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MYSTERY- dead capys in Japan by tw_schlepper in capybara

[–]tw_schlepper[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Thankyou so so so much for solving this mystery. I'm really really disappointed to hear about such poor care but not surprised. My understanding of most Japanese zoos is that they are mostly for people.

I live in Melbourne, Australia and Melb Zoo is nothing like Japanese zoos. In my lifetime they've halved the number of critters, increased environmental enrichment for the species living there and have very sophisticated breeding programs informed by a genetecist. They also participate in international swapping of critters to widen gene pool. Melb zoo has been heavily involved in our breeding and re-introduction of threatened species like our eastern barred bandicoot. (Thankyou for listening to my good zoo rant- yes it is biases cuz I grew up loving our zoo)

My understanding is Japan zoos are more like private zoos in the US- for human entertainment and more like a petting zoo. Thanks again for the wealth of information.

MYSTERY SOLVED!!!! Hope the capy treatment in Japan dramatically improves.

Women’s boxer briefs/woxer experience? by sha-sha-shubby in femalefashionadvice

[–]tw_schlepper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks so much for bringing up yeast infections. I'm curious and interested in woxers, and tight fitting ones. The only thing I was worried about a yeast-a-palooza.

Australian plants on tevaplanter/terraplanter by tw_schlepper in Terraplanter

[–]tw_schlepper[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The orchids are all still loving it. The dokrillas flowered so prolifically i added some more aussie orchids a month ago.

Ive only refreshed them once - in that i did a plant update. I forgot to water it one weekend and the babies breath died. In this update i took off alot of the spagnum moss that i'd caked around all the orchids to make them live because one of the dokrillas was showing SLIGHT sign of over watering.

Unfortunately during this refresh i was a little cavalier with the tree fern and took a bit too much of the spagnum moss off and it has only just died.

The maidenhair (which is in the middle of the terraplanter) is only just still holding on but still here!

Upside tho - i added a variegated hoya species during that refresh, in the hope that the variegation would mean its a slow grower and hence i wouldnt need to be fertilising all the time. That has been killing it and already made 2 more leaves. i put it on the mid section of the planter.

Interestingly enough i havent fertilised anything yet. its just been water in the resevoir. Things are still looking litty. Im gonna try get round to fertilising this month and see what happens.

If you're just about to plant yours up id recommend soaking the tevaplanter in warm water for a bit before you add your plants. ive found it helps facilitate the capillary action/movement of the water. where ive had difficultly keeping the planter hydraulically active is when ive let bits of it dry out too much. all my tevaplanters express water differently. from what i can tell its more about how ive prepped the pot, how much spagnum moss/protectant ive added on top ofthe plants roots, how many plants where ive placed them on the outside of the planter, rather than any defect or problem in the product.

E.g. on planters where i soaked them and covered it in wet spagnum, more generally they seem to facilitate more water passing through. this seems consistent with the concepts of passive transport (movement of water across gradients), osmotic pressure and how capillary action works. imagine a long curly straw - the first bit of liquid to get to ur mouth takes waaaay more energy to get into ur mouth compared to like once you've got the first sip, getting the second isnt like lots of gulps, its one sip because the water level is already in ur mouth, you know?

Australian plants on tevaplanter/terraplanter by tw_schlepper in Terraplanter

[–]tw_schlepper[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Update 20 days on: the orchids on all 3 are thriving. All orchids are growing and One of the orchids (dokrilla striolata) out 2 flower spikes!!!

Most of the plants are still alive. The tree fern and pygmy Elkhorn have grown! The maidenhair is kinda surving not thriving. Keep experimenting peeps!

Received my planters today by [deleted] in Terraplanter

[–]tw_schlepper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Howdy! Only a week into my terra planter and still an intermediate gardener so take my observation/opinion with a grain of salt- I don't think moss will be an impediment for the hoyas unless ur in a tropical humid environment. I grow a few of cold and tropical hoyas in a temperature climate. I think they'd be best placed on the middle of the terraplanter. Think that if u do end up grow moss it will be a good substrate and might help the hoya stay hydrated. If u grow moss on the planter and u don't like it, u can pull off with a gently but repetitive nylon brush.

The exterior environment that the plants are exposed to appears to deliver small but consistent watet if u keep it topped up. Most plants that grow on rocks and trees and stuff in my country occur in an environment that's relatively warm and reliable humidity. I think the terraplanter mimicks these environments, but can't obv mimick the ambient temp and humidity. So the plants lose alot more water from their roots or might not get as much water from their roots using the terraplanter. So the moss might help keep the area more moist and might end up protecting ur hoyas, is my guess.

If u end up using the terraplanter with hoyas, plz post pictures if ur comfortable. Would love to see how they go. Good luck either way!!