Growing crypts on pure acid...

[Xema]

I have a little hermetic container in which I grow up C. spirallis rhizomes... and more recently C. longicuada... I am just testing pH value... and I am very surprised aobut the result...

See with your own eyes...



Somo months ago I puted this life moss with some well-rooting spirallis on a coconus and died moss layer... the result is above one.


Greetings from Hispania

[joe]

woah ph of 3.7!!! what stuff did u use for it???

[juggler]

Interesting... and your layer of "substrate" seem very thin? Nice growth!

[Xema]

I placed on the buttom of the container a layer of coconut chips and another one of dry local (similar to sphagnum) moss.

C. longicauda is responsing better than all other I tested with it.

[celticfish]

xema,
nice going!!!
can you tell us your fertilization regime for this setup of yours?

[Xema]

I usually spray them with foliar ferts, apart of this, not doing any special thing.
I think coconut chips and litter, and the moss provide them all nutrients they need.


Greetings from Spain

[celticfish]

interesting way you keep them like a hydroponic style.
the healthy white roots under the moss look GOOD!!