<span style='font-size:12pt;line-height:100%'>My tri-clone planter</span>
A few things i want to comment on:
* I don't recommend spraying your plants with water, as was recommended. An excellent ceph grower i know said he avoids getting the plants wet, or they rot
* Cephs can be very slow and always erratic growers. I bought one more than two years ago, and it remained less than quarter-sized (the entire plant) for a long while. It recently suddenly exploded in size. It's the one in the end of the planter (noticeably bigger than a quarter)
* Cephs seem to vary from plant to plant on what kind of leaves they produce. I hadn't seen a 'normal' leaf until i bought the german giant clone on the other end of the planter... my first plant never produced anything but pitchers. Since then, it has produced leaves. It seems to be somewhat seasonal, but not entirely.
* Cephs like a very open soil if you can keep them damp. The Hummer's Giant plant in the middle was even bigger when i got it, a truly magnificent plant
Another pic (click)
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It was planted in live sphagnum. Then, i found out the hard way that live sphagnum dries out very fast when such a large plant is growing in it...
When i moved my original plant into the planter with a looser soil is when it really took off.
* These grow under ordinary fluorescent grow lights
* The size of the planter lets me keep it damp without it drying out too much between waterings- don't keep it wet. This planter has a built-in drainage tray (I water from the top- carefully).
* It seems to be beneficial to occasionally carefully pull off all the completely dead and dried up leaves and traps (those that come off easily), to make room for new ones. BE CAREFUL
* Finally, humidity is generally a good thing, but be careful or you'll rot the plant. As long as there is some air movement, you probably can't go wrong, but if you see signs of rot, decrease it immediately.
* I almost never feed my plants. Maybe they'd grow faster if i did. I believe that the aforementioned grower uses a bit of fertilizer (i'll have to verify that), but i don't think i want to risk it.