survive temperatures even as high as 115 degrees, provided they have adequate water. When the weather is hot, it is best to maintain a steady supply of water to the plant, rather than have it go through wet/dry cycles."

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Answer 3

I think hibuscu grows beter in sunlight, at least the ones that we have in India do.
this si what wikipedia has to say:
Hibiscus or Rosemallow is a large genus of about 200-220 species of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae, native to warm temperate, subtropical and tropical regions throughout the world. The genus includes both annual and perennial herbaceous plants, and woody shrubs and small trees. The leaves are alternate, simple, ovate to lanceolate, often with a toothed or lobed margin. The flowers are large, conspicuous, trumpet-shaped, with five petals, ranging from white to pink, red, purple or yellow, and from 4-15 cm broad. The fruit is a dry five-lobed capsule, containing several seeds in each lobe, which are released when the capsule splits open at maturity.
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Answer 4

OK, this is a recycled q from, like, 8 months ago. I know the answer. Dry the leaves of said plant, crumble them gently and roll with W2's.
Enjoy!!!!


Wait, you said hibiscus, not happy plant.

Answer 5

Telling the IRS that your overdue W2 forms are lining a flowerpot will put you in deep fertiliser, and fertiliser is good for plants, hence your theory was correct.

Answer 6

heres my thought: i think it would grow better if you cover it with w2 forms because hibiscus' are from Hawaii right, so i think more the heat and water the better it'll grow.

Answer 7

If you ever want to have a chance at getting laid again, let her kill the hibiscus in the basement.

Answer 8

Neither! Warm Sunshine. Protect it in the winter from the frost. I gow them all year around in Southern California

Answer 9

You're both wrong. You plant them outside in the sun. Only mushrooms like dark places.

Answer 10

As you want to keep the peace...I would give this one to her..
after all if you lose the w2's you might go to jail then she would be alone....And bubble wrap by yourself is no fun.

Answer 11

How about you cover it in W-2 forms when it is down in the basement.