Living paintings of succulent plants
A living picture on the wall made of succulent plants is always a great addition to the interior of a house, apartment, office, terrace, balcony or yard, as well as fresh flowers.
In this article, we will look at how to make a living picture of succulent plants with your own hands.
You can create a picture of live succulent plants yourself from improvised materials or by purchasing a special box, which is a box of small thickness with soil cells.
To create such a living picture of succulent plants from scrap materials, we need:
- Frame from a picture, if there is no such frame, then it can be easily made;
- wooden box, or plywood and wooden slat;
- hammer, nails;
- wire mesh;
- paint or varnish (optional);
- sphagnum moss;
- Soil;
- Low-growing plants with a small root system are succulents.
Method of making a living picture from succulent plants
- If you have a picture available, you need to get it out of the frame.
- The next step is to create a tray for the plants themselves. First you need to measure the frame around the perimeter. Then cut pieces of plywood and pieces of wooden slats of the same size. The wooden slats will be the walls of the drawer.
- We put a net on the frame and fix it with wooden slats.
- At the bottom of our picture, it is imperative to make drainage holes. We lay sphagnum moss on the grid (so that the soil does not spill out), cover the soil, cover it with plywood with holes to drain excess water
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Our painting is ready for planting succulent plants.
- Free the roots from the soil before planting. Now plant all the succulents in the order you like. As a result, you should get a flower arrangement.
The picture is ready, but it cannot be hung on the wall yet. Leave it for 3-4 weeks. During this time, the root system of succulents will strengthen, grow into the soil and after that you can safely hang it on the wall in an inclined position (the lower part of the picture should move 4 cm away from the wall).
How to care for a living picture of succulent plants
Caring for a living picture of succulent plants is not difficult. For irrigation, the picture is removed and installed in a horizontal position. After watering, you need to wait a while for the water to be absorbed. Only then can a picture of live plants be hung on the wall.
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