Mississippi Squad

[JohnAndSancho]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXCUthNjtbT/?igsh=empxM3hydXZoaGto

 

I'm filling the bedroom shelves up again. What will my next obsession be? Begonias? More alocasias? I've still got so many holes to dig, dozens of bulbs germinating, Sabal seeds popping up like mad - @Bigfish the causariums and hybrids are totally fine! - lots to prop and chop, a few things to pot up, and I'm just not feeling it today. 

I really do need a coco coir and perlite sponsor 😂

And don't judge me for the music. First off it's a banger and my last 6 or 7 posts were Metallica. 

 

I'm growing up mom's ficus elastica tinekae or whatever the hell it's called, I ordered her a blue hydrangea and some sulfur for it, and got her a couple African violets. Her mom was famous for growing them. Bittersweet because I'm watching my mom's mind go down the same path my granny did in real time, maybe if I get plants outside her window she'll peel back her blackout curtains every few weeks or so. 

[JohnAndSancho]

Lord. Just follow the Instagram lol. 

[happypalms]

On 4/13/2026 at 2:28 AM, JohnAndSancho said:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXCUthNjtbT/?igsh=empxM3hydXZoaGto

 

I'm filling the bedroom shelves up again. What will my next obsession be? Begonias? More alocasias? I've still got so many holes to dig, dozens of bulbs germinating, Sabal seeds popping up like mad - @Bigfish the causariums and hybrids are totally fine! - lots to prop and chop, a few things to pot up, and I'm just not feeling it today. 

I really do need a coco coir and perlite sponsor 😂

And don't judge me for the music. First off it's a banger and my last 6 or 7 posts were Metallica. 

 

I'm growing up mom's ficus elastica tinekae or whatever the hell it's called, I ordered her a blue hydrangea and some sulfur for it, and got her a couple African violets. Her mom was famous for growing them. Bittersweet because I'm watching my mom's mind go down the same path my granny did in real time, maybe if I get plants outside her window she'll peel back her blackout curtains every few weeks or so. 

Enter the sandman off to never never land!

[JohnAndSancho]

I've expanded and have maybe a dozen alocssias, several varieties of colocasia, a couple begonias, and everything is cool except the Ensete bananas. The big one I bought keeps getting holes in the leaves, the last one I bought I had to cut down to solid flesh just like the last one - so fortunately Wellspring sent me a free one. They do videos of order packing and chose me this week and even gave a shout out to my wall of bananas so that's cool. 

 

On the palm level the Causarium and hybrid seeds I got from @Bigfish are popping like crazy. I had 2 of the Paupau bananas sprout and quickly die off but banana seeds are like such a gamble anyway. I'm branching out into tissue culture growing, I've started a pink Musa and ordered a white and yellow one along with some more philodendron. Also salvaged some more colocasia alocasia and a black Cardinal philodendron from the Blue Cart of Death, and I've got maybe 20 alocasia corms rooting out. 

Time for me to mix up another stink bucket of Bokashi compost, I cheaper out on my coco coir and tried another brand this last time and probably the hardest substance known to man. Papayas are taking off, and I've got some sprouts in mystery pots I didn't label. That's what happens when I go.in the grow.room after taking my night night meds - caladiums? Colocasia chunks from cleaned up rotten bulbs? We'll find out in a few weeks. A few bananas are throwing pups. 

 

So despite a lack of posts on here I've been busy. I joined the dark side and went back to that other social media site, I'm under Sancho B Plants and ofc Sanchosgreenpaws on Instagram and YouTube. 

[Hu Palmeras]

🌴🌴🌴🌴🦜🦜🦜

[SeanK]

I spotted small papaya plants at one of our local big box stores. They were about a foot tall.

[JohnAndSancho]

On 4/25/2026 at 8:25 PM, SeanK said:

I spotted small papaya plants at one of our local big box stores. They were about a foot tall.

Yeah, we got those here too. But what pissed me off is I've been trying to unload some really nice canna for 10-15 bucks apiece and they took some raggedy ones and threw some marigolds in the pot for $70... I uploaded some more vids to YouTube and Instagram today too, cool things are going outside to harden off. 

[JohnAndSancho]

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Slowly emptying the grow room. Mekong Giant has 3 pups! 

[JohnAndSancho]

I am really sad to see this once thriving forum turn to tumbleweeds with the occasional like here and there, but it is what it is. 

 

I am Sancho B Plants on the big evil site, and my YouTube and Instagram are both @sanchosgreenpaws

 

My current obsession is aroids, specifically alocasia. Still growing colocasia like crazy, papaya are getting big, still growing and potting palm seeds. Just diversifying and learning and growing, metaphorically and literally. 

 

Facebook also put me on a 30 day restricted list because I saw a picture of a literal indoor jungle, and I said looking at that made me need a Valium. They flagged me for trying to sell drugs over that. Cool. 

 

Anyway I'm not gone, just branching out.