Carnivorous Plant Rock Garden Pt 2
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 21 сен 2024
- This is the second 'how to' video explaining how to make your very own pumice rock garden featuring carnivorous plants and pumice rock. In this video I incorporate Venus Flytraps, several species of Drosera (Sundews), a beautiful Sarracenia swaniana and various types of mosses including sphagnum moss. In this video you will earn how to make your very own wild looking miniature garden. Discover how the textured pumice rocks add their own unique character as well as providing a growing platform for your plants. Learn how to:
- Choose the best tray
- Modify the tray to help water your garden.
- The best peat moss medium
- How to prepare the medium
- Factors to consider when choosing plants for your miniature garden
- How to manipulate the pumice rocks
- How to place the pumice rocks into the tray
- How to best plant your carnivorous plants
and much much more!
Here is the link to a previous video explaining how to best remove moss from your pot plants: • Top Layer Carnivorous ...
Website: succulentflytr...
Facebook: / succulentflytraps
Instagram: / succulentflytraps
Have fun with your carnivorous plant miniature garden and Happy Growing!
excellent tutorial my friend, thank you.
I’ve found it’s much easier to drill into the pumice when it’s completely dry. I tried drilling into three different rocks after they had thoroughly soaked in water, but those were all very, very difficult to drill, even after letting them dry out for two weeks in the sun. The interior of the rocks was still slightly damp, and that made the task very difficult.
Whatever makes drilling easier is worth investigating. Maybe different types of pumice is structured differently making it easier or harder to work with. With my rock at least wetting the rock made drilling easier.
Yay finally! Oh and my pleasure.
Great videos! Soon the algorithm will do greater things for you!
Absolutely stunning, I'm in love with your garden. I plan to create my very own at some point later next year and also create one for a friend. It'll be a beautiful fit for his comfy small holiday house in the woods.
Thanks for the inspiration!
Great video! I will try to make a temprate garden with my VFT, S. Purpurea and some pinguiculas....
Again, your voice has a very calm aesthetic and I nearly fell asleep in the middle of the video haha
Great content!
hi mate love your channel.. where did you get your live sphagnum from
I got a piece from my mums terrarium. She got a bag of the stuff and it starting greening up. I just broke a piece, placed it on some peat moss kept it damp. To my pleasure it started growing......thanks for your feedback!
Where can we get those large bog pots in your video?
Hi there....they're just plastic water trays. I'm not sure where you're located but I get mine from Bunnings hardware store here in Sydney. I'm pretty sure you'll be able to get some as well....
New to your channel but have a question. Instead of drilling holes through the smaller plastic tray, could you use a smaller terracotta tray? I’m new to this stuff but it seems to me that the terracotta would act as wick.
Hi and welcome to the channel! Terracotta is a lovely porous material which looks nice and does absorb water. However it does tend to leach salts into the terracotta material over time. This is evident in the form of white powdery material on the outside of the pot. This happens when the water evaporates leaving behind the trapped salts. This is especially so if you're using hard water which is water containing a large concentration of dissolved salts > 50 ppm. Hope this helps and Happy Growing !
@@succulentflytraps that does make sense. Thanks!
Terracotta is not recommended for carnivorous plants. Because it is porous, it releases too moisture. Also, it can leach minerals / compounds which are harmful to sensitive carnivorous plants long term. Plastic is best bcause it retains maximum moisture.
Where can one acquire pumice rocks btw?
Hi there ....they're hard to get. Where are you located,?
@@succulentflytraps I'm located in Germany where there's some industry on punice rocks, but no idea how to get them raw.
@@NicoandLuis Yes that's what I found in Australia. I used to source mine from China. Now it's quite difficult to buy because the minimum order quantities are way too high for me. If only I had a volcano nearby ...
@@succulentflytraps I guess I have to be patient for now :)
Thanks and happy growing!