New chinese money plant and friends!
New plant babies!! 🙌🏽💚
I used half of my gift card from #SpringIntoSummer and ordered some plants from Plantsome. Got a Chinese Money Plant, Watermelon Peperomia, String of Pearls (gonna try ONE LAST TIME to keep this damn plant alive), a nerve plant and a Venus fly trap. ☺️
#SpringIntoSummerWinners #NewPlants
I used half of my gift card from #SpringIntoSummer and ordered some plants from Plantsome. Got a Chinese Money Plant, Watermelon Peperomia, String of Pearls (gonna try ONE LAST TIME to keep this damn plant alive), a nerve plant and a Venus fly trap. ☺️
#SpringIntoSummerWinners #NewPlants
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@Nila for the carnivorous plants, definitely don't ever let them dry out and use distilled water or rainwater only! Minerals in water can harm them. I have a couple pitcher plants and I put mine (in their pots) each in one of those big square kitchen jars you can get for like $5 from Walmart, on a layer of sphagnum moss on top of gravel. You can use any kind of vase, mini terrarium, jar etc to help with humidity. I've seen some people use a dome cover and then let it breathe a few hours every day. If you google "carnivorous plant terrarium DIY" there's a TON of cute ideas out there! I put mine in terracotta so it would absorb more moisture and I fill the jar with an inch or two of water anytime it looks fully absorbed (the soil inside the terracotta stays wet this way)
If you don't have a lot of bugs in the area, you can supplement with cheap fish flakes or bloodworms (also a kind of fish food in a cheap bottle) but try not to overfeed. There should be good estimates online based on your plant's size. For my sundew it was one flake a week crushed up....yep, just one teensy fish flake lol
Good luck! They're fun once you figure out how to keep them happy 😄
If you don't have a lot of bugs in the area, you can supplement with cheap fish flakes or bloodworms (also a kind of fish food in a cheap bottle) but try not to overfeed. There should be good estimates online based on your plant's size. For my sundew it was one flake a week crushed up....yep, just one teensy fish flake lol
Good luck! They're fun once you figure out how to keep them happy 😄
@PleasantPothos @jcPlantProper Thank you! So I read the instructions that came with the plant and it said to fill the cup with water and put the plant in. So that’s what I did. I used filtered water that was sitting out for over 6 hours (so hopefully close to distilled?). And I have it right by my window with my succulents.
@Stall54Jo Thank you! 💚
