CALLISIA REPENS
Family : COMMELINACEAE
Common names : Turtle vine, Spiderwort, Creeping basket plant.
This species has its origin from central and south America.
Turtle vine requires only low to medium sunlight.This is a best plant for beginners,because it is easy to propagate and grows swifty.Water it daily in dry weather but in humid conditions/ tropical weather, water once in 2 days.
Manure used : I prefer to use seaweed solution and water soluble fertilisers containing Nitrogen, phosphorus, and
potassium along with micronutrients.
Source and availability:
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Once your moss ball or kokedama is ready, make sure you attach a small hook to the fishing line. You can hang your plant anywhere using that hook.
I derived the idea of making the spiral gardenfrom the internet.The concept is pretty simple where I used a circular shaped iron frame and covered it with a coir rope.All the coconut shells were attached to this iron frame using fishing line in a spiral shape by progressively reducing the size of the fishing line by 5 centimetres.
You can attach coconut shells in different shaped frames as per your imaginations to give innovative look.Instead of coconut shells you can also use small hanging pots as well to get the same effect.
Spray seaweed solution once a week to give robust growth to the plant.
19 авг 2020
