Do not worry I cannot stand that "WhAtZzZ uP". What happen to the simple "Hello and how are doing today?”.
I thought it would be neat to see how all of you got into the hobby of collecting or learning how to take care of Carnivorous Plants. To get this party started (YES!!)...I will do a background of how I started this wonderful hobby. If you think it is boring feel free to stop reading...I am sure you will not hurt my feelings but I may cry later on.;-]~
For me it started when I was around 12 now thirteen years later I'm still interested. When I was young I use to collect cactuses as a hobby with my one Gardner Snake in Calif. There is this one-day that changed my evil ways (that is a joke I am nice) I spotted this one Venus flytrap I believe at Riley’s. It was the best thing I ever saw. To see a plant that can eat bugs was amazing. I purchased the VFT and took it home. Well, the sad fact is it died in a week. During that time we started to move to MI in the U.P. Due to the temperature change and air my cactuses died in a month (about 30 of them). It took me a while to recover from that tragic loss.
About a year living in the UP I found one VFT, which I purchased. I tried to take care of it but that one died in a week. Although that time I blamed it on my sister as she kept on shutting the traps. After that it took me roughly ten years to find another VFT (by that time I moved down state). About a year ago I finally purchased a flytrap. I purchased the VFT at PFT.com in June of 2001. Well, since then I have gone on to purchase a few more plants. Now my big bulging eyes can't stop looking at them. That is basically how I got started on CP's.
If you would like add your little or BIG story on how you got started feel free if not you at least know how I got started collecting CP's.
Due to a tight budget the light at the end the tunnel has been turned off,
Trav
I thought it would be neat to see how all of you got into the hobby of collecting or learning how to take care of Carnivorous Plants. To get this party started (YES!!)...I will do a background of how I started this wonderful hobby. If you think it is boring feel free to stop reading...I am sure you will not hurt my feelings but I may cry later on.;-]~
For me it started when I was around 12 now thirteen years later I'm still interested. When I was young I use to collect cactuses as a hobby with my one Gardner Snake in Calif. There is this one-day that changed my evil ways (that is a joke I am nice) I spotted this one Venus flytrap I believe at Riley’s. It was the best thing I ever saw. To see a plant that can eat bugs was amazing. I purchased the VFT and took it home. Well, the sad fact is it died in a week. During that time we started to move to MI in the U.P. Due to the temperature change and air my cactuses died in a month (about 30 of them). It took me a while to recover from that tragic loss.
About a year living in the UP I found one VFT, which I purchased. I tried to take care of it but that one died in a week. Although that time I blamed it on my sister as she kept on shutting the traps. After that it took me roughly ten years to find another VFT (by that time I moved down state). About a year ago I finally purchased a flytrap. I purchased the VFT at PFT.com in June of 2001. Well, since then I have gone on to purchase a few more plants. Now my big bulging eyes can't stop looking at them. That is basically how I got started on CP's.
If you would like add your little or BIG story on how you got started feel free if not you at least know how I got started collecting CP's.
Due to a tight budget the light at the end the tunnel has been turned off,
Trav