#viv 1.0

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[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

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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.

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Viv 1.0 tour

(All pictures taken 4/14)

This is the setup in my basement my viv and growbeds. [The fogger got turned too high in this picture, I fixed it after]

The Plonts!

N. Lady luck, Phalaenopsis Blume, various Tillandsias, P. tsus-simense, and the moss rock™ are all getting situated nicley, I'll be posting updates on any inital die back in these next few weeks along with the moss updates on this blog

~ happy planting 🌱

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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🌱