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After hearing that broken petunia stems could be replanted, a Hacker News user asked Claude how to do it. Following its advice, they started several new petunia plants that are now thriving, and joke that their petunias are basically immortal.
A stem has broken off my [PLANT], and I'd like to grow a new plant from it. I'm in [CLIMATE/REGION], it's [MONTH], and I have [WHAT YOU HAVE: POTS, COMPOST, ROOTING POWDER, A SUNNY WINDOWSILL]. Give me simple step-by-step instructions for taking and rooting the cutting, how to tell if it's working, common mistakes, and when to move it outside or into a bigger pot.
Replace the [PLACEHOLDERS] with your own details before you send it.
How to try it
- Tell Claude which plant it is and what you have at home.
- Follow the steps for a couple of cuttings at once, as not all of them will root.
- Check back with a photo if leaves wilt or rot, and ask what to change.
More home & family use cases
Unblock a sink yourself with Gemini Live talking you through it
Instead of calling a plumber for a blocked sink, one man used Gemini Live, which explained what might be wrong and what he needed to buy. He double-checked the advice with another AI, fixed the sink in about 15 minutes and now understands how to do it again.
My [KITCHEN/BATHROOM] sink is blocked: [DESCRIBE, E.G. WATER DRAINS SLOWLY, GURGLES, SMELLS]. I'm a beginner. I'm going to show you the pipes under the sink. Explain what's probably causing it, what tools or supplies I need, and talk me through a safe fix one step at a time, waiting for me to finish each step. Tell me when I should stop and call a plumber instead.
Make an easy version of a word game so a child can play with grandparents, using Claude
A dad's five-year-old wanted to play Wordle with Grandpa, but the words were too hard. He asked Claude to build a children's version with only three-letter words and the same coloured-tile logic, and now the two of them play it together.
Make a simple browser game like Wordle for a [AGE]-year-old. Use only [NUMBER]-letter words that a young child would know, give [NUMBER] guesses, and use the same coloured tiles (green for the right letter in the right place, yellow for the right letter in the wrong place). Make the buttons big and friendly, and let us start a new word whenever we like. Show it to me so I can play it straight away.
Plan furniture for a new home from the floor plan with ChatGPT
On Hacker News, one user moving house said they feed floor plans into ChatGPT for layout ideas, like having an interior designer. It isn't always accurate, but it's enough to get them started.
Here's the floor plan of my new home: [UPLOAD OR DESCRIBE ROOMS AND MEASUREMENTS]. Furniture I'm bringing: [LIST WITH SIZES]. Suggest a layout for each room, flag anything that probably won't fit, and tell me what I should measure on the viewing to be sure.
Reference: Hacker News