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Terrestrial Utricularia for Postage

  • #21
woohoo! 2 confirmed arrived safe and sound. Thanks for lettin me know, guys! Enjoy and good luck!

So what water level do you tend to keep your terrestrial utrics in now? I try to keep mine in about an inch of water but I keep the plants in smaller pots so the pot is usually 1/3 or 1/4 in water. Since I'm still pretty much a noob I treasure any advice/suggestion I can get :)

I don't know about giving you advice since I'm by no means an expert, but I can say a few things have worked for me and quite a few haven't.

I keep a seed tray of 2" square pots where I plant all of my terrestrial utrics in a mixture of live/dead sphagnum. I've found that if I mist these pots at least twice a day I can get the sphagnum to grow for me and it keeps the utrics quite happy. I don't keep them in any standing water at all. This is what I consider my grow-out tray. I get the utrics to multiply here then I use plugs in other experiments to see what works. Technically even this "grow-out" seed tray is an experiment but it seems to be working so far.

I try all kinds of things to get them to flower. When a utric flowers for me, then I can consider it a success. I've got a thread in the utric forum about the special utric pots I've made. These I put under lights between 6-12" and on windowsills (west, east, and south)...pretty much anywhere I think they might grow. I've read a lot about how some pickier utrics like or even require seasonal changes and daily temperature drops and all that good stuff a windowsill is perfect for. We'll see!
 
  • #22
Got mine in today and all potted up! Look good, thanks for the chance to grow these!
 
  • #23
i got no plant lol still waiting do you know what day you sent mine out?? cant wait im so excited
 
  • #24
great to hear vbkid, good luck with em!

@ieatflys - i sent your box out on wednesday...it should have arrived by now or tomorrow unless something went awry
 
  • #25
Sorry for the late reply. I got mine Thursday. Excellent packing job!
Many thanks, and I hope to return the favor.

Cheers,

Joe
 
  • #26
Got mine yesterday. Very inventive packing. The money order was sent out today. U. livida in in my D. adelae terrarium and U. graminifolia in in a plastic pot alongside my orchids by a window.
 
  • #27
sorry for late reply was at my lakehouse i got plant yesterday beautifully grown and i got some lfs live too lol thank you so much
 
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