PlantSwap

116 readers

2 users here now

Welcome to c/PlantSwap @ Mander.xyz!

Here, plant enthusiasts worldwide can swap plants and accessories.

Notice Board

This is a work in progress, please don't mind the mess.

Guidance

Items to Permitted Swap: Plants, crafts, seeds, and garden and plant accessories of all kinds.
Sales Posts: Limited sales posts allowed; no shop spam.
Gratitude: Use the review thread for thanks, no separate posts.

How to Post

Specify your country in your post title in brackets: ex. [Canada].
[Have]: What you're offering.
[Want]: What you're seeking.
Details: Include clear descriptions and images.
Plant Health: Check for pests before swapping.
Legality: No illegal plants.

Propagation Advice

Shipping Advice

Pay attention to the weather. Make sure to prepare for cold or heat waves. Ice packs and hand warmer packets can be used when packaged appropriately.
Old Tupperware is very versatile and useful for shipping with wet paper towels.

General Community Rules

Don't throw mud. Be kind and remember the human.
Keep it rooted (on topic).

Sister Communities

3D Printing

!printforgood@mander.xyz

Science and Research

!scicomm@mander.xyz

Biology and Life Sciences

Plants and Gardening

Physical Sciences

Humanities and Social Sciences

Memes

founded 11 months ago

MODERATORS

fossilesque@mander.xyz

recursive_recursion@programming.dev

SciBot@mander.xyz

otter@lemmy.ca

Sneak Peak (programming.dev)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by recursive_recursion@programming.dev to c/plantswap@mander.xyz

3 comments fedilink hide all child comments

As the first post here's a sneak peak to one of the plants that I could potentially swap:

Common name: Pitcher Plant
Genus: Sarracenia
Species: Sarracenia purpurea (my best guess)

The biggest ones are currently about the size of a 50ml travel-size hand lotion

honestly I'm surprised they even got this big cause of the climate I'm in :D
posting from Canada🇨🇦 btw!

top 3 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] recursive_recursion@programming.dev 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

A couple of things to note is that these require:

Sphagnum moss:

(which can be controversial to get as some commercial extractions can destroy bogs, swamps, and wet grasslands).
low pH (aka acidic like pop/juice)

Distilled water:

carnivorous plants tend to live in nutrient defficient environments so they mainly get their food via anything that falls prey to them and/or lots of sunlight/whatever light you can give it

[–] OBXDadLife@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I recently got a Venus flytrap and appreciate these tips.

[–] recursive_recursion@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago

no worries!🤗