Hi everyone
I got bored with nothing to do during the weekend. My office and home tanks are low tech planted, growing slowly, so I thought let’s try setting up some terrestrial plants in my lil balcony garden.
Ikea planter box + 11 mini pots of assorted succulents (to be repotted)
Lava rocks go in first as a base.
Pumice stones next. I believe these two layers drain moisture from the top soil.
Cactus soil as top soil. Potting the succulents was a PITA, especially the thorny ones, it stung me even through my gardening gloves!
Very amateurish planting skills ha! But I learnt lots from the entire day spent repotting them.
Next office desktop tank idea: succulent-based tank a la Iwagumi plus Zen garden sans water?
I got bored with nothing to do during the weekend. My office and home tanks are low tech planted, growing slowly, so I thought let’s try setting up some terrestrial plants in my lil balcony garden.
Ikea planter box + 11 mini pots of assorted succulents (to be repotted)
Lava rocks go in first as a base.
Pumice stones next. I believe these two layers drain moisture from the top soil.
Cactus soil as top soil. Potting the succulents was a PITA, especially the thorny ones, it stung me even through my gardening gloves!
Very amateurish planting skills ha! But I learnt lots from the entire day spent repotting them.
Next office desktop tank idea: succulent-based tank a la Iwagumi plus Zen garden sans water?
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