I recently bought a beautiful faceted vessel, and also received an idea from a customer on how to use the vessel as more than just a makeup brush holder or a pencil holder. A plant pot! Mostly for cacti/succulents - because they are low maintenance and don't need to be watered, hence you can use any old vases and pots.
All you need to do:
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| Step 1. Acquire a cute little vase. The quirkier, the cuter. |
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| Step 2. Acquire a cute little cactus/succulent. This one is a cactus. |
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| Step 3. Acquire some pebbles/small stones for drainage. (So the water has somewhere to go to prevent drowning the plant.) |
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| Step 4. Place a good amount of pebbles to fill the bottom. roughly 1/4 to 1/3 of the vase. |
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| Step 5. Remove ridiculously cute cactus/succulent from original pot. |
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| Step 6. Fill the vase with the plant, add any extra soil if you need. Adding water helps get the plant into the vase - to press the soil down and stabilise the cactus. |
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| Step 7. Add any extra pretty pebbles on top to hide the soil and enjoy your prettied up cactus/succulent! |
If you get cacti or succulent that bloom flowers, that's an added bonus. I'm not sure if this one will, it was a random cactus my mum got as a gift, from a place called "Dans Plants'.
The instructions tell me how to take care of the plant: give them light, water well and allow the soil to dry out between waterings. It also says "dryer in winter" - which I don't know what that means, whether its its drier (spelling error?) in winter, or if I need to use a dryer in winter. I'm gonna go with the 'the plant is drier in winter' theory and hope for the best!
My ultimate plant wish is an actual DIY succulent farm, in a huge shallow dish with lots of pebbles and a collection of my favourite succulents. Also, I have just learned that all cacti are succulents, but not all succulents are cacti. (Like the saying all German Shepherds are dogs, but not all dogs are German Shepherds). Interesting...
