Post by perrywing on Jun 22, 2020 19:22:20 GMT -5
benny No, I don't really think there's any benefit of growing them on a slant, other than maybe better drainage, like Varun mentioned. I do find I have to water it a bit more than my regularly-potted cephs. I like it purely for the visual aesthetic and the novelty of growing it like it might grow in the wild, on cliff faces.
Lately, ive been thinking of some of those Japanese inspired small simple plantings, in tiny pots...they seem so humble, yet so whole.
Even some small figurines strategically placed atop the pots mosses, brings a grin.
Also, with regards to the slanting pots, cutaway at an oblique angle, one advantage is that a larger surface area is made available for growing on, than was previously available, if grown conventionally in the original pot.
Cheers,
Doug
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I don't have any other little tank projects going on right now (other than the ceph tank in-progress and my small aquatic plant tank). I did, however, used to have so many amateur tanks as a kid that I'd fill with native flora and fauna and keep all summer, only to let them go again in the fall (what comes immediately to mind is yellow-spotted salamanders in a vernal pool setup and pumpkinseed and catfish and perch in a large aquarium for an entire year once - that was cool!).
I did have a few more 'professional' ones back in high school and there's probably a photo or two somewhere - maybe even on this dinosaur of a computer, haha! I will dig and let you know if I find any. I simply didn't have the time once I went away to university, and then work and life got in the way - you know how it is!