spaghnum

It has taken me forever to process these photos and get them uploaded. Then I got busy with umpteen other pressing issues. But I thought while I was uploading some pics for the auction, I'd take this chance to finally post some of the photos I took when I got a tour by Ozzy of the Green Swamp...

I already have two traps that are growing in mostly peat. The bottom of the container is lined with long fibered spaghnum, filled with peat and topped with long fibered spaghnum. They seem to be growing well. I was just wondering if there was a better soil mixture to use. Also, I live in the...

Greetings all, As part of my Horticulture education at Penn State University, I will be performing a study of pinguicula species and hybrid propagation via traditional and tissue culture methods on varying substrate(s) and substrate composition respectively. I plan the study as follows: (Look...

Hey guys. I am pretty new to all this. I have these two plants next to each other in a mini bog. P. planifolia and P. primulifolia. The planifolia is going gangbusters but the primuilflora has declined from a small vigorous colony to one plant barely making it. Everyone is probably going to...

does anyone grow live spaghnum moss? if so what contitions and medium and any extra info i need to know?? Im sorry this is off the topic of nepenthes but this is the only place i know i would get an answer.

ok can i use spaghnum peat for my Ventrata's. Also some of my pitchers are damaged (like cuts in the bottom) is it best just to cut them off? Thanks.

another plant saved from the dreaded Home depot ok and this time its a cape sundew and it has leaves that are brown on the tip and the rest is green are these leaves still alive? and also is spaghnum peat peat moss that is dried aor is it spaghnum moss and peat moss?

i just bought a flytrap from walmart and replanted it in 50% perlite and 50% canadian spaghnum peat moss and it is 4 inches under 1-30w compact fluorescent bulb (cool white), my thing is that all the traps turned black after two days and looks as though the traps are dying. they were all green...

Earlier this year, I bought a P.primuliflora and it came with a D.aliciae whichw as growing in live spaghnum in the same area as the ping was. I put the pot in full sun and filled a container with water and placed the pot inside, it was full almost to the brim. I was expectign for the...

I am just starting to get into CP's along with my two sons.  Its like a family hobby.  Anyway, we bought some Venus fly traps (one each) at our local store and some VFT seeds off ebay.  I have put the seeds on a bed of moist spaghnum and have kept them moist at all times and under plastic to...

Hi everyone, I am reppoting my N.maxima today, and I was wondering: whats the best soil mix to use for it? I have the following potting meterials: peat perlite vermiculite live spaghnum moss sand orchid bark

Hi everyone, I am reppoting my Darlingtonia this year. what is the best soil mix for Darlingtonias? I have the following potting materials: sharp sand peat horticultural grit perlite vermiculite orchid bark live spaghnum moss

I received a d.capensis in the mail last Thursday.Since I have had it, the part with the tentacles has been getting smaller. It is receiving sufficient sunlight and is potted in pure spaghnum. Please help me with this problem.

I am using pure dried spaghnum moss for my D. capensis. I was wondering if this is the best soil mix to use for my D. capensis so it will grow rapidly. Any info would be greatly appreciated.

does anyone know where I can get spaghnum live spaghnum 100+ 4 inch plastic pots

Hi everyone, I got a young and very nice N.alata this morning. It needs potting up(arrived bare root) I have seen what mix to use for Neps in previous threads, but there is a problem, I dont have things like charcoal and osmunda fibre, and I cant get them anytime soon!! I have the following...

Hello everybody! I am getting Utricularia alpina soon, how do you grow it? I need help in everything,I dont know how to grow it at all, I have no idea. Are one of these mixes O.K for U.alpina, and which one is best?(If any are good enought!) 1:1 spaghnum moss, peat 2:1 two parts spaghnum...

OK..once upon a BACPS meeting I bought a S. Flava which had a D.Capensis and an unknown Utric in the small 3" pot. Now what a month later? The Utric blossomed and its a U.Bisquamata, and under old cut off pitchers I found a tiny D.Intermedia..and to top it all off it's stuck with tons of live...

I just got a large amount of canadian peat for about 1/10 the cost of other bags. I got about 30lbs of it for $8. Is this stuff better then what we have down here? Are there any advantages to using it over say "miracle gro"?

I am putting this topic in general discussion because I don't want to type the same thing 5 times. What is a good easy mix for the following plants: (also the only ingredients I have right now is ordinary white sand[the kind you find at masonaries{sp?}][is this kind safe if I wash it well?]...