A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion The House Plant Forum Cacti and Succulents Indoors Making a new dish garden

Making a new dish garden since my other one is having problems. dont have it put together but figured id post a pic of the plants i plan on using.

Link for photo

Nice plants! And I think they should look nice together, too. The only one that I would not include is the Crassula 'calico kitten' on the far left. Mine has grown really fast and it will get aerial roots that help it 'crawl'. I would be it would take over your dish garden quickly. I would put it in a hanging pot in the sun and you will get some beautiful pink/purple colors on the edges. Just my opinion, feel free to tell me to go play in traffic or something...=) Oh, and please post a pic of the finished product, they sure are pretty.

LOL no, good advice but its a little too late. I already finsihed it but i will keep an eye on it and prune if i have to, but im going to let it grow just enough to fill in the spaces between the plants and let it hang over a little. maybe wait till it starts to form new roots n cut it below the roots n see if i can plant that and if it'll grow. But here's the pics

very nice

Nice arrangement!

thanks, just hopefully it does well.

Wow you make mine look sick.

What is the purpose of stone on it ? My one plant has the stone glued or something?/

b

very pretty.

Thank you. stones just so i dont have to look at the dirt make it a lil better looking. my soils doesnt look great its cactus mix miracle gro i added sum sand moss n some small aquarium gravel to help it drain quicker dry faster. and i have artificial lighting n seems to be working good

What types of lights do you use?

b

im actually using a flourescent light i got from petstore, says it simulates daylight and stimulates plant growth. its made for reptiles that need the equvilant to sun light to live. it was 20 bucks made by zoo med depending on store they might have 2 diff versions the company just changed the name its either reptisun 2.0 or naturesun. Has a Color Rendering Index of 98.
Color Temperature: 6500K. its a full spectrum uva flourescent light only uses 15watts

We have a dog food store, wonder if it has that ?????
What else do you put under it ?
Better yet , show me .LOL

I need a better system inside for winter stuff. But hesitate to do it .

It entertains me then.

Thanks , Your clever.

dodge

Thanks.
I have all my plants under it my 2 dish gardens which the 1st 1 isnt doing to good which i why i did the second 1 cuz im sure the 1st is going to die. also have an orchid a single mini jade in a small dish and a insectivore terrarium. the light doesnt give off any noticable heat towards the plants so would b perfect for winter were they still need light just low temps. i put mine infront of a window so it can get both real sunlight and from the flourescent. the hood says 20 inch but i think thats the size of hood only cause the light is only 18inches. not sure how much a hood would cost i had 1 lying around the house already. completely removeable i hung it by lightweight cheap chain from lowes n hung it on 6 inch plant hangers i screwed into frame at top of window, bought a single piece 10ft long chain and some small S hooks and some sort of shackle thing just needed sumthin big enough to put onto the plant hangers. and i can adjust height of light from the plants.

Thats clever.

I had no idea how to hang the hood .
Thanks for sharing.

dodge

your welcome