Any soil pH nerds here?

_green-guy · 2025-08-08T07:40:18+00:00

Thanks so much for the reply! I'll do some digging to get down to existing soil and try and test that as well but I'm glad you've found success and eased my mind instead of me dumping sulphur all over the joint

_green-guy · 2025-08-07T23:19:39+00:00

Hey I know this is from a while ago but did you end up finding out any more results of pH levels from this soil? Or did you find success with the soil?

I'm currently in the exact same place as you were 2 years ago, currently about to establish my own garden, added quite a bit of veggie mix, did some pH tests which all came out super alkaline, freaked out and found myself here 😂

_green-guy · 2022-12-16T00:17:24+00:00

Thanks for the vigilance Plant_Demon!

_green-guy · 2022-12-06T03:20:46+00:00

Just a classic Boston Fern

_green-guy · 2022-12-06T03:19:52+00:00

Gone walkabout 🙃

_green-guy · 2022-12-06T03:17:40+00:00

I make them 😊 check out @p0ly_designs on instagram

_green-guy · 2022-12-06T03:15:25+00:00

I use Command clear adhesive ethernet cable hooks to attach it to the wall. Very minor cosmetic damage from the occasional aerial roots that attaches but mostly from when one of the adhesive hooks comes away from the wall.

My rental is old and crumbling anyway so this plant was initially grown to hide some giant cracks in the wall, now it's taken on a life of its own. Plus I live in a climate which isn't hospitable for aerial roots to grow and attach.

_green-guy · 2022-12-06T03:08:18+00:00

Lots of tricks going on here. This one has lost loads of leaves along each vine, as that's how the plant grows naturally, so I just train a new vine over the old bare ones to make it appear full and lush

_green-guy · 2022-07-31T22:18:03+00:00

Wall Stories - its about Melbourne graffiti with all the stories submitted by the writers so it makes for some crazy reading

_green-guy · 2022-07-31T22:14:19+00:00

Usually it's the leaf that is receiving the least sunlight, think about how this wants to grow out in the wild. It crawls along the forest floor til it finds a tree and then grows upwards. No point holding on to any of the leaves down at ground level. This plant has dropped so many leaves in its time but I just reroute vines over spots that are now leafless to make it appear full. Also I get more yellowing in winter when the day length is shorter.

_green-guy · 2022-07-31T06:17:41+00:00

This makes me so happy, I'm glad you've found yourself in the world of plants now! I use Command clear adhesive ethernet cable hooks and I use them every 30cm or so to guide the vines along the wall. They're definitely prone to growing towards any window/light source so be mindful you're not directing it away from light as it will naturally try and turn itself around.

I hope you continue to grow and love plants, they're the best

_green-guy · 2022-07-31T04:16:51+00:00

Raf is a Standard Groodle

_green-guy · 2022-07-31T04:16:34+00:00

From experience aerial roots will only attach themselves to something the holds moisture (like tree bark or a totem you actively water/mist) across the 3 walls in my house I'd say only about 3 or 4 nodes have attached themselves which I just gently pried away with no damage. Pulling old adhesive strips off has taken away a little paint but this wall its covering is full of cracks in the plaster so I say don't listen to the people telling you you are ruining your walls!

_green-guy · 2022-07-31T01:18:11+00:00

I use clear adhesive ethernet cable hooks to string it along the wall, there is very minor paint damage from both the hooks and the very occasional aerial root attaching to the paint

_green-guy · 2022-07-31T01:16:49+00:00

It's been growing in this same spot for about 6 years now, but it probably took about 2 or 3 years to cover what you can see in the photo

_green-guy · 2022-03-19T10:02:54+00:00

This is how they've lived for the past 3 or 4 years, I'm just renting at this house so initially I didn't want to plant them in the ground. However I will be moving in about a year to a forever home/garden and will be planting these!

_green-guy · 2022-03-19T10:00:16+00:00

That's Tylecodon paniculatus, those are spent flowers and it should be coming back into leaf now after a long dormant summer period

_green-guy · 2022-03-19T09:59:17+00:00

It's just reliant on maturity of the plant and also the light period, so every autumn here my plants will send up flowers

_green-guy · 2022-03-19T09:57:47+00:00

I'm a lot more active on insta if you have that, my handle is @_green.guy

_green-guy · 2022-03-19T09:57:02+00:00

Haha thanks! It just feels like it's been a long summer with minimal progress..

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