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fugazi
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Hi guys,
yesterday I finally took my plant out of its bowl. At first I thought putting it in a bowl was a good idea. I bought it at a local nursery in a normal plastic pot. The plant looked good and had small, but fleshy red traps (the inside of the trap). I put it in the bowl the same night. Weeks later the plant grew and grew. At the moment the traps are roughly 2.5cm (err, one inch?) in length.
I had to take it out for a number of reasons,
1) made it too hard to catch insects in the bowl
2) made it too hard to water it
3) it outgrew the bowl
4) it wouldn't drain properly, the roots sat in water
So I took it out and put it in a larger plastic bowl. I bought the right soil and distilled water (of course). But it was one major ordeal! The soil is really dry and dust like. Here's what I did
1) I totally flooded the bowl with the plant so I could lift it out without damaging the roots (not all traps shut)
2) I wet the new soil so it would be so dusty
3) place the plant in the new bowl...so far so good.
The soil was too dustlike to put around the plant. I should have wet the soil on the side, but it proved too much of a juggling act at the time. The plant was totally covered in that soil (which is like sawdust). And then, idiot me, ran out of distilled water. I couldn't put the water from the bowl on the plant...it was chaos. All the traps had sawdust-like soil in them, it was covered in this stuff. And I'm unhappy.
Right now some of the traps are opening again...I just hope it survives this.
yesterday I finally took my plant out of its bowl. At first I thought putting it in a bowl was a good idea. I bought it at a local nursery in a normal plastic pot. The plant looked good and had small, but fleshy red traps (the inside of the trap). I put it in the bowl the same night. Weeks later the plant grew and grew. At the moment the traps are roughly 2.5cm (err, one inch?) in length.
I had to take it out for a number of reasons,
1) made it too hard to catch insects in the bowl
2) made it too hard to water it
3) it outgrew the bowl
4) it wouldn't drain properly, the roots sat in water
So I took it out and put it in a larger plastic bowl. I bought the right soil and distilled water (of course). But it was one major ordeal! The soil is really dry and dust like. Here's what I did
1) I totally flooded the bowl with the plant so I could lift it out without damaging the roots (not all traps shut)
2) I wet the new soil so it would be so dusty
3) place the plant in the new bowl...so far so good.
The soil was too dustlike to put around the plant. I should have wet the soil on the side, but it proved too much of a juggling act at the time. The plant was totally covered in that soil (which is like sawdust). And then, idiot me, ran out of distilled water. I couldn't put the water from the bowl on the plant...it was chaos. All the traps had sawdust-like soil in them, it was covered in this stuff. And I'm unhappy.
Right now some of the traps are opening again...I just hope it survives this.