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14 | pan | ace | cancer [07.20.03] | future astrobotanist | viv 1.0 is done! this side blog [ my main is @waddles-the-waffle, that is how I will respond to posts and asks] is for plants (by plants) and i will post updates on my babies as I go

[waddles-the-waffle]

Hey so I made a redbubble, I know I never actually post original content on this blog but uh, here

I’ve got shirts and pretty much everything with this on it

And some cute flavored milk stickers (yes they are rough around the edges on purpose)

I plan on doing more stuff later with pride and shitposty stuff but uh, yeah

https://www.redbubble.com/people/Afid?asc=u

[parakeet]

the implication that my hands have ever been anywhere else other than firmly buried in a plant pot is laughable

[nepenthes-kid]

I went to otts exotic plants a while ago (I forgot to make this post till now oops) and took a ton of pictures

[nepenthes-kid]

K's Ott's quotes

I, K's loving sibbling have complied things she said while we were at Ott's Exotic Plants for her Birthday. Here is just a sample, not including when she yelled at her shrit for getting stuck to a cactus. "Sarracenia I know I have slandered you in the past but you are mine so I love you" "The bad thing about succulents is I look at them and I want to eat them" "I am so proud of you, you are doing such a good job" "He dropped it! Sir are you aware?" (About a plant with a fruit) "what is this? What are you doing? Who gave you permission?" "He's planning an escape, he's busting out." "I love these dudes because look how comicly weird that is, he's like Squidwards nose!" "Stop writing down everything I say!" (Is shocked that petting a plant hurt her) (Looks at very pointy cactus) "I want to pet it" "You are just writing down when I encourage them because you are jelous I don't say things like that to you!" (😭) Me: "this is how you are going to get a cactus stuck to your face" K: "no but I have done that before" (Angry muttering about root stocks) "Stop rooting yourself in the ground!!" "Shh don't write that down. Stop taking my quotes out of context please!" (Slurping noise?? I am alarmed) Love you kid ❤️

Thank you @squaggels-the-grape

[pet-of-subs]

Pet-of-sub’s 1,000 Follower Giveaway

OMG! It’s here! I can’t believe it! I’ve reached 1,000 followers and honestly y’all I cry bc you are all so precious and I’m honored. This giveaway will be a litttttttle different from the last one! I’ve learned with last giveaway that it’s NOT a good idea to ship a tank to someone bc the odds of it arriving cracked and me having to buy a second tank…aren’t in my favor…so this one will involve the winner to be comfortable telling me the nearest Petsmart and Walmart in your location so I can schedule an order for pick up! Preferably Petsmart but if they don’t have the tank in stock at your local Petsmart then we will go with the Walmart one and I’ll throw in extra goodies since it’s a bit lower quality

What’s that you say Casey? A tank? 

Yup!

I’m doing another full set up giveaway!!!

Except this time it’s BIGGER and BETTER

So here’s what the Giveaway will include!

1. A 10 gallon kit! This will need to be an order for pickup so please be willing to tell me your nearest Petsmart and Walmart(hopefully Petsmart but if they don’t offer order for pickup for the 10 gallon kit then Walmart shall be the backup!)

2. 10lbs of aquarium sand!

3. 2 large silk plants

4. 2 hides/decoration

5. 2 50watt adjustable heaters

6. A bottle of stresscoat

7. A bottle of Seachem Prime

8. Some secret odds and ends ;)

Now that that’s all out of the way it’s time for some rules!

1. You must be following @pet-of-subs

2. All likes and reblogs count but please don’t go TOO crazy

3. You must live in the USA

That’s really all haha!

(I’d love to do another giveaway for anyone outside the USA but the last giveaway they taxed the person for a package and it broke my heart to bits and pieces. Do you guys have any idea of something I could offer that doesn’t involve a package that will cause the receiver to get hella taxed?)

EDIT: Waiiiiiiit I forgot to mention that this will end October 13th

[softiesuggestion]

reblog if you want more interaction w your lovely followers

[nepenthes-kid]

Quest for dragon fruit part 1

First things first I bought a red dragon fruit from the store, I cut it in half and gutted half of it into a siv to get rid of the pulp

I ran the siv under running water to get rid of as much pulp as possible, being left with olny seeds (mostly)

Gross.

I dumped it all on to a paper towel and put another one on top of it to sperate it into two sheets, one layer, of seeds each

The other half however.... Yum

[nepenthes-kid]

Got me a big ass bag of perlite

[nepenthes-kid]

Starting a new project today! Growing dragon fruit from seed so I can propagate moon cacti ( yes I know you can just buy the dragon cacti but I want to have fun) stay tuned for updates and if any of you have advice I'm open to it!

[nepenthes-kid]

Went to a green house today took some pictures, they had some nepenthes but the lable didn't say what kind :/ (I assume it's a lady luck or some similar hybrid) I wanted one but they didn't look like they were doing great, probably mineral burn, plus I'm running out of space :(

[nepenthes-kid]

Pretty flowers I saw today at a green house

[nepenthes-kid]

Viv 1.0 progress

So I just recently completed my first ever vivarium from scratch and I decided to document it here ( just in case anyone was interested in the process) so heres the steps i took along the way!

1.

I started with a 10 gal fish tank that I had found in my basement then painted part of it with black silicon sealant, once that had dried I used spray foam to create the background, sealed that with more silicon and put peat moss on the wet sealant.

2.

Once the background had been completed i filled it with the substrate and such:

drainage, mesh, abg, leaf litter,decorations

(the mister is running in the photo hence the fog)

After that the longest wait was for my plants I waited a bit to order them all , I had to do quite a bit of research to find how to do it all, NEHerp is where I got everything that made this posible and I recommended them highly to anyone trying to get into the hobby

3.

Once you get your plants you cant just put them into the viv right off the bat, you first have to process them you can do this with a bleach soultion (haha fuck no) Or with distilled water, bareroot the plants and let them sit in the water (or bleach) for an hour or several to hidrate them and get rid of any gnats or bugs they might have

Tillandsia (5 assorted), N. Lady Luck, Korean rock fern(blurry), Orchid (not pictured)

4.

After the processing ( and adding springs ) You’re ready to plant! Use floral wire to put the tillandsia into the foam background, moss goes on rocks, and everything else (should) plant as normal

~🌱happy planting🌱

[bettsplendens]

That’s a moth orchid in the left. They are NOT terrestrial orchids! Like most orchids, they grow attached to trees. If they’re in pots, the pots should be full of a loose bark/moss mix, their roots will quickly suffocate and rot if planted in soil. 

Also, nepenthes (pitcher plants) are carnivorous plants. Carnivorous plants cannot be planted in soil, it’ll kill them. They can’t stand the minerals in the soil, or in tap water. They need to be planted in peat or sphagnum moss and given rainwater, distilled, or RO water only. Venus flytraps aren’t mentioned here, but are bad for terrariums because they need a ton of drainage and a cold winter dormancy, in addition to the specific substrate and water.

Distilled water won’t kill pests. A mild bleach solution can be used in place of a quarantine, and can be totally removed by time and soaking. 

Other than that, this is good. You can also tilt an aquarium onto its end, putting it up longways, and rig or buy a lid to attach to make a vertical terrarium. 

[nepenthes-kid]

@bettsplendens Thank you for your concern however, I did do my research and I did not use soil or tap water for these reasons, I used ABG mix for all of my plants here wich is a rather lose mix good for orchids, and my nepenthes’ roots are in some moist sphagnum as well so worry not! And in my mister I only use distilled water for these exact reasons.

~happy planting 🌱

[bettsplendens]

Ah, cool, that’d work.

Personally, I wouldn’t plant a moth orchid in substrate in a terrarium. They need a lot of drainage and like to have their roots dry out a bit between waterings. That could potentially work, though, and kudos if it does.

I’d keep an eye on the Nepenthes for signs of mineral issues. I’m not sure what all is in ABG mix, but if it can grow regular plants it might be too rich for carnivorous plants. Nepenthes are way more tolerant of minerals and nutrients than most other CPs, and from the look of your other recent posts it’s doing well, but the mineral thing may be worth keeping in mind just in case. 

If you want to add something in future, I like white rabbit’s foot fern. It can grow planted in substrate or creeping along solid surfaces, as long as it stays damp. It’s a pretty small fern, too, the fronds are only about 5 inches tall. I have one growing wrapped around a piece of driftwood with its roots tucked into some sphagnum, and it’s very happy. The newly growing fronds are brown for some reason, but turn green as they get bigger.

The Dendroboard forum is mostly dart frog vivariums, but they have good terrarium advice as well, and will happily give it if asked. Good resource for terrariums in general. Orchidboard is about 90% orchids, but some of them have general terrarium plant advice.

[nepenthes-kid]

Thank you, I'll keep this in mind if I have any issues in the future or when I make Viv 2.0 ( hopefully!). But for now everything is looking good!

[nepenthes-kid]

Viv 1.0 progress

So I just recently completed my first ever vivarium from scratch and I decided to document it here ( just in case anyone was interested in the process) so heres the steps i took along the way!

1.

I started with a 10 gal fish tank that I had found in my basement then painted part of it with black silicon sealant, once that had dried I used spray foam to create the background, sealed that with more silicon and put peat moss on the wet sealant.

2.

Once the background had been completed i filled it with the substrate and such:

drainage, mesh, abg, leaf litter,decorations

(the mister is running in the photo hence the fog)

After that the longest wait was for my plants I waited a bit to order them all , I had to do quite a bit of research to find how to do it all, NEHerp is where I got everything that made this posible and I recommended them highly to anyone trying to get into the hobby

3.

Once you get your plants you cant just put them into the viv right off the bat, you first have to process them you can do this with a bleach soultion (haha fuck no) Or with distilled water, bareroot the plants and let them sit in the water (or bleach) for an hour or several to hidrate them and get rid of any gnats or bugs they might have

Tillandsia (5 assorted), N. Lady Luck, Korean rock fern(blurry), Orchid (not pictured)

4.

After the processing ( and adding springs ) You’re ready to plant! Use floral wire to put the tillandsia into the foam background, moss goes on rocks, and everything else (should) plant as normal

~🌱happy planting🌱

[bettsplendens]

That’s a moth orchid in the left. They are NOT terrestrial orchids! Like most orchids, they grow attached to trees. If they’re in pots, the pots should be full of a loose bark/moss mix, their roots will quickly suffocate and rot if planted in soil. 

Also, nepenthes (pitcher plants) are carnivorous plants. Carnivorous plants cannot be planted in soil, it’ll kill them. They can’t stand the minerals in the soil, or in tap water. They need to be planted in peat or sphagnum moss and given rainwater, distilled, or RO water only. Venus flytraps aren’t mentioned here, but are bad for terrariums because they need a ton of drainage and a cold winter dormancy, in addition to the specific substrate and water.

Distilled water won’t kill pests. A mild bleach solution can be used in place of a quarantine, and can be totally removed by time and soaking. 

Other than that, this is good. You can also tilt an aquarium onto its end, putting it up longways, and rig or buy a lid to attach to make a vertical terrarium. 

[nepenthes-kid]

@bettsplendens Thank you for your concern however, I did do my research and I did not use soil or tap water for these reasons, I used ABG mix for all of my plants here wich is a rather lose mix good for orchids, and my nepenthes' roots are in some moist sphagnum as well so worry not! And in my mister I only use distilled water for these exact reasons.

~happy planting 🌱

[nepenthes-kid]

[I’m going to post pictures of how my vivarum moss (live moss slurry from NEHerp) at 1 day, 1week, 2 weeks, 1 month, and then whenever the fuck i want to so without further ado]

Moss day one

Today I planted viv 1.0 and I placed the mossy goo onto the large peice of petrified wood in it, it is slimey and exsactly how you’d expect it to be, Pepsi (the orchid) is photo bombing and I love her wild and wacky spirt

[nepenthes-kid]

I know I said that I would update at certain times but the moss took a bit longer to settle than I thought expect moss update 2 soon!

~ happy planting 🌱

[nepenthes-kid]

Sorry I haven't posted in a while, I know I said I would update you all but finals week was around the corner and I forgot, the day after school let out I went to France for two weeks but expect updates soon as I'm flying home tomorrow and the day after I should update everyone. I'm hoping all my babies are doing good because I didn't have anyone to supervise them for two whole weeks so I'm hoping my Viv isn't dried up and that my succulent clones that I forgot to plant aren't rotting. In the future I hope to make a mini grow tent to grow tomatoes inside from clones from my back yard.

[nepenthes-kid]

Updates

I've got some cool pictures to post coming soon! I had a new pitcher open, and my boss is starting to settle in my Viv, then my baby succulents are growing strong!

- happy planting 🌱

[nepenthes-kid]

🌱welcome🌱

Hello! Im K, and I love plants. This is my side blog for anything plant related because my mutuals are tired and I’ll take pity (you’re welcome)

I’ll be posting progress on my indoor grow beds, vivarium 1.0, and all my other plants. My info is in my bio and my ask box is always open!