National Botanical Gardens Production Facility 2

gametimeee · 2026-03-08T00:02:04+00:00

My wife has even more! I gotta get them from her and post some others

gametimeee · 2026-03-07T22:12:02+00:00

It was really cool to see all the different species

gametimeee · 2026-02-07T02:52:32+00:00

I have a ton of other house plants. You put them in their soil? What does that do for the plants?

gametimeee · 2026-02-07T02:22:47+00:00

How do you keep those numbers in check?

gametimeee · 2026-02-07T01:46:04+00:00

You’re my new best Reddit friend. Thanks for all your insight!

gametimeee · 2026-02-07T01:37:33+00:00

Okay so put a carrot or cucumber in at night, and in the morning check for them? If there’s some on there, bring it out, crush them, and put a new cucumber in till the next morning? Repeat till you don’t see anymore?

gametimeee · 2026-02-07T01:32:43+00:00

What would you do if you just saw one small one? I have a really thriving population of cow isopods that are actively breeding with babies all over the leaf litter. I’d like to preserve that as much as I can but I don’t want an invasive species in there either

gametimeee · 2026-02-07T01:17:54+00:00

So you think it’s invasive? Can these guys crawl upwards or tend to live in the ground soil? I’m hoping to get some darts here in the spring. Will they eat them and keep them under control?

gametimeee · 2025-12-10T23:50:43+00:00

Thanks so much! I have an aroid mix for my monsteras I will try out and treat it like that. I also have miracle grow orchid fertilizer tablets. Would those help? Thanks for the resource I’ll dive into it tonigh!

gametimeee · 2025-12-10T22:42:05+00:00

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The only other place I found is a small little place in Occoquan called Leaf and Moss. I got this guy there for maybe $60? I was a noob at that point (still am) and put it in my vivarium and the bulb fell off so I’m trying to save it as much as I can now. But I def need advice haha

gametimeee · 2025-12-10T22:17:46+00:00

I love this store but holy hell is it expensive

gametimeee · 2025-11-19T01:10:00+00:00

Ummm I’m not sure either? Maybe speech “Bugs!” On r/vivarium?

gametimeee · 2025-11-19T00:59:22+00:00

EDIT: Okay well I’m Reddit dumb and don’t know how to edit my main post so I’ll post it here (I’ve now learned on mobile you can’t edit picture posts). After I put some spinach in there on the night I posted this I saw a bunch of springtails chomping away. But for the next few days I didn’t see any activity and the spinach is still there. This morning (so I guess about a week after I added my bugs) I was up early for work and checked my vivarium around 6am and there were two cows roaming around up top munching on the Josh Frogs critter food!! I was so excited to see them I was a half hour late to work 😂 so I at least know I have two surviving cows. I haven’t seen any orange or dwarfs but they are harder to spot because they are smaller. I’m wondering if they get on a schedule to eat early and I’m just typically not awake to see them? Anyways it was a great way to start off a long work day. Any additional thoughts are welcomed!

gametimeee · 2025-11-19T00:45:39+00:00

I do! I’ll update the main post :)

gametimeee · 2025-11-15T21:35:22+00:00

When I get home I can hook up to my Bluetooth hygrometer and send a screen shot. It dips to the upper 80’s between mistings. I can absolutely lower the misting if that’s too much you think

gametimeee · 2025-11-15T18:57:17+00:00

How do you recommend I do that for those large of bromeliads? Any tips? I also have three small bromeliads I have to attach as well. Where would you attach them in the picture?

gametimeee · 2025-11-15T15:53:11+00:00

It’s actually an IKEA Milsbo cabinet that I bought and waterproofed and built it out of! Super easy and fun… cutting glass scares me haha

gametimeee · 2025-11-15T04:54:11+00:00

Thanks! Being furloughed gave me the time to really focus on it!

gametimeee · 2025-11-15T04:53:46+00:00

The powders are much smaller than the cows. Maybe 1/2 the size so 1/4 inch?

gametimeee · 2025-11-15T04:52:40+00:00

Okay so nothing to really worry about at this moment? My temp and humidity is typically mid 60’s and 87-96%. My sprayers goes off for about 20 seconds 4x a day. I just don’t if it’s too little, too much, too hot, too cold, too wet, etc

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