The Carnivorous Capsule Terrarium Build
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- Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
- I had a spark of inspiration, ordered a bunch of carnivorous plants and now we are finally arranging them all into their own little universe...or in this case a capsule terrarium. This is a real life terrarium build starting with nothing but an order of carnivorous plants and a vessel I've been dreaming of putting them in.
I also mentioned one of my idols @SerpaDesign in this build. The video I was talking about was this one • The Carnivorous Sundew...
The goal of this project was to take all of my carnivorous plants, merge them into one tiny scoop of nature and do it all with a ton of new terrarium ingredients. This is my carnivorous capsule terrarium build and I'm excited your here to check it out!
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You may already be aware, but that aquasoil is nutrient-rich and is toxic to the roots of all of the carnivorous plants. The venus flytrap and sarracenia both require dormancy, without which they will eventually run out of steam and die. The cape sundew you chose does not require dormancy. With a mix of temperate and tropical species, this is just not a sustainable terrarium. I recommend redoing this project with proper substrate and selecting plants which do not require a dormancy if you want to keep this around for a while. I admit it does look cool though! Your plant room is beautiful! That Australian tree fern is devine. Happy growing.
I didn't realize or even consider the aquasoil being nutrient rich. Yikes! Thanks for the heads up. I overlooked the whole dormancy thing. I had described my project along with my list of plants to the grower I got them from on etsy and got the thumbs up so I hadn't even really thought about it. I guess for now I'll just watch, learn and if I start to see them suffer...start again. Just after the project isn't quite so new and doesn't feel so defeating 🤣 Thanks so much for the advice.
❤ plants in three. Thank you for showing a variety of ways to plant in layers
You're welcome! Not sure I remember the whole plants in three thing, but I do always like to plant in odd numbers so I assume its that.
It's important to have no nutrients; the aqua soil was not a good idea because of the nutrients contained therein. Remember to water your carnivorous plants with demineralised water as well.
I love serpa designs!!! You are so funny! The terrarium design is so fun!!!!
such a comfy vlog !
12:37 that poor knifes edge.
Do you happen to have an update on this terrarium i'm just curious how it went after a year.
It's still going great! I feed it fish food when I think about it.
while the build is kinda cool i dont think these plants lived. how long did this last?
It's still going pretty strong.
Ahoj Water for sundews
1.)Can I water my sundews with tap water?
2.)Can I water that boiled and then cooled sundews with water?
3.)ed. Wysłano What water do you use for Drosera callistos ,Drosera anglica?
I used tap water. I use RO water now just because I have it on hand for my reef tank.
Sundews (and most, if not all, carnivorous plants) require distilled/R.O/rain water. Tap/bottled/well water will kill them over time as the minerals build up. Boiling water does not help. Leaving the water out does not help. You can buy a ZeroWater brand water jug that will filter water and is relatively cheap. They are similar to Brita filters, but Brita filters do not filter well enough for these plants to stay happy.
Where did you get the terrarium?
I got it on Etsy from a seller named Elcreadesigns. Its awesome.
Humane are disgusting!! 🤣
I should have said beautifully disgusting...but ya in a disgusting way i'm just flippin happy to be human haha.
Thanks for this video and info. Your giving me the Bob Ross of builds lol
That's always my fave compliment :)