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Quote (alandallas @ Feb. 21 2003,8:50)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Sundewd, I grow
Sphagnum in my indoor enclosure
and outside on my patio in shallow trays. Plant pot
saucers, the plastic trays that TV dinners come in, or
the containers that meat is packaged in from the grocery
store (sterilized first). About any kind or size will work.
I grow it just about the same way that PM does.
Put an inch (3 cm) of peat or peat/sand mix in the tray for it
to grow into. Float it as PM stated, but don't let it stay
that way all the time as it may develop odors from the
protozoans and other micro-organisms living in there, so
let the water level go down to where it is very moist before
adding water again. It's also beneficial to flood and drain it
a couple of times every month or two to remove some of
the waste products created by the aforementioned micros
and, as you know, always wash your hands thoroughly
after handling
Sphagnum.
In my enclosure under 6 flourescents, it does best placed
about 12" to 14" (30cm to 36cm) below the tubes. I have
kept it closer to the lights and it turns a yellowish color
and further away, it becomes a dark green color. At 14",
it is about the same color as a VFT's leaves which is what
it looks like in the wild.
Outside, simply grow it in bright shade or filtered sunlight.
The cultures that I keep on my patio have been above
100* F (32* C) and as low as 17* F (8* C) with no
problems except for the colder the temperature, the slower
it grows.
Alan
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WOW, look at all of that
Sphagnum!!!
Do you want to know how much
Sphagnum is wanted here?!? It is wanted so much that the bacps put sphagnum in plastic bags as raffle prizes!!! is there any way I could trade something with you to get a small 6 inch strand of
Sphagnum from you? That would be enough to start growing it