A few days ago, a friend asked me how often and how much should she water her plants when planting in crystal soil. I would say we should add water to the crystal beads whenever the beads shrink to around half of its size or to a size that cannot stably hold up the plants anymore.
I water my Buddhist pine whenever I see that too much of its roots is not covered by the crystal soil beads.
I just add more water and let the crystal soil beads absorb as much as they want. Then after some time (depends on the size of container), I will drain out the excess water to avoid overwatering, which can lead to root rot problems and unpleasant odor.
After watered
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Hello Sandy
I have really enjoyed reading your site!
I was looking for some advice on Coleus and have found a treasure trove of tips. I have a very small balcony and the room that gets the most sun in my house is the bathroom, so I am filling it up with greenery!
Your creative ideas have made me want to make some indoor gardens – I can see I am going to have my eyes skinned for moss everywhere I go this week…and I am eagerly awaiting the arrival of some crystal soil to try the hydroponics, because I constantly seem to need to buy potting mix for my balcony plants. Where does it all go?
Coincidentally I have had a dragon fruit sitting in my fridge for too long, probably not the best to eat, so I will not waste it, I will plant it!
There is nothing more encouraging and rewarding than knowing that someone enjoys the information I share in Cloud 9 so much. With its high humidity level, bathroom is a very suitable place to have a pot of moss, or crystal soil with some foliage plants. You can buy the colorful crystal soil in eBay I think 😉
Happy Gardening!
Thank you Sandy
I have now received my crystal soil and I am looking forward to experimenting with the plants you recommend. So far I have put some clear ones in a glass and it looks really pretty even before I have put a plant in it! I hope I will succeed with it because it is so much easier to find a suitable container, and much cleaner.
I haven’t found any moss yet – too busy this week – but I am looking forward to having a new incentive to walk through the park & get some good excercise at the same time.
Keep up the good work with your site, it is very interesting and so are the links.
hi sandy! thanks for the wonderful review! it was really useful to me
Hi Jeanne,
It’s great that you have found this helpful! Cheers!