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Mass's GH

  • #501
thanks for your answer Mass,i have done some more reading about tuberous dews and does the short recommended light period not pose a problem to you when growing it alongside other plants ,i read they only need 8 to 10 hours light,and i thought you might have problems as the temp was recommended to be low in the growing season,i would rather listen to your experence than reading loads of care guides,have you managed to change their dormancy cycles before because the ones i can get here are still on ozzy time too
 
  • #502
Didn't even know they needed a short light period.
During fall time (for the US) I move the tuberous pots into the GH. They get cooler temps, longer days, and moisture. They wake up, grow as long as they please, then die back into dormancy when they feel like it.
As for imported Aussie pots.. They're waking up when everything else is going dormant. So.. once they go dormant, they just get woken back up with the others in the fall. Which means they'll get a shorter dormancy, but it makes it so they're on the same schedule as my others.
 
  • #503
thanks alot for the reply,the short days were going to prove annoying but as yours do fine without there is no problem
 
  • #504
yeah.. they get like 15 hour days during their growing season in my GH.
 
  • #505
Finally figured out what Butch was talking about all this time. Evaporative.. cooling..
Dropped my lights down an entire foot. I figured the temps would become a problem, but the results were quite the opposite.
Temps have actually come down, humidtiy is up, and the light is bright.


Here you can see the neps in the corner. 8 T5HO's not far above..
There are two fans behind 2 humidifiers. Both blowing into that corner, across the lights, but not on them.
The large AC unit is only set to "fan" on the highest level during the daytime. At night I switch it to "cool" on the lowest strength level. Temps at night dip into the 50*s with 85% to 90% humidity. And as of now the daytime temps are.. well.. see for yourself.


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And a few capes from root cuttings.
First up is a new clone of Bain's Kloof (from root cuttings) donated by a generous someone.


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These are Bain's Rocket (from root cuttings) donated by the same person.

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And can't forget my 2nd generation cape giants from root cuttings.

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  • #506
So just the air movement cools it down? What are your room temps?
 
  • #507
Very Nice!!! lookin good :)
 
  • #509
yea.
 
  • #510
Very nice. So how far are the plants from the light now?
 
  • #511
Very nice. So how far are the plants from the light now?

Less than 2ft.
If I start noticing leaf burn, I'll slide a piece of plexi-glass under the lights for diffusion.
 
  • #512
Cool, let me know how it works out for you and I may consider lowering my lights, too.
 
  • #513
Hmm.. lights have been off for only 45 minutes. Temps are already in the 50*s, which is amazing considering it usually takes a few hours to get them that low.
What struck me as odd was the humidity is dropping. Normally it goes up after the lights go out. Guess this is due to a lack of evaporation (from the humidifiers + lights) at night? ???

~ Yet another 45 min. later..
Temps have leveled off to 58*F. Humidity has come back up to 82%.. Not sure what caused the sudden dip, but everything is back to normal.
I'll take some pics of the neps in a couple weeks. I'm sure I'll have something to share by then.
 
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  • #514
Looks as though your plants like it in there as much as you do. Great setup.
 
  • #515
Looks as though your plants like it in there as much as you do. Great setup.

Hey thanks!
It's starting to work properly.. finally. As long as the plants continue to cooperate we'll be all set.

p.S. Hope these posts help answer at least half of your questions Luca. Let me know if you have any more.
 
  • #516
ah... ok, thanks for the info.
 
  • #517
Some pics to curb my boredom..

The plants..

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veitchii x lowii still coloring up. Little macrophylla just to the left of it.

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"Song of Melancholy" making this a constant thing now.

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I've got a bunch of these ceph divisions starting to come to life. This is one of the Robust clones.

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These 3 are still happy together.. Stylidium debile, U. nelumbifolia, and U. reniformis 'Big Sister'

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droso growing fast

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tenuis cutting

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vogelii

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new chubs from veitchii K

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up and coming from seed grown veitchii HL from EP

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in love with this D. capensis 'Bain's Rocket'

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in comparison to Bain's Kloof

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madagascariensis putting up new growth

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D. 'Pretty Rosette'

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D. slackii from root cuttings

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one of many D. adelae clumps from leaf cuttings

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D. adelae coming up from root cuttings

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anybody recognize this ping?

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what about this one?

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think this one is Titan

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once again because I like this pic.. truncata x ovata

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  • #518
Fabulous! Don't you love the look of new growth on madagascarensis? So green!
 
  • #519
I actually like it when it turns red better. Means it's getting enough light.
 
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