People often ask me for advice on gettting started making handmade soaps. Collecting some common questions and answers here. Where to get ingredients? The short answer is online. Any of the Amazon, Flipkart, Ebay type places will usually have everything you need to get started making soaps. This should be adequate if you are just […]
Successfully acclimatizing pinguicula that arrive via shipping
The plants you buy will be shipped to you bare root. When you receive them, take them out of the packing and gently GENTLY place them on growing media. Create a hollow in the surface of the media and gently place the plant in it and cover any roots that are easily covered, with media. […]
Nepenthes mirabilis var globosa (Nepenthes viking) x Nepenthes hamata photos
Took some nice photos of the latest pitcher on my nepenthes mirabilis var globosa x hamata and thought to share them here. This plant is still juvenile and has just started producing slightly bigger pitchers. The adult pitchers should be really stunning if these are anything to go by. The ribbed peristomes come from the […]
Where to find sphagnum moss and other carnivorous plant growing supplies in India?
Almost half the people who buy plants from me or discuss carnivorous plants end up asking where to buy sphagnum moss or other supplies necessary for growing carnivorous plants in India. Since I repeat this information often, I thought I’d put up a list of where I buy things from. Please note, any links to […]
Buying and growing carnivorous plants in India
There are very few sellers of carnivorous plants in India, which is why I am attempting to grow my inventory and sell as many species as I can. I operate from my home and grow the plants in my balcony, so stocks are unlikely to be in vast quantities to rival regular nurseries. However, given […]
Growlist drosera
Here are the species from the drosera genus that I am currently growing: I’ll be adding photos here as well as creating more individual descriptive pages as I get time. drosera species drosera magnifica drosera indica drosera alicae aka drosera curviscapa drosera binata dichotoma giant drosera binata multifida drosera burmanii drosera peltata drosera andromeda drosera […]
Growlist: Nepenthes genus species and hybrids
Most of the nepenthes plants I have are small, under 3 years old. Nepenthes can grow really, really slowly till they hit a certain critical size. Here is an almost comprehensive list of all the nepenthes I am growing. Apart from these, I have several other seeds sown, but not yet germinated and some unidentified […]
Acclimatizing tissue culture droseras
I just got some tissue cultures of drosera in the mail and planted them out. Given how little information there is on the internet on safely acclimatizing droseras and given how many plants I have killed till I stopped killing them, thought it may help people if I wrote the steps I took. Sadly, being […]
No longer selling soaps or carnivorous plants because of GST
Update: The government has now allowed online sellers the same exemption from having to register for GST as regular sellers. So I am once more selling soaps and carnivorous plants. This blog is basically about the stuff I am up to at home. When I make artistic soaps because I enjoy making them, I […]
Growing vertically in the balconies
Here are some of my best tips for growing max vegetables in small balcony space and such. Go vertical If horizontal space is limited, don’t just think of how much you can put on the floor. Look up the walls, up grills. Think vertical. There are many possibilities. This photo below shows three different vertical […]