Q:How do I take care of an indoor palm tree?

Hi: Sand is a great soil for a palm tree as well as a light weight soil mixture with Humas and Vermiculite. These ingredients work real well with a Palm. Don't over water and it loves the sun. You can give the palm plant food every other month. Take a moist paper towel and with a little soap and wash the leaves off once or twice a month. The leaves will stay nice and shiney. Hope this helped some and good luck with your indoor palm. Take a look at my website as I have some articles on indoor ideas as well as many topic on landscape solutions. Kimberly www.landscape-solutions-for-you.c.

Q:Can you please give me an example of how hydroponics is done, e.g. potatoesi know what it is but whats the method for potatoes? or any other?

A system described in link.

Q:Is vermiculite helpful to flowers?

Because it has good wettability and permeability. And the texture is light. The plant can be germinated better. But vermiculite is not easy to use for a long time. The use of 1-2 years to replace. Because be broken off. Vermiculite breathable advantages will become good ventilation defects.

Q:i was going to mix coconut coir into my potting soil (which is mushroom compost, topsoil, fine bark and pumice). should i add one of the above to help aerate the soil?

I personally would never use vermiculite. This stuff can stick to the gecko. If she goes in to shed, she has a higher chance of swallowing vermiculite if it sticks to her skin. Sphagnum moss is great, and so is EcoEarth or Bed-a-Beast. I use EcoEarth for all of my lay boxes (cresties and leos). It stays moist for a longer time than sphagnum moss (according to my experience anyways). It's easier to gently dig through to find eggs. And it doesn't get tracked out of the lay box like the moss sometimes. Sometimes the moss gets tangled up on their feet/legs and gets dragged out.

Q:My friend gave me a couple plants she didn‘t need anymore but she‘s growing them in soil and I prefer soilless mix. I am about to transplant them into bigger pots but I don‘t want to buy the same soil she was using or even any soil. I already have soilless mix, is there a way I can transfer it into the soilless. Obviously there would still be soil wrapped around the roots and the two soils would mix. Is it ok. What should I do?

No problem, just transplant as usual. Most potting soils break down to where they are virtually soilless anywayexception would be if the original is very organic and your soilless not very organic.I'm assuming you have a good peat % in your soilless mix. If not, then there might be an interface problem where the highly organic meets mineral only. In that case you'd need to scratch around the root ball, exposing some of the roots before plopping into your mix.

Q:does anyone know where i can get some Vermiculite?

i have only ever seen perlite used to grow olive tree cuttings but it helps with regulating the temperatures and aerating. can give humans an itchy ticlke in the throat and burns the eyes (if it happens to get in them, which is quite easy to happen). couldnt see it being for the skin or scales on reptiles, where did you get this idea from? is it common practice?

Q:Can ordinary small stones instead of vermiculite be used as Camellia cuttings?

Of course not. Vermiculite is used in horticulture as its main function is to increase the aeration and water retention of soil (medium). Because of its fragile, with the use of time to extend, easy to medium dense and lost ventilation and water retention, so coarse vermiculite better than the use of long time, and the effect is good.

Q:Perlite or vermiculite? Or is there something else to use?

Add vermiculite to the top of the pots. It is normal for the pots to slowly degrade so mould is to be expected. The vermiculite will prevent the stems of the lettuce damping off as it absorbs excess water.

Q:I have a Kohleria plant and a C. Lindenia (two tropical plants not normally found in nurseries; both are related to each other; found them at a plant show) I found metal pieces/flakes in the soil that I do not think were there when I first got them. I watered them yesterday and they both smell like iron/metal. The water that ran through them is yellowish in color. Is my plant making its own metal?

vermiculite is indeed a very good insulation,years ago it was used for texture,to spray on ceilings as insulation as alternative for asbestos if you can find a way to CONTAIN it should work yery well

Q:what have you all used for egg hatching? I am using perilite at the moment any pro's or con's to each. respond if you have personal experience with either.

do you mean a substrate for flooring or for shedding? for shedding i use spagnum moss its perfect! and easy to maintain, if you mean as a flooring i have a simple wood looking lino or vinyl floor tile as they are called, these are cheap, easy to maintain as they wipe clean and my geckos love them as they let the heat through and keep the heat from the bulb perfectly, you can find these at your local diy store or pound store. just wipe clean everymonth and they are perfect for little messes the critters create! i hope this helped good luck with whatever you choose!