for my nepenthes....
I think by the end of this week I am going to start putting my chamber into transition mode for spring. During winter time I grow under florescents but once it warms up I use sunlight. My lowlanders hate winter time.......grow slow as hell, crappy pitchers too. between the inferior lighting and drier conditions due to the forced air heating.
I have 4 t8's on em but at the end of this week ima bump it up to 6 4ft t8's in preparation for sunlight transition in a couple months so by the time they get done getting used to the t8's ima give em some real juice.
to the untrained eye these neps may look 'happy' but these jungle plants are definitely NOT 'happy'. lol. But they do look healthy.
here is an outside shot of my growing chamber........heavy on the insulation. lol. Necessary expense which definitely payed dividends and saved my plants earlier this winter after a heat failure!
for my sarracenia.....
i am starting to see a flower or 2 so might have to migrate em out of the gh for a couple weeks.....too soon to break dormancy i say but i do wanna force break in march to get a head start on the growing season this year.......Oh the MANY advantages of a gh. Love it!
here are the sarracenia enjoying the best dormancy of their lives strangely enough with no assisted heating or light i have a tomato vine and bell pepper r/c that has stayed alive all winter despite the lack of light and heat....will give me a nice jumpstart on this year.
more sarracenia and even some sleeping dews
I think by the end of this week I am going to start putting my chamber into transition mode for spring. During winter time I grow under florescents but once it warms up I use sunlight. My lowlanders hate winter time.......grow slow as hell, crappy pitchers too. between the inferior lighting and drier conditions due to the forced air heating.
I have 4 t8's on em but at the end of this week ima bump it up to 6 4ft t8's in preparation for sunlight transition in a couple months so by the time they get done getting used to the t8's ima give em some real juice.
to the untrained eye these neps may look 'happy' but these jungle plants are definitely NOT 'happy'. lol. But they do look healthy.
here is an outside shot of my growing chamber........heavy on the insulation. lol. Necessary expense which definitely payed dividends and saved my plants earlier this winter after a heat failure!
for my sarracenia.....
i am starting to see a flower or 2 so might have to migrate em out of the gh for a couple weeks.....too soon to break dormancy i say but i do wanna force break in march to get a head start on the growing season this year.......Oh the MANY advantages of a gh. Love it!
here are the sarracenia enjoying the best dormancy of their lives strangely enough with no assisted heating or light i have a tomato vine and bell pepper r/c that has stayed alive all winter despite the lack of light and heat....will give me a nice jumpstart on this year.
more sarracenia and even some sleeping dews