Y'ALL HAVE BEEN ASKING.

Reply to ragnamuffinfarm I didn't know we could do moss+leca. Can we get a tutorial? Y'ALL HAVE BEEN ASKING. SO NOW IT'S TIME SO NOW IT'S TIME TO SHOW YOU HOW WE PLANT OUR MOSS WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL VARIEGATED FRYDEK READY TO GO AND WE'RE GONNA USE THAT AS AN EXAMPLE TODAY. FIRST, WE GOTTA GET A JAR. WE GRABBED THIS LITERALLY TODAY AT A YARD SALE FOR $1. PERSONAL PREFERENCE. WE PREFER A VERY STRAIGHT GLASS SO THAT IT DOESN'T BOTTLENECK SO WE CAN PULL ROOTS RIGHT OUT. NEXT WE HAVE TO MEASURE WE WE LIKE TO DO ABOUT A THIRD OF THE JAR AND THIS IS WHY WE RINSE OUR LECA. LOOK AT ALL THAT DUST. LOOK AT ALL THAT DUST. WE RINSE THE HELL OUT OF OUR LECA CAUSE IT'S FULL OF DUST AND CLAY DEBRIS. NOW WE JUST PUT A LITTLE BIT OF MOSS IN BIT OF ROOT PADDING SO IT DOESN'T GO STRAIGHT INTO THE LECA AND NOW THIS IS WHY WE LOVE THE PROP BOX SO MUCH, *we loosened the roots a little before we filmed this BECAUSE WE CAN JUST LIFT THIS AND PLUCK IT RIGHT IN AND TUCK SO NOW WE'RE JUST TUCKING THE ROOTS AND PACKING IN LITTLE BITS OF MORE MOSS IF YOU NOTICE, WE DON'T PACK IT ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP BECAUSE AS THESE ALOCASIAS GROW, THE RHIZOMES GROW TALLER. SO WE CAN JUST PUT BITS OF MOSS AS THEY GET TALLER SO WE DON'T HAVE TO REPOT SO NOW WE JUST KINDA SPIN WE LOOK FOR GIANT LITTLE BITS LIKE THIS ARE FINE CAUSE WE'RE JUST MAKING SURE IT'S NOT TOO TIGHTLY PACKED CAUSE THAT WILL SMOTHER THE ROOTS. AND OUR FINAL STEP IS TO GIVE IT A LITTLE BIT OF WATER. WE DON'T DO A LOT OF INITIAL WATER BECAUSE THE LECA'S ALREADY MOIST FROM WASHING IT. THE MOSS IS ALREADY MOIST JUST CAUSE OF THE BAG SO WE'RE JUST GIVING IT A LITTLE BIT OF HYDRATION WE POUR IT RIGHT DOWN THE SIDE JUST UNTIL WE SEE A LITTLE BIT OF BUILD UP ON THE BOTTOM. NOW IF THIS WAS ALL COMPLETELY YOU'D PROBABLY WANNA GO UP TO HERE. BUT NEVER INTO THE MOSS. ALWAYS BELOW THE MOSS. NOW THE HARD PART. FIND A SPACE IN THE CABINET AND JUST PLOP IT RIGHT ON IN AND IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS WE SHOULD SEE GREAT ROOTS.