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Post by Dave Evans on Oct 8, 2009 8:55:42 GMT
Here is a photo of pothos. After giving one watering with coffee, it went nuts, the leaves five times larger and the stem turned into a cable. The reaction, increase in growth and size, this plant had to coffee was much stronger than any carnivorous plant I've tried it on.
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Post by Michael on Oct 8, 2009 22:36:56 GMT
Another Wow -- So when watering with coffee, how much did you use that produced this result, or the result from the N. rajah?
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Post by Dave Evans on Oct 9, 2009 0:19:59 GMT
I just watered the plant with coffee instead of water. When the soil was full, coffee was coming out of the bottom of the pot. I would not try this much coffee on any other carnivorous genus besides for Nepenthes as they tend to be more adaptable to nutrients in the soil.
When I tried it on Heliamphora, I just put a couple drops in each pitcher. And this was plenty enough.
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Post by Michael on Oct 9, 2009 1:50:24 GMT
Got it -- Excellent! I've heard of gardners using used coffee grounds in the garden for similar purposes.
Have you ever tried the used grounds as a soil "enhancer"? Or would that be too much of a good thing for them?
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Post by Dave Evans on Oct 9, 2009 2:05:36 GMT
I haven't tried grounds as a soil additive for Carnivorous Plants, and I don't have any plans to. Sounds like a good idea for the garden though
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