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Okay so the tiny plants this won't work. But for the ones that enjoy aggravating you by floating away, here's a possible way to keep them where they belong. IN the substrate.
I have had issues with keeping my cabomba and Lyrata under wraps. They simply enjoyed uprooting themselves and floating somewhere else. How can I stop this? lead anchors are toxic.
there are three things in my arsenel for this work. Thread, Q tip and a plastic bread bag closure.
The Q-tip you cut the cotton ends off until you have the plastic rod. wrap thread around the plant's stems at the base then lash the rod to that until the plant and rod forms a T shape (up side down.) take plant and plastic rod and stick it into the substrait. it should stay in place. This works well with the lyrata.
For the irrtating antics of the Cabomba I gently lashed three of the ends together, ensuring the bottom most part of the plant is a node where the roots can come from, else it'll rot and off the cabomba goes again. Then I smoothed the inside of the bread tag off and gently slipped it over the bound stems. After that I lashed thread around that until the plant was held into bread bag tag firmly enough to not slip out. Plant that gently into the substrate and pile enough on it to hold it down.
these should not contain any toxins and works well. it also is a good method of reusing some scraps.
Any other good ideas?
I have had issues with keeping my cabomba and Lyrata under wraps. They simply enjoyed uprooting themselves and floating somewhere else. How can I stop this? lead anchors are toxic.
there are three things in my arsenel for this work. Thread, Q tip and a plastic bread bag closure.
The Q-tip you cut the cotton ends off until you have the plastic rod. wrap thread around the plant's stems at the base then lash the rod to that until the plant and rod forms a T shape (up side down.) take plant and plastic rod and stick it into the substrait. it should stay in place. This works well with the lyrata.
For the irrtating antics of the Cabomba I gently lashed three of the ends together, ensuring the bottom most part of the plant is a node where the roots can come from, else it'll rot and off the cabomba goes again. Then I smoothed the inside of the bread tag off and gently slipped it over the bound stems. After that I lashed thread around that until the plant was held into bread bag tag firmly enough to not slip out. Plant that gently into the substrate and pile enough on it to hold it down.
these should not contain any toxins and works well. it also is a good method of reusing some scraps.
Any other good ideas?