DIY string of spades repotting success!
I did a thing. And I like it!
Bought the longest String of Spades because I wanted something that would climb. Spent two hours untangling it to find it was double the length it looked! (1&2)
Finally found a way to use a bee, outdoor pot I was given yeeeeaars ago - the plastic bowl from a ready made trifle fit perfectly. Half of a plant frame from a thrift store tied to the pot with the pot’s label string (3)
Used cable ties to attach three tiny cacti pots to the right size pot (4)
Repotted the plant (5)
Now the fun begins…
#HappyPlants #PlantTherapy #BeforeAndAfter #DIYPlanter #IDidAThing #StringOfSpades
Bought the longest String of Spades because I wanted something that would climb. Spent two hours untangling it to find it was double the length it looked! (1&2)
Finally found a way to use a bee, outdoor pot I was given yeeeeaars ago - the plastic bowl from a ready made trifle fit perfectly. Half of a plant frame from a thrift store tied to the pot with the pot’s label string (3)
Used cable ties to attach three tiny cacti pots to the right size pot (4)
Repotted the plant (5)
Now the fun begins…
#HappyPlants #PlantTherapy #BeforeAndAfter #DIYPlanter #IDidAThing #StringOfSpades
5ft to light, indirect
5” pot with drainage
Last watered 3 years ago
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@Boymom-plantmom If you pay my air fare, sure I’ll even polish each leaf 😆😆 Nah, I’m never untangling another string of needle-dolphin-heart-frogs etc as long as I live - I’ve only just cleared up the spontaneous string of tears the job caused!! 😭
You have a fabulous plant there & I’ve spotted the long string of hearts to the left too!
@kscape glad you like it hun. It was fragile & there were victims, believe me, and not just my nerves! One string has been Bobby pinned to soil & some shorter pieces are in one of my perlite prop boxes. Fingers crossed they all grow too. 🪬
You have a fabulous plant there & I’ve spotted the long string of hearts to the left too!
@kscape glad you like it hun. It was fragile & there were victims, believe me, and not just my nerves! One string has been Bobby pinned to soil & some shorter pieces are in one of my perlite prop boxes. Fingers crossed they all grow too. 🪬
@hellokatelandia By the skin of my teeth! Then again, I’ve bought 16 plants since Thursday, so maybe not!! 🧐🤪🫠🪬
@AnnMarie420 Thank you 🙏. My patience account is still overdrawn, but it was worth it 😁🪴🪬
@AnnMarie420 Thank you 🙏. My patience account is still overdrawn, but it was worth it 😁🪴🪬
@HoyaAddict Thank you Jasmine 😊. I’d initially been bought a Hoya gracilis from my wish list, but two days into quarantine I discovered that it was heaving with mealy bugs 🥺. It was an infestation well beyond acceptable for a new plant so I returned it. Their other hoyas were all infested, some with spider mites too!
So I had to swap it for something else. I’d bought the trellis for the Hoya so was determined to get something which would climb/could be trained up.
The other half of the cage trellis now has a Stephanotis floribunda on it. (Excuse the 100L bag of perlite in the pic!)
So I had to swap it for something else. I’d bought the trellis for the Hoya so was determined to get something which would climb/could be trained up.
The other half of the cage trellis now has a Stephanotis floribunda on it. (Excuse the 100L bag of perlite in the pic!)
@MothGoblin Wow! They both look amazing 😍 I may be a Hoya addict but I’m kinda glad you had to send it back. These are so unique! (Everyone has a trellis Hoya haha) I’m going to keep my eye out now for something cool for my hearts 💚🫶
@HoyaAddict (blushing) thank you 😊
My Hoya carnosa Krinkle 8 had been unchanging for a year, until I repotted her a month ago. Now I have three new leaves 🍃
I still really want a Gracilis tho, but a pest free one!
Happy hunting 🪬
My Hoya carnosa Krinkle 8 had been unchanging for a year, until I repotted her a month ago. Now I have three new leaves 🍃
I still really want a Gracilis tho, but a pest free one!
Happy hunting 🪬
