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lele
at Wed Feb 4 14:24:46 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by lele ]
hi - planting more plants will not help. Plants can take up just so much water and many have minimal requirements whereas other have more. Do you know thw individual requirements of your plants? What do you have?
With no drainage and constantly wet soil you will literally choke your plants to death. You are also asking for a fungus gnat problem (if you don't already have one) OK, that said....my suggestion would be to put your plants in individual pots and place them in the bin. You can then remove them individually for care and/or replacement as needed and easily clean the basin. Depending on how deep your basin is I would suggest raising the plants up off the bottom so they do not sit in standing water. You can use over turned pots, bricks, etc.
By doing this you can still leave a small amount (an inch or two)of your mix in the bin to help maintain humidity just don't let it get saturated for too long or you'll have other problems (mold, fungus gnats, etc.)
Do you always keep your dripper in the same place? Can you just put a container of some sort to catch most of the water? Then you can dump it daily.
So that's my input...I am sure others will have some different solutions as well.
>>my jax cage has a rubbermaid bottom to it which i filled with dirt and pete moss/woodchip micture. i mixed it all together and planted my live plants in it. the problem is my rip system is causing a little flooding. i thought the plants would drink up the water but i guess it is too much. i was wondering if planting more plants or planting moss will help out. i would rather not drill holes in it becase it gets messy and a resivour fills up and spills over. will more plants drink up the water...if moss is good which is best for chameleons
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- Flooding - Dr_octagon, Wed Feb 4 12:29:58 2004
 RE: Flooding - lele, Wed Feb 4 14:24:46 2004- RE: Flooding - Dr_octagon, Wed Feb 4 18:05:41 2004
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