hello all, i'm chantry and i have a question about driftwood. i made my poor hubby traipse home with a lovely piece that we found down the road on a little shingle beach, what i would like to know is, can i grow things on it to pretty it up , if so, what ??
i think all the salt should be gone by now, its been sitting around for a few months, i guess i wouldn't want to do too much to it before then .
any help gratefully received !

"chantry" wrote in message
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hello all, i'm chantry and i have a question about driftwood. i made my
poor hubby traipse home with a lovely piece that we found down the road
on a little shingle beach, what i would like to know is, can i grow
things on it to pretty it up , if so, what ??
i think all the salt should be gone by now, its been sitting around for
a few months, i guess i wouldn't want to do too much to it before then

Air Plants?

Bonsai if there is space for a little soil or growing medium?

Can it lay in a dish/planter and have plants round it?

Mike


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[quote='Mike';746888]"chantry" wrote in message
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hello all, i'm chantry and i have a question about driftwood. i made my
poor hubby traipse home with a lovely piece that we found down the road
on a little shingle beach, what i would like to know is, can i grow
things on it to pretty it up , if so, what ??
i think all the salt should be gone by now, its been sitting around for
a few months, i guess i wouldn't want to do too much to it before then

Air Plants?

Bonsai if there is space for a little soil or growing medium?

Can it lay in a dish/planter and have plants round it?

Mike


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i was thinking air plants, theres no room for any soil and i think it would be too big for a planter

"chantry" wrote

hello all, i'm chantry and i have a question about driftwood. i made my
poor hubby traipse home with a lovely piece that we found down the road
on a little shingle beach, what i would like to know is, can i grow
things on it to pretty it up , if so, what ??
i think all the salt should be gone by now, its been sitting around for
a few months, i guess i wouldn't want to do too much to it before then
.
any help gratefully received !

Tillandsia would do well glued onto the wood and the driftwood placed in a
very light place in a room that has some humidity ie, a bathroom or kitchen.
If you can get the humidity up further then a large proportion of tropical
orchids naturally grow as epiphites so would love it especially with the
roots covered in moss (tied round), if you have never had an orchid before
may I suggest the easiest to grow is Prosthechea (prev.Encyclia) cochleata.
We have had ours for years and it gets no special tyreatment, the roots are
now more overhanging the pots than in them and yet it flowers beautifully
every year for most of the summer. Gets tap water too straight from the hose
most of the time.

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