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Question about setup/plants
. They are common and grow fast so you never know someone who sees this might just give you a cutting.
droseraguy
Illinois
Why not start with some tough plants, Drosera capensis comes to mind. Maybe a couple of the cube of death's. I personally can't get the terrariums to work for me. Space and lighting are inconducive for their use. A 4' shoplight and a plastic under-the-bed box will do wonders for you. Practice and try different things till you find what will work for your space and budget.
I might try those too. My experience with N. Ventricosa (I'm 90% sure that's what I had twice) was that it could be left in the most dry, cold, lightless place and live. For example, I put it in the bathroom for a month or two, because I thought it would be humid there, and it started growing more leaves even with almost no sunlight. The rest of the time they grew in the windowsill and randomly died all at once.
I grow most all of my plants under 4' shop lights that I got at home depot. They were like 15 bucks or something like that. I actually have 4 lights. All of my plants are doing fine. This is definately the best bang for your buck.
xvart.
I don't think it needs two flowers to polinate. Also, I would consider cutting the other flower stalk off of your venus fly trap, since it consumes a lot of energy and if you are concerned about not giving it enough light yet then it will be looking for more energy to keep living.Never mind, I feel like such an idiot. I cut off the other one that it sent up not realising that you need both of them to produce seed.
I guess I may as well let it bloom, would it really be wasting that much effort? Or maybe I just read something too fast.
What moss are you talking about? I wouldn't worry about the sarrs, they will do fine with the moss if it is LFS. Depending on the size of the drosera, you should be fine. If they are really small the moss might overtake it, but I doubt it.
xvart.
Oh, it might have been for Nepenthes but I read something where there was a "male" flower and a "female" flower. The other flower stalk is about 8 inches tall but the tips of the flowers are turning brown. I'm guessing that's bad.
For the moss, I will get a picture but I think it is sphagnum. There is also some thicker kind in one of the drosera's pots.
One more question: How do you stop those pots they come in from leaking all the water out of the sarracenia? I tried saran wrap but that didn't work too well.
For the moss, I will get a picture but I think it is sphagnum. There is also some thicker kind in one of the drosera's pots.
One more question: How do you stop those pots they come in from leaking all the water out of the sarracenia? I tried saran wrap but that didn't work too well.
Neps have male and female flowers. Venus fly traps do not. For your information, each nep is either male or female and will not produce both a male flower and a female flower. I believe it is female flowers that are more rare (maybe 3:1).
As for the water leaking out of your pot: plants like sarrs, sundews, and vft's like water. Most people who grow them in pots have a tray or a bowl underneath these plants and fill the bowl with water which allows the plant to sit with the bottom in the water. This allows the soil to be constantly damp (like in their native bogs). Then they just fill this bowl when it starts to get low or go dry.
xvart.
edit: forgot to mention that the plants seem to enjoy being water from the top as well sometimes to circulate oxygen in the soil.
As for the water leaking out of your pot: plants like sarrs, sundews, and vft's like water. Most people who grow them in pots have a tray or a bowl underneath these plants and fill the bowl with water which allows the plant to sit with the bottom in the water. This allows the soil to be constantly damp (like in their native bogs). Then they just fill this bowl when it starts to get low or go dry.
xvart.
edit: forgot to mention that the plants seem to enjoy being water from the top as well sometimes to circulate oxygen in the soil.
2 Questions: 1) What non-carnivorous plants can you put in a terrarium with CPs?
2) What pets can you put in there with them. I was considering either a praying mantis or dart frogs. I know people have done dart frogs but that seems kind of hard, so I just wanted to know if anybody else has had or has mantids in their tanks with CPs.
2) What pets can you put in there with them. I was considering either a praying mantis or dart frogs. I know people have done dart frogs but that seems kind of hard, so I just wanted to know if anybody else has had or has mantids in their tanks with CPs.
