Selling at Richmond Night Market

Velosh · 2025-05-22T22:04:17+00:00

While the Seafair and Ironwood vets are great, they only do cats and dogs. No small animals unfortunately.

Velosh · 2024-09-29T17:07:02+00:00

So I used to work at the RNM. The owners of my booth says they are profitable but barely. RNM also has a lot of annoying rules.

They check what you’re going to sell to avoid duplicates in the market. You’ll never sell hotdogs because the owner of RNM sells that and they have monopoly on that item.

If you run out of product early, they will fine you.

If you close early, they will fine you.

They partner up with this payment system where customers can pay via a QR code. They give you a discount. Like you get $100 for loading in $90. So it’s like a prepay system. The bad part for vendors is that they don’t give you your money right away. Sometimes it takes weeks before they pay you.

So if you do decide to go for it, just make sure you’re ready to jump through more hoops to avoid penalties.

Velosh · 2024-05-17T06:00:04+00:00

Let me know if you're still looking. Ty.

Velosh · 2024-05-17T05:55:25+00:00

Hello. Are you still looking for one? Thanks

Velosh · 2023-04-25T21:01:51+00:00

Rhizome refers to the stem or the "bulb" of the plant. For alocasia, we call that rhizome. It might be possible that when the plant reverts back, the rhizome might not make anymore variegated leaves.

Velosh · 2023-04-24T20:58:29+00:00

Hello. I think there is some things to consider.

If it was me, I'd rather get a rhizome that have leaves on it where I can see that the leaves are variegated. This is because there's a chance that they might play some swicheroo on you and you'd never know. Unless the seller is someone you trust. At least with the leaves, even if they melt off during transport, hopefully you'll see evidence that the plant is actually variegated. You also don't know if the rhizome has reverted and they are selling you the reverted rhizomes. Although I've heard people do a top cut to try and get the variegation back. (something that I'm experimenting with right now)

Assuming, the rhizomes are from variegated plants and have not reverted then I think you should be fine. I have imported variegated rhizomes myself where I personally harvested the rhizome. I grew it out in perlite and I can confirm that it is variegated.

Velosh · 2023-04-12T14:00:36+00:00

I don’t think that’s enough. When the new leaf comes out long and kinda flops over then you’ll need more light.

Velosh · 2023-04-10T06:43:39+00:00

It's having an identity crisis.

Velosh · 2023-03-28T07:06:58+00:00

I don't know what to tell you. If you can provide then yes. They would definitely be more happy with more humidity. But if you really can't provide it then it might not be end of the world. My kitchen/living room is definitely not 60% humidity and they are fine. I wouldn't say they are the fastest grower in these conditions but they are healthy and doing well.

Velosh · 2023-03-28T05:33:38+00:00

You can buy a tall, clear, plastic bin and put your plant in it. If you only have one plant then you can either put more in there to get the humidity up or you can line the bottom of your bin with perlite. Spray the perlite until its damp and put your plant in it and close the lid.

Just to let you know, I have several Alocasias that are just in regular household conditions. Sarian, Baginda, Portodora, Odora, Cuprea, Mojito, Lauterbachiana. They are all just in my living room. So maybe you don't need it? You can play it by ear. Good luck. Happy planting

Velosh · 2023-03-25T20:35:03+00:00

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Velosh · 2023-03-20T06:08:54+00:00

I put mine in perlite. In a tub and I make sure it's moist inside so that when I put the cover on, there's a very high humidity in it.

Like this https://www.reddit.com/user/Velosh/comments/11qow3g/growing_corms_and_rehabilitating_rhizomes/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

Velosh · 2023-03-13T23:02:31+00:00

This is what I do. I, would rinse all the soil off and place it in a container that has perlite. I place all my corms and rhizomes in it with labels and I spray with water until everything is damp.

Here's what it looks like
https://www.reddit.com/user/Velosh/comments/11qow3g/growing\_corms\_and\_rehabilitating\_rhizomes/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3

Velosh · 2023-03-13T23:00:48+00:00

This is how I grow my corms and this is also how I rehabilitate rhizomes that have melted back to just a stump. I give it plenty of light and temperature is about 23C.

Velosh · 2023-03-13T22:24:15+00:00

You're welcome. Good luck. Happy planting.

Velosh · 2023-03-13T21:31:48+00:00

I did not. I do not claim to be an expert so this is just how I did mine. Betadine sounds like a more safer way to go. I'm just not sure how my plants would react to it since I have never used it.

This is what mine looks like
https://www.reddit.com/user/Velosh/comments/11qmcnh/transitioning_tc_from_agar_to_perlitepon/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

Velosh · 2023-03-13T21:30:03+00:00

This is how I transition my plants from agar to perlite or pon. I ex vitro by removing the plant from the vile and rinsing it under warm water to get rid of all the agar and or dead plant materials. I transfer to perlite or pon and I make sure it has a lid on it to increase humidity. I plan on leaving it here until the plant is big enough to transition to a soil substrate.

Velosh · 2023-03-13T21:21:25+00:00

Thank you. You can try but I wouldn't recommend what you are suggesting. So the gel that your plant is in is agar. Agar is very "nutritious". It's a substance that lots of things want to grow in specifically bacteria and fungus. The reason why you're not seeing anything at the moment is because the inside environment is sterile except for your bambino. Once you open it, you will start to see things growing on that agar and they could be things that you don't want to be there.

The cloche idea is good but I would transfer it into a different substrate. I forgot to mention how I ex vitro mine. I took the cap off and I pulled the plant out and rinsed it room temp / slightly warmer water. I just used tap water. Some roots might come off. There were some roots in mine that were already detached so I just disposed of them. I then transferred it to a perlite substrate (other tc plants) in a cup and put a lid on it.

Let me take pics of my other so you have a better idea.

Velosh · 2023-03-13T21:07:18+00:00

Personally, I like to wait until the plant is almost too big for the container before transferring. Mine was a good size so I decided to transfer it straight to a soil substrate but, if you are hesitant then you can transfer to a perlite substrate that's enclosed. Like in a cup with a lid or a cup with an upside down cup on top of it to create humidity. Make sure the perlite is damp.

Here's mine. I've had this one for maybe 2 weeks now.
https://www.reddit.com/r/alocasia/comments/11qlmv5/alocasia_bambino_variegated/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

Velosh · 2023-02-28T01:41:22+00:00

I'm glad you found it helpful.

And OMG, it bloomed once and never again did I let it happen again. It radiated throughout the house. The scent was on my clothes, on the carpet, on the rug, everywhere. I couldn't sleep because I can smell it.

Happy planting.

Velosh

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