My newest volunteer

[chibae]

 

[adnedarn]

Awwww some cute little U. subulata for you!

 

[Grey Moss]

It's always nice to see sub making actual flowers

 

[DragonsEye]

Nice! Brings to mind an unexpected bloom of my own .... U. chrysantha. Have had it for at least a couple years. First time it's ever bloomed. Wish I knew why now.

 

[hcarlton]

Lost my chrysantha last year (blasted earthworms...). Thing was blooming near-constantly and then they happened.

 

[DragonsEye]

Lost my chrysantha last year (blasted earthworms...). Thing was blooming near-constantly and then they happened.

Really? What did they do to it? Uproot it? And how did they get to it? Would have thought the media would be too boggy for them.

 

[hcarlton]

Asian red jumping worms are invasive and show up wherever contaminated soil might end up and they do not care about what the soil type is as long as it isn't bone dry; they had to have come in with one of the peat bags I have because they ended up in multiple completely separated pots with only that as a similarity, and they dump all their castings right on top of the soil and burn anything sensitive growing in it right out. Imadicloprid granules or nuking the moss are the only thing that's killed them so far, but they've screwed up dozens of pots in some form or another, have a handful of plants I haven't been able to repot in a while that are just hanging on after I killed the bastards.

 

[DragonsEye]

Hadn't heard of them before. Good to know.

 

[hcarlton]

They're in part responsible for destroying forest soil ecosystems in the northeast US, and spreading.

 

[berkeleysgr8]

Thanks for the info, Hawken! I had no idea that worms were something to look out for... and I'd never considered that invasive worms could enter my collection from contaminated potting supplies.