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Great growing. Do you keep them really wet? I mean it seems that there is a thin layer of water on the surface of the soil. BTW, what mix are you using to grow them? Cheers.
They are growing in a mix of chopped LFS, sand and perlite (mostly perlite and sand), planted in a 2 inch pot. I keep the pot in a tray that is about 1/2 inch deep - this gets refilled with rain water once every week or so when it has evaporated.
The wet appearance is due to some kind of slime mold or algae... (yummy). The slime doesn't seem to have any effect so far. Hopefully it will go away soon?
LLeopardGGecko,
I am using an older Nikon CP995 - it has the best depth of field for macro that I have so far seen (with a stock lens).
I forgot to mention that the plants are growing in a terrarium at about 5 inches from 27watt spiral fluorescent bulbs (5k) in cheap-o metal reflectors ala:
Temps range from 55F to 80F
Humidity stays around 70%
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