Hello!
I am a new member on this forum site although I have used the resources here to build my newbie terrarium to house Heliamphora, Nepenthes, Drosera and VFT.
This is the list of the plants I currently have in the Terrarium:
Nepenthes ventricosa x albomarginata
Dionaea muscipula "King Henry Flytrap"
Dionaea muscipula "B52 x Low Giant Flytrap"
Heliamphora heterodoxa x minor
Dionaea muscipula "Red Dragon Flytrap"
Dionaea muscipula "Dente Flytrap"
Drosera spatulata
Nepenthes x wrigleyana
Drosera admirabilis
Nepenthes spathulata x spectabilis
Nepenthes singalana Belirang
Nepenthes mira
Here are some of the pics I have taken under grow light, so I apologize for the color rendition:
Here some more under just the Blue light:
It has been a week and a half since I placed my plants in the finished Terrarium. Since then I have the leaves of my Heliamphoras and Neps turning red gradually. If you can't see them,
do let me know and I will take better pics.
The stats of my Terrarium is:
Day time Temp goes from 55.4 F @ 6:10 AM to 85 F @ 8:10 PM, Humidity around 60%
Night time Temp stays steady at 52 F ( 9:00 PM - 6:05 AM). Humidity varies between 80%-90%
I realize that there is a mix of lowland, highland and Ultra. I am hoping the range in Temp will be okay.
I Have Meizhi Grow light and use both red and blue light.
The Meizhi Grow light is approximately is approximately 15"-17" above the plants.
I have browsed through various forums and some say the leaves turning red is due to Sunburn, while others say
that the leaves turning red is a good sign as it means the leaves are getting good sunshine.
I also realized the water I had been spraying on them had around 240 ppm ( sprayed for 2 weeks, every 2-3 days), sadly I only found out last night when I received my TDS meter.
I flushed out the soil immediately and managed to bring the flushed water to less than 30 ppm. I will be flushing the soil again in 2-3 days just to be on the safe side.
I also started spraying them every night around 9 PM.
Do let me know If I am doing anything wrong and I can always adjust the interior Temp as I am using a combination of peltier-PC liquid cooling-Heatsink and Ice Pack.
Any help would be appreciated!
I am a new member on this forum site although I have used the resources here to build my newbie terrarium to house Heliamphora, Nepenthes, Drosera and VFT.
This is the list of the plants I currently have in the Terrarium:
Nepenthes ventricosa x albomarginata
Dionaea muscipula "King Henry Flytrap"
Dionaea muscipula "B52 x Low Giant Flytrap"
Heliamphora heterodoxa x minor
Dionaea muscipula "Red Dragon Flytrap"
Dionaea muscipula "Dente Flytrap"
Drosera spatulata
Nepenthes x wrigleyana
Drosera admirabilis
Nepenthes spathulata x spectabilis
Nepenthes singalana Belirang
Nepenthes mira
Here are some of the pics I have taken under grow light, so I apologize for the color rendition:
Here some more under just the Blue light:
It has been a week and a half since I placed my plants in the finished Terrarium. Since then I have the leaves of my Heliamphoras and Neps turning red gradually. If you can't see them,
do let me know and I will take better pics.
The stats of my Terrarium is:
Day time Temp goes from 55.4 F @ 6:10 AM to 85 F @ 8:10 PM, Humidity around 60%
Night time Temp stays steady at 52 F ( 9:00 PM - 6:05 AM). Humidity varies between 80%-90%
I realize that there is a mix of lowland, highland and Ultra. I am hoping the range in Temp will be okay.
I Have Meizhi Grow light and use both red and blue light.
The Meizhi Grow light is approximately is approximately 15"-17" above the plants.
I have browsed through various forums and some say the leaves turning red is due to Sunburn, while others say
that the leaves turning red is a good sign as it means the leaves are getting good sunshine.
I also realized the water I had been spraying on them had around 240 ppm ( sprayed for 2 weeks, every 2-3 days), sadly I only found out last night when I received my TDS meter.
I flushed out the soil immediately and managed to bring the flushed water to less than 30 ppm. I will be flushing the soil again in 2-3 days just to be on the safe side.
I also started spraying them every night around 9 PM.
Do let me know If I am doing anything wrong and I can always adjust the interior Temp as I am using a combination of peltier-PC liquid cooling-Heatsink and Ice Pack.
Any help would be appreciated!
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