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Trying to propagate some indoor pet friendly plants, zz plants, boston ferns, succulents, etc. Every source I see has a method of leaf/stem cutting and placing them in water to root. Does anyone know if it's faster to propagate in water with rooting hormone and possibly even a mild amount of NPK?

Was exploring the West Virginia wasteland when I spotted one of these at a cranberry bog. Sarracenia x Nephenthes?

Hey, is it possible to give VFT and drosera too much light? I acquired this nice LED light that's used for certain other type of plants that people smoke, it's red and blue-ish red and supposed to be 180W of power. Afraid of giving them too much light :-O

"Sphagnum in California is restricted to perennially saturated soils in bogs and fens — waterlogged sites that depend upon up-welling of perennially cold water. The distribution of each species seems to be relictual in that each of the California species is strongly discontinuous in...

hcarlton Got a quart sized bag of sphagnum. whole bag bleached within one day in California, at about 90-95F direct sunlight Putting the whole bog in partial shade now, but only a few spot of greens are left. Maybe they just need to be acclimated first.

Man I'd love to know what condition that is grown in. I love it! Not understanding how a VFT can get so red as it only gets red with high intensity lights, but with high intensity light, the sphagnum starts bleaching.

I'm in California, so it's bright, sunny, and hot. Now I started experimenting with a bit of live sphagnum outdoor with my little mini bog and it started bleaching. I think that's a sign of too much light or heat. I'm going to try putting it in a shadier area or put some shade cloth over it...

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Whoops, sorry about that. Cleared it :)

Looking to have some live sphagnum for my outdoor bog, a quart bag worth would be great :)

Going to try this. Thanks!

Hey all, I've planted Drosera and VFT in a drained pot that's 12" wide and about 8" tall outdoor in Northern California[SF Bay] receiving maybe 3/4 day of full sun. It's 100% LFSM and it seems that every day the LFSM dries up to the point where the top of completely dry. I have it sitting in...

Got a little mini bog going outside, already have some springtails on the sphagnum. Looks like it might be too hot in NorCal to have any live sphagnum growing :/ was excited to see some green but it looks like it's just sphagnum algae

Getting back into this hobby after almost a decade. Finished college with multiple degrees, actually having a career, and paid off my student loans. :-D Still can't affording housing in the bay area, but I can probably live in a Nepenthes pitcher in SF for $1500/mo now :jester: