coline
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Post by coline on Dec 26, 2013 1:39:05 GMT
I did plant the first ones, the ones in the left, they were "dead", but I have learned that if they do so, you may uproot the plant and throw it over moist sphagnum and it will grow back from the roots. Then I added some others, and the rest are invading, but well, they are useful for me as I take them for selling, very well adapted plants to my climate.
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Post by sflynn on Dec 27, 2013 23:46:12 GMT
I can get Sphagnum to grow here no problem, but i have always had trouble keeping cape sundews alive. Go figure. Anyway, you have a great set-up.
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Post by coline on Dec 29, 2013 3:48:40 GMT
I may say that, for sundews and sarracenia it is great, but not for nepenthes nor pinguicula
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Post by sykosarah on Jan 17, 2014 22:00:57 GMT
I am a rebel; I exclusively use only sphagnum peat moss with nothing else. I view it as a Jack of all trades sort of medium. Sundews? Sure. Venus flytraps? They love it. American pitcher plants? They like it. You just have to wash it really good first, otherwise it can contain some interesting surprises. But you should wash any medium, so it isn't an extra hassle. But my favorite part about it is that it is so cheap. Literally less than $5 gets you enough to fill a respectable bog garden. Live sphagnum is super pricey and sometimes mislabeled, so why would I pay $40 for enough live sphagnum for one plant when I could spend $2 for enough for all my plants for the next decade?
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Post by sykosarah on Jan 17, 2014 22:02:24 GMT
Not even kidding I have this giant bag that I haven't even used a quarter of yet on all my plants.
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Post by coline on Jan 23, 2014 0:02:02 GMT
Where did you get it from? Is it a compressed bale? I'm looking for those
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Post by sykosarah on Jan 23, 2014 0:26:05 GMT
Giant bag, like the kind you would use for a yard, not as much as a bale, but the thing was definitely greater than 30 pounds. I got it at my local grocery store. Just go back into the gardening section and look at all the giant bags of soil, you should find some really cheap (wash really good and watch for rocks) sphagnum peat moss.
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