Medias........
 

My Mom recently repoting some of her plants.So,she use some kind of sphere jelly thingy.Is it safe for CPs?

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It will depend on what it is made of. CP's require media that is low in nutrients. Generally if it is low in nutrients it should be OK. Different plants grow in different mixes so you will need to keep an eye on them. All TC plants grow happily in AGAR or similar gels.

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Is it a soft squishy jelly fun-to-press easily-broken sphere thing. Sometimes called crystal something. Tried before and killed a baby VFT.

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o.O,SO where to get AGAR?

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The jelly thing isn't that good, unless you bought it specially from somewhere, not local nurseries. I think you shouldn't try to pot your CPs in it, unless you know the contents of the jelly.

I have absolutely no idea to get agar, somebody is doing TC with agar, perhaps you can ask him, Marvin.

Cheers

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Well to me don't use anything like that just use a normal media for neps like LFS perlite peat and stuff..

Ken

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I read in chineese they say its a kind of clay like thingy maybe.Search"shui jing bao bao".

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As far as I know, it is to sustain plants with minerals and fertilizer at a minimum cost and also for beauty. I don't think it is suitable........classic medias are better.

Cheers

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Search in chinnese ,I mean.or just copy here 水晶宝宝 for those who understands chineese

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Crystal babies?? Don't use that!!!

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Crystal Jewels lah. It is probably polyacrylamide gel. They use to have it in irregular shapes but now they make it in nice pearl shaped balls. The irregular ones usually have some fertiliser in them as well as colouring. Not too sure bout the round ones. The gel tend to get compacted. It was used as an additive to increase soil moisture content, but most people find it doesn't do it's job well. Then it became an indoor potting medium especially for Epipremnum (money plant) and Dracaena sanderiana.

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Just use sphagnum moss/peat/perlite/etc. I call them crystal babies because thats what my younger brother call it. Some kids are collecting crystal jewels and claiming how it can grow babies and etc and will die. I can't believe my cousins think that too!! I tried to grow a VFT in crystal jewels before and kill it in 1 week.

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Hehehe, that's a nice name for them.