I have been eyeing up this plant for quite some time now and for whatever reason, today I decided I would take one home with me. I had intended to put it in a small white pot as shown in the first photo, but as I so often do, I misgauged how much depth the original root system/soil mass has and it simply would not fit. You can see the larger silver pot I ended up using in the final photograph.
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| Gathering materials for nestling in this new plant! |
This plant was less than $4 at Home Depot. I feel like that's not a terrible investment for what I hope will eventually be a large floor plant/tree. Ultimately I'd love to have a bunch of tall plants, but I'm a little cheap to just go out and drop a couple hundo's on some mature house plants/trees. Besides, it's kind of fun to chart the growth of some of these babes!
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| Dragon in its store original plastic sleeve. |
The soil was very loose and wet, so it must have just been watered. The mix looked mostly peat moss, so I didn't bother stirring up a new soil combo. I mostly filled in around it with peat and then sprinkled some of a leftover mix which had some perlite and possibly vermiculite in it.
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| Oh yes, definitely ready for a new pot! But not that white one, too tiny! |
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| Stepping it up to a larger ceramic pot with a metallic glaze. |
Per usual, there's a nice stone base and I left about an inch between the top of the soil and the top edge of the pot. I imagine this soil will compact after a month or two of waterings, so I will probably layer in some more soil on top.
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