Hello,
I have searched the net on how to make a Wabi Kusa and I wanted to know how to make the ball. I have read that many just get some clay out of a river and mix it with some substrate and maybe crashed root fertilizer tabs.
1. If this is correct then the substrate used to mix with the clay should be high in nutrients and small in grain size correct?
2. Some also cover the ball with Sphagnum Peat Moss (which I don't know what it is) why?
3. Can someone explain the actual use of each of this "ingredients" and if they did something different to what I explained above?
4. After you create the Wabi Kusa ball you obviously start planting it by inserting the plant roots in the ball correct?
5. Do you go for terrestrial plants or aquatic plants that can grow emersed? I am asking this because if the aquatic plants are submersed and you suddenly start growing them emmersed, I am speculating they will not appreciate it
I need to get this right
Thanks
I have searched the net on how to make a Wabi Kusa and I wanted to know how to make the ball. I have read that many just get some clay out of a river and mix it with some substrate and maybe crashed root fertilizer tabs.
1. If this is correct then the substrate used to mix with the clay should be high in nutrients and small in grain size correct?
2. Some also cover the ball with Sphagnum Peat Moss (which I don't know what it is) why?
3. Can someone explain the actual use of each of this "ingredients" and if they did something different to what I explained above?
4. After you create the Wabi Kusa ball you obviously start planting it by inserting the plant roots in the ball correct?
5. Do you go for terrestrial plants or aquatic plants that can grow emersed? I am asking this because if the aquatic plants are submersed and you suddenly start growing them emmersed, I am speculating they will not appreciate it
I need to get this right
Thanks