Nepenthesis
Formerly known as Pineapple
I have two questions, didn't want to make two different posts...
1. Just went out to my greenhouse and found a colony of ants living in there, as well as in my tomato plants' substrate. I sprayed the colony with roundup (I found them when killing weeds in the greenhouse with roundup) and it was like insta-kill, but scrubbing bubbles is still my weapon of choice! Can ants living in nep pots be bad for the neps? The neps aren't out in the greenhouse yet, so no worries!
2. This is a scientific question to help me better understand the care for my neps... I understand their temperature requirements, but my neps seem to be doing well at 65F night 75F day... I understand that enzymes function best at different temperatures... Why do neps need a cool down period at night? Is it to tell the plant to stop working? It is to activate enzymes for processes that need to be done at night? What's the deal?
1. Just went out to my greenhouse and found a colony of ants living in there, as well as in my tomato plants' substrate. I sprayed the colony with roundup (I found them when killing weeds in the greenhouse with roundup) and it was like insta-kill, but scrubbing bubbles is still my weapon of choice! Can ants living in nep pots be bad for the neps? The neps aren't out in the greenhouse yet, so no worries!
2. This is a scientific question to help me better understand the care for my neps... I understand their temperature requirements, but my neps seem to be doing well at 65F night 75F day... I understand that enzymes function best at different temperatures... Why do neps need a cool down period at night? Is it to tell the plant to stop working? It is to activate enzymes for processes that need to be done at night? What's the deal?