When you buy Houseplants for 99 Cents..

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Got this scraggly Pothos for 99 cents 4 months ago - Now it's Thriving and 5 times the size = RAD yes secret - very little water. and a Big POT.

Used to go to 'Bi-Mart'  in OR and grab flats full of cull / half-dead or fully-dead plants for free.  Then all the orphans would go in a raised bed built on all that nice potting mix.  Lots of perlite and time-release in that Jiffy-Mix or whatever nursery stuff.

The next year those beds were ready for strawberries or lettuce or spinach,  with the addition of compost and bio-nutrients.  Had some good-looking strawberries for a few seasons.