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Post by yukondave on Jul 18, 2017 10:53:44 GMT -5
That sounds like a great name for a band. Anyway, I've had this tuffa stone for many years originally it was planted with 3 alpine plants but over the years have succumb to my neglect. For the past few years it has sat in my garden growing moss. When I saw other members here planting pings on stones I decided to give it a try. I got 3 beautiful specimens from Willy and planted them up. Wish me luck. Back left is P. esseriana, middle front P. "Pirouette" and right is P. moranensis x ehlersiae.
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Post by WillyCKH on Jul 18, 2017 13:25:14 GMT -5
Looks great already! Nice stone, David!
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Post by Apoplast on Jul 18, 2017 21:14:20 GMT -5
Hi Dave - Vary nice! I'm inspired. And along those lines...
Side question: Does anyone know if you can extract a plant from tufa once the plant has grow in it? I mean I'd like to know if you can remove a plant that has gown in the tufa to continue growing it, healthy, elsewhere or it is a once you plant it that's the end? Plant it and that's it?
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Post by WillyCKH on Jul 18, 2017 21:19:37 GMT -5
Based on my experiences, Mexican Pings are able to recover from broken roots pretty quick and well. So I don't think you will have troubles extracting them. On the other hand, if you want to plant something like pygmie sundew, then yea, what's done is done. Willy
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Post by Samskwatch on Jul 19, 2017 0:08:08 GMT -5
How do you water your plants afterward? 🤔
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Post by jeff on Jul 19, 2017 2:06:48 GMT -5
Bonjour this tuffa stone will remain outside all the year ? The problem is the small amount, which can only be put on this type of support, watering, and of course the possibility of moving it. It is aesthetic indeed, but prefer the pots jeff
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Post by yukondave on Jul 19, 2017 7:28:34 GMT -5
I have ZERO experience growing Pings, I'm flying by the seat of my pants here.
The stone is sitting in a saucer of rainwater and I mist it periodically. Final location hasn't been decided, right now it's sitting under lights in an Exo Terra terrarium while the plants recover from their shipping/transplanting trauma.
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Post by yukondave on Aug 1, 2017 7:49:48 GMT -5
They seem to be happy. I have them in an Ikea "socker" windowsill greenhouse where they get an East and North exposure.
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Post by Samskwatch on Aug 1, 2017 8:13:31 GMT -5
It looks very good!! I really like the arrangment you made
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Post by ep31 on Aug 1, 2017 13:35:01 GMT -5
Looks good! I've always wanted to try to growing pings on some kind of rock but I haven't found a good rock/dont actually have enough pings to experiment with this at this point. Keep us updated on how it goes
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Post by yukondave on Sept 10, 2017 8:38:10 GMT -5
Pings are doing well so I added 2 more on another rock. I've also given them their own home, a 12x12x18 terrarium.
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Post by Samskwatch on Sept 10, 2017 9:06:39 GMT -5
Awesome!!!! It looks so awesome 👍👍
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Post by Ray on Sept 10, 2017 11:23:22 GMT -5
They look so good!!!
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Post by yukondave on Sept 10, 2017 16:02:33 GMT -5
Thanks, I can't believe how much they've grown in just 2 months.
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Post by yukondave on Sept 15, 2017 8:38:54 GMT -5
Found this piece of cork, thought it added some nice vertical interest.
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