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Great project, Hoggie! Keep posting pics of the progress! ;)

That looks promising Evita, love the stones and the composition! The moss ball - usually in the kokedama world, they use some clay to keep it together. But if you have managed to tie the ball, should be ok, as long as you don't move it, replant in it too much.

Thanks Mick, for pointing this out... I was confused by the emmersed growing of the plant, but as you said, flowers don't lie! :)

Thanks mate! On the last pic it is Lindernia!

Hi guys, I had a visitor the other day in the wabi kusa: Lovely little creature this ladybug, probably she found a nice food source among the plants.. :) Here a top view of the wabi - I have designed a new light and at the moment I have 23W of CFL on top(instead of 13W)....plants started...

Hi guys, very happy with the Wabi - almost every species of plants are flowering at the moment. Some shots I have taken recently: Hygrophila sp. 'araguaia' Proserpinaca Palustris (I think...?) Rotala Macranda Green: And another shot of the Hygrohila after the spray...

Thanks Tim! Ups... It has been amended ;) Thanks Mick! Here some more pics:

Thanks mate! It is not completely dry, the substrate is always kept damp and I spray twice a day, so plants are feeling happy :) It has been like this for almost a month now ;)

Hi everyone, Haven't been around for a while, so time for an update on the wabi: It is growing well, some of the plants are flowering, so happy days :) I have drained it and decided to leave it emmersed as I didn't have enough time for frequent water changes. This is how it looks now: A...

Thanks guys! Hah, thanks mate! Not available in our latitudes :) Yes usually some of the plants we value so much in aquascaping are pest in their natural habitats. Here is the plant list mate: Alternanthera reineckii 'Pink' Rotala Macranda '''Green' Ludwigia sp Lindernia rotundifolia...

Nice one, mate! Love it. I used to grow one of my wabis on the window and it was flowering as crazy while it was on East facing window. Did the mistake to put it on South facing windows and the sun....scorched the plants in a day, but anyway that is a very sustainable way of growing wabi kusa :)

Hi guys, Sorry for not being present lately! Have been abroad and the work is hectis, so not enough time for the hobby... Here couple of pictures I dug out from the dust :) I love the look of the Azola, wonderful little plant. Is not growing crazy, but it is creating nice carpet on...

That is a nice one, Tim! The moss will most likely start to dry out now, with the weather warming up, but it will still be ok. I water mine once a week - a dip in water for 30 min and I spray them once a day. Both of them are growing well, so I am sure the crassula will be ok, as long as you...

Yep, very nice plant, I recommend it highly! From my experience for creating Wabi kusa I would recommend to decide on design of your choice, use active substrate, packed with nutrients (Aquasoil etc.) Use plants grown emmersed - it will be much easier to get them growing. You can still use...

Thanks Robbie! The plant is Azolla caroliniana, very gentle and delicate. I love it! It actually ''house some blue green algae in its leaves. These algae are capable of absorbing nitrogen from the air, which can then be used by the plant. Azolla caroliniana is used as nitrogen fertiliser in rice...

Hi guys, It's been awhile since my last update, so here are some more pictures from today. Everything is growing ok, not very fast, but that is fine with me, as I wanted it to be a low maintenance project. The light is only 11W so not strong at all. Started adding some fertilisers from today -...

That is very interesting! Thank you Edvet! If I can find the mini japonica, I would give them a go! Or will end up with some cherries... or a frog :)

Those bowls are fun! Mine is acrylic and is scratched and not very presentable at the moment, otherwise I would have made one again :) There are some very nice candle holders 35-40 cm in diameter in John Lewis, which I am tempted in buying.... but we shell see :) Yep, the water changes are...

Thank you very much guys! :) Tim, give it a go mate! Now is the time! Kokedama are great too...which reminds me to get some pictures of them as well :) I want to get a fish or shrimps or snails for this wabi....or a small tree frog, but can't decide . It is only about 2 l of water, so can't...

Some pics from today: Waiting for this one to flower soon :) And the last one! I promise :)!

Thanks guys! Yes it has a cover at the moment only to keep the evaporation low. I think the plants will be ok even if I remove it, as they have been grown emmersed.

Thanks mate! I hope I will get them all blooming :)

HI guys, a week ago, I have started this new wabi kusa project. Had a small tank laying around (dirt cheap tank from Pets at home) used to use it as a storage for excessive plants- kind of a overflow tank :) but got bored to keep it half empty with some random sad looking plants in....so I have...

Thanks Iain! It would be great to see more of those in here :-) I think Amano's got the idea for wabi kusa balls from kokedama. Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk

Thanks mate! Definitely give them a try, it is a fun and unusual project with endless options and plant arrangements available - "The poor man bonsai" as the Japanese call it :) For now the plan is to keep those inside on a 60 cm long natural stone tile - will take an in situ shot tomorrow. :)

Hi everyone, for some time I have been planning to give the kokedamas a go, but never got the time to do it, until today.... Had some peat and tesco cat litter laying around, so I just needed some plants and moss for the kokedama. Went to B&Q this morning and got some Chamadorea (Parlour palm)...

If you keep the tank covered and the substrate saturated, but nit covered in water, it should be ok. Because of the capillary effect the substrate will be damp at all levels. Hope this helps.

Looking interesting! I will definetely keep an eye on this one. I would drain the water down to the substrate surface, as the plants in the foreground, which are in the water, will start melting...

Hi Mate, no the ludwigia has not flowered yet it is pogo time now :) Hopefully will get some more flowers soon. I cant wait for your creation! Just get a cheap bowl from John Lewis or even sometimes in Pound land or Hobby craft you can get a nice and cheap one, plant it and please share with...

HI Mick, You are driving me towards the creation of a emmersed garden at home now...... start thinking about extending the window silll :) I'm not sure I will have space for more plants in this particular setup, but will do a new one most likely........because of you! ;)

I love them, Mick! This is now my favorite emersed plant :) Waiting for all of them to flower soon :) Hope that the rotalas will flower too!

Just took 2 quick shots with daylight only, nothing fancy, but wanted to share the new flowers :) Please excuse the dust on the glass.... but it was spontaneous shot, without any preparation :rolleyes:

UK my friend :) on the window sill...maybe 18 C, when under the direct sun light a bit more, but that is just for 4-5 h a day.

Wabi Kusa is very different and interesting aspect of planted tanks. You can keep them like this, you can scape emmersed, it is just pure fun and you don't get the common problems of aquscaping like algae ;)

Thanks Ali! It is almost mainanence free. I spray it every morning, but keep a bit of clink foil covering half of it, just to retain some of the water, as it is on the window sill and when is sunny outside, it dries out quickly. You can spray it every morning/evening and to add some water to the...

I have taken couple of pictures tonight. Here is a shot of the Pogo starting to form flower! Here is a shot of the wabi from the front. The HC is just starting to grow and I hope in couple of weeks, will cover the substrate. From the bottom of the bowl you can see the roots of the...

At the moment the Pogo is starting flowering. Hope in a day or two the flower will be ready :) Will take pictures this weekend I promise! I have planted some HC, Rotala Rotondifolia and Rotala Green which are just starting to take off.

HI Steve, it doing ok, the pogo is growing like mad...I think it will be flowering soon :) I'm waiting for some more plants to come and will fill the gaps :) And I must take some more pictures. Sorry for not updating!

Thanks guys! I definitely think that more plants will make it more interesting, but I'm waiting to start a new scape, so I can use the left over :)

Hi everyone, just decided to share with you my latest wabi kusa bowl. This is an experiment and in its early stage. I wanted to create a wabi kusa in this bowl for quite some time and a couple of months ago, I have started it using cat litter for substrate, enriched with some miracle grow...

Cool, it is amazing how the plants can grow emersed! :thumbup:

Re: My emersed setup - flowers That is lovely, Tom! Great example of emmersed grown plants ! and the flowering ones are just pure beauty :text-coolphotos:

Nice looking setups! :thumbup: Do you use any ferts? What is the substrate made of, is it just clay?

Is there any update for the wabi kusa's? Cant wait to see, how its going! Regards