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Wiandry Adi wrote: ↑Tue Dec 19, 2023 6:11 amThe limit will be two days for the solution to sit/remain unused, got it

Also not a bad idea if you can put a "lid" on your 50-liter buckets right after you make the watering solution -- piece of cardboard, wooden board, or something similar. That'll keep algae from being encouraged by ambient light.[/quote]

Wiandry Adi wrote: ↑Tue Dec 19, 2023 6:11 amMuch appreciated, Steve!

Always a pleasure, my friend!

These pots look interesting

Event: https://www.instagram.com/agreatbond/?u ... c2ODk2ZA==



What is this?

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cwz5UjnPqt3/?u=&img_index=1

Tom in Tucson wrote: ↑Wed Dec 20, 2023 10:29 pm These pots look interesting

Event: https://www.instagram.com/agreatbond/?u ... c2ODk2ZA==



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What is this?

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cwz5UjnPqt3/?u=&img_index=1

Those are neat pots! I've attended said event and I saw lots of the showcased plants used fancy pots like those. I'm not really into pots (unless I change my mind in the future) so I don't really have a lot of info regarding them. But I do know one thing: some of them are 3D-printed, and since you get to know A Great Bond, several collectors who participated there have experience with them.

If I'm not mistaken, A Great Bond often adheres to themes that matches with the grotesque, 'wild' looks of cacti and other succulents, so most pots I saw there (unfortunately I didn't take any photos of the pots... ) were quite grotesque and wild-looking - or even monstrous, like the ones here. You know, "monstrous form"?

Wiandry Adi wrote: ↑Fri Dec 29, 2023 1:31 am

Tom in Tucson wrote: ↑Wed Dec 20, 2023 10:29 pm These pots look interesting

Event: https://www.instagram.com/agreatbond/?u ... c2ODk2ZA==



402314390_18366897217074894_3171828541545063784_n.jpg


What is this?

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cwz5UjnPqt3/?u=&img_index=1

Those are neat pots! I've attended said event and I saw lots of the showcased plants used fancy pots like those. I'm not really into pots (unless I change my mind in the future) so I don't really have a lot of info regarding them. But I do know one thing: some of them are 3D-printed, and since you get to know A Great Bond, several collectors who participated there have experience with them.

If I'm not mistaken, A Great Bond often adheres to themes that matches with the grotesque, 'wild' looks of cacti and other succulents, so most pots I saw there (unfortunately I didn't take any photos of the pots... ) were quite grotesque and wild-looking - or even monstrous, like the ones here. You know, "monstrous form"?

Yes, I recently ordered this "monstrous form" of Gymnocalycium:

Good day, y'all! I've found a new slow-release fert formula that seems to be the one I'm looking for since slow-release gypsum ferts has unfortunately out of production here in Jakarta.

They are SAPROTAN FertiPhos and Meroke Korn-Kali B (you can refer them as FertiPhos + Korn-Kali B).

What I'm interested with fert formula is that these ferts are affordable; unlike the gypsum ones, 1 kg of each of them (2 kg in total) costs only about US$ 1. Yes, just around one dollar!

Second, they're double as a Cal-Mag fert too, therefore promising me less time to mix my Cal-Mag ferts every time I water my cacti.

Here are the components:

FertiPhos:

• P2O5: 20%

• CaO: 20%

• MgO: 3%

• S: 1%

• B2O3: 0.2%

Korn-Kali B:

• K2O: 40%

• MgO: 6%

• S: 4%

• B2O3: 0,8%

I'll plan these ferts to be mixed by 1:1 ratio, though I'm still looking for any opinions or additions from y'all.

With my times ever gone busier and busier, I do hope these ferts will do justice to my cacti as I'm still trying to give my best to what remains in my collection

I'll still consider still using my fert formula to water my cacti as I start using FertiPhos + Korn-Kali B or complement my fert mix proposal with a 43-0-0 slow-release fert. Also, I'm simplifying my soil mix by using only scoria, pumice, and zeolite. Kanuma starts to get less affordable somehow.

Wish me luck!