Propagating bromeliads is easy. Learn how to remove the pups, separate them by division, and pot up the babies for new plants, step-by-step.
Bromeliads are easy to propagate because they produce babies before they die. Find out how to remove & pot up bromeliad pups. There's a video to guide you.
Bromeliads are easy to propagate because they produce babies before they die. Find out how to remove & pot up bromeliad pups. There's a video to guide you.
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The mistletoe cactus (Rhipsalis baccifera) is a tropical epiphytic plant, loved as a houseplant for its fine, unique foliage and slow-growing habit. Native to the tropical and subtropical regions...
Introducing Gardenera's Bromeliad Potting Mix, a premium blend of high-quality ingredients specifically formulated to provide optimal growing conditions for your beloved Bromeliad plants. This carefully crafted potting mix is designed to deliver outstanding results, ensuring healthy growth, vibrant foliage, and stunning blooms. \nOur Bromeliad Potting Mix offers a range of benefits to support the overall well-being of your plants. The blend of Canadian Peat Moss, New Zealand Bark, Charcoal, Worm Castings, New Zealand Sphagnum Moss, Fern, and Sand provides excellent moisture retention, proper aeration, and essential nutrients. This combination creates an ideal environment for root development and promotes lush foliage and vibrant blooms.\n \nEach ingredient is carefully selected for its specific properties and contributions to the overall health and vitality of your Bromeliads. The Canadian Peat Moss and New Zealand Bark provide excellent moisture retention, ensuring that your plants receive adequate hydration. Charcoal aids in maintaining proper air circulation, preventing waterlogging and the risk of root rot. Worm Castings enrich the soil with organic matter and beneficial microorganisms, supporting overall plant health. The inclusion of New Zealand Sphagnum Moss, Fern, and Sand further enhances moisture regulation and nutrient availability, creating the perfect balance for optimal growth.\n \nUsing our Bromeliad Potting Mix is simple and convenient. Fill a suitable container with the potting mix, ensuring proper drainage. Gently place your Bromeliad plant into the pot, ensuring that the roots are well-covered. Water thoroughly, allowing excess water to drain away. Place your plant in a suitable location, providing adequate light and temperature conditions for Bromeliad growth. Regularly monitor soil moisture levels and water accordingly, taking care not to overwater.
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Here’s a really neat plant that’s rarely offered! Hectia lanata Hybrid offset from a seed grown plant. ex. situ seed. The first photo shows you the exact mother plant that this offset was harvested from. The offset offered WILL eventually grow into exactly what the first photo shows, a beautiful terrestrial bromeliad. All of the remaining photos and video are of the actual plant you will receive. The plant offered is growing in a 3.25” pot. Please contact us with any questions. We do combine shipping. Thanks for checking them out! Holly K
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Have you ever wanted to grow your own adorable pineapple indoors? With the Bromeliad Pineapple, you can! This bromeliad sprouts a fun ornamental pineapple from a whorl of long green leaves. Sure to spark a conversation with your next dinner guests, you’ll know your pineapple fruit has reached maturity when it turns fragrant and a brighter shade of yellow. Although this variety is not grown for edible consumption, it’s still a unique gift or addition to any personal collection.
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The Grow-How® Team's tips for when the leaves on your Bromeliad are turning brown and crispy. Learn why it happens and how to fix it.
Bromeliads are easy to propagate because they produce babies before they die. Find out how to remove & pot up bromeliad pups. There's a video to guide you.
Tips on Bromeliad watering - People always ask how to water colorful, long-lasting (3 -4 months) plants and they make great gifts. [WATCH NOW]
Our pineapple bromeliad is easy going and totally over the top fun. The pineapple will grow for about 2-3 months or more, but don't throw away the plant after that. You'll soon see more shoots that will grow more fruit. We think these lads make great gifts as they're easy to mind, and are pretty funny, weird and beautiful. This plant fits perfectly into so many of our 13cm or 15cm pots - scroll down for suggestions. Light: Can handle a bit of direct sun, so on a bright window sill is ok. It will also be grand in indirect light. Water: They are drought tolerant, so its much better to let the soil get dry (at least the top two inches, but feel free to let the soil dry half way through or more) before watering again. Under watering is much safer than overwatering. If you see drooping and yellowing foliage, cut back on the watering big time. Humidity: This plant isn't fussy but feel free to mist it if you've got the spray bottle out for your other plant babies. Feed: Apply a weak dose of a fertiliser every couple of months. Toxicity: Pet and child safe. This is an ornamental plant, it is not recommended that you eat it.
Whenever I try feeding birds with those cheap suet basket feeders, I either end up with a gooey mess or find that some squirrel has run off with the thing within hours. However, I’ve also found that they make great planters for succulents and epiphytic plants. Who knew? Best of all, making them is so easy that my toddler could (and did) do it. Here’s how to make your own low-maintenance vertical garden on the cheap. The bromeliads in the foreground are mounted directly on a tree stump. Ever since my little apartment balcony garden, I’ve daydreamed about creative ways to grow epiphytic plants such as bromeliads, orchids or Rhipsalis. I came up with something called a ‘rainforest drop’ and even turned a dead tree into a bromeliad garden, but after a couple years of trialing these suet basket planters, I can say that this is my easiest and most affordable idea yet: A vertical garden made of cheap suet feeder baskets, sphagnum moss, succulents and epiphytes. These are just some of the ways you could put these suet basket planters to use: - Hang them on a chain - Mount them on wood - Hang them from a tree - Surround them with old picture frames - Make a living roof for your birdhouse - Arrange them in a grid to cover a fence - Hang one in a brightly-lit shower (like this) Here’s What You’ll Need: - A suet feeder basket – Find them at the dollar store or anywhere else bird feeders can be found. - Sphagnum moss – Long grain sphagnum moss works best. - Florist’s wire – It’s affordable, easy to use and keeps your bromeliad in place. - A bromeliad - Any bromeliad will do. Since I live in zone 9a, I chose cold hardy types that I can leave outside. - (Optional) Cuttings - I like to use Rhipsalis, (an epiphytic cactus) Hatiora, (another epiphytic cactus) Peperomia (another epiphyte) and Tahitian Bridal veil, but sedums and any other easily-rooted succulents will also work. How to Make Your Own Suet Basket Garden Step One: Stuff the Basket Stuff the suet basket with moistened long grain sphagnum moss. Insert small cuttings (Such as Tradescantia, Sedum or Rhipsalis species) and close the basket. If you’re using a top-loading suet basket, you can tuck the cuttings in afterwards instead. I even went back and tucked Tahitian bridal veil (Gibasis geniculata) stems into each of the baskets when I was done so that they’ll form a lacy screen over the metal frame. Step Two: Attach Bromeliad Place a bromeliad, orchid or succulent against the basket. Fold a long florist’s wire (or any flexible wire not containing copper), in half and wrap it once around the woody looking stem. Pull the wire through the basket tightly and twist the two ends together on the other side to attach the bromeliad. The bromeliad will need to stay upright to collect water in its vase, so lightly wrap twine around the upper portion and the basket to gently hold it in place. To the left of the finished birdseed basket planter is an established Rainforest Drop. Step Three: Hang the Basket Hang the planted basket on a fence, tree or anywhere that receives the appropriate sunlight for the chosen plants. Most succulents prefer full sun, while epiphytes such as orchids, bromeliads and Rhipsalis do best with shade in the afternoon. As you can see in the photo above, I've used a metal rack. Read on to find out why I did it and how to make your own. Epiphytic plants will be able to withstand some serious dry spells once they've become established, but first they have to form a good root system.Care for your new birdfeeder basket garden by keeping the sphagnum moss moist until roots begin to form. I rarely fertilize my rainforest drops or birdfeeder basket gardens nowadays and they still seem to do fine, but the plants will definitely take on a lusher look if you fertilize with compost tea or orchid food. My Epiphyte Wall You can use these planters in a multitude of creative ways, but I chose to turn them into a living wall because the fence was ugly and I wanted to create the illusion of more space. The metal supports make it easy to hang planters and move them around as needed; whether it's to make a new arrangement or to bring the orchids inside on cold nights. They also support the garden's weight, so I don't have to worry about a fallen fence. Here's what it looked like before... Before: This ugly fence needed a makeover. I added mulch and played around with different ideas before finally attaching the metal racks. Much better! Right now the planting looks like a bromeliad-covered branch, but will also use spanish moss and other draping plants to cover the metal frame and create the illusion of a lush and foliage-filled space. I may even plant a well-behaved vine at the base to add even more depth and dimension! So far I’m pleased with the results. In the middle of the afternoon when nothing looks good in the harsh sunlight, dappled light pulses through each bromeliad in a constant laser-light show of glowing greens, pinks and purples. Lizards, bugs and cardinals come out of the woodwork over the course of a day, and before long I’m sure to find treefrogs as well. How did I find the metal racks, you ask? I was lucky enough to reclaim some retail fixture pieces that were headed to the landfill, but you can find something similar by looking around the dumpsters behind retail stores or by purchasing something similar online. Another benefit of finding a sturdy support like this is that you can hang up pots to create a living wall of flowers, vegetables or ferns. I chose epiphytes and succulents because their lack of soil makes them lightweight and because they rarely need watering, especially during the summer rainy season. The mounting bracket (found at a hardware store) is hidden by the plants. Mounting the fixtures was easy. I’ve attached the frames with nothing more than a bracket above each one, so that they can be slid out to the side for easy maintenance. Since the frames are sitting directly on maple roots, there was no need to mount the pieces up on the fence. The hard, root-packed ground supports most of the weight. The planters themselves are hung using the florist wire or ‘s’ hooks, and the racks also allowed me to hang other stuff like my rainforest drops and shower caddy orchid planters. Stay tuned to see how this vertical garden develops over time! I'm really excited about how it turned out and can't wait until it fills in to cover the metal frame. Since I've surely left out some important detail or instruction in this post, please leave a comment or send me an email (link in the sidebar) if you have any questions.
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First you have to start with clean, healthy plants. If they are offsets that have been divided, they need to callous over for a week in a cool, dry place. Next you need pots. Most of these p…
It is surprising to many gardeners that most of the dazzling, exotic blooming bromeliads are deceptively easy to grow and maintain. The colorful flowers often last for months on the plant, which also remains attractive for another year or two.
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Let’s face it; most of your Bromeliads will spend their lives in pots, and choosing the right potting mix can be very important for their long term health. If the mix consists of too much soil, it can stay too wet and cause their roots to rot. Too much inorganic material and they won’t get enough nutrients to grow. If
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Fill your garden with more bromeliads by replanting the 'pups'. - by Better Homes and Gardens
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