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Post by Hikenyura on Aug 20, 2007 22:27:12 GMT
How do u grow live sphagnum? Also what's the best plants for live sphagnum
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Post by Clint on Aug 21, 2007 2:58:25 GMT
Here's a friend's site that does a great job of answering your question. geocities.com//butchtincher/A lot of plants can grow well in live Sphagnum. For example, everything on your grow list, everything from North America, most Nepenthes, etc. Live Sphagnum is a great media all around (although I'm sure Phission will disagree with me on this ).
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2007 6:02:02 GMT
if only i could get ahold of some live sphagnum so i could grow it to use it to grow plants on.....
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Post by Hikenyura on Oct 13, 2007 2:57:53 GMT
I have little sphagnums around my pots because on 2 different orders i got some live sphagnum alreader growing in the soil
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Post by venusflytrapfreak on Dec 29, 2007 23:53:09 GMT
If I get live Sphagnum will it grow for me in Florida (zone 9)?
Thanks, Ricky
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Post by cindy on Dec 30, 2007 13:50:50 GMT
Ricky, Live sphagnum moss does well for me in year round temperatures of high 80s so it will grow for you in Florida.
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Post by Brian Barnes on Dec 30, 2007 14:36:54 GMT
Yes indeed! I've found that live milled sphagnum is almost unbeatable for germinating seed... Ricky, if you use it for Drosera, especially Pygmys, make sure it doesn't outgrow and smother the plants. It grows like crazy here in Fl.! Enjoy! Brian.
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Post by venusflytrapfreak on Dec 30, 2007 19:12:05 GMT
Oh good! Thanks Brian!! I will have to get some live moss then.. Ricky
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Post by venusflytrapfreak on Dec 30, 2007 19:28:53 GMT
Thanks Cindy, for the information!!!
Ricky
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Post by vraev on Jan 18, 2008 4:49:45 GMT
The more and more I am using live sphagnum...it seems that it is indispensable as a media choice. it seems soooo perfect. Nice and airy and perfect and damp. There are 2 species of sphagnum in this bowl: s.rubellium and s.megallicium or something like that s.rubellium was blood red when put here..but now it has overrun the other species and is going green. I wanted to test a few vft cuttings in peat / perlite vs ive sphagnum. As you can see....these are extremely successful. Ping primuliflora also loves it. Its a cutting that has increased in size amazingly. Every plnt....I just drop in this mini bog just gets on auto pilot.
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Post by boggardener on Jul 30, 2008 19:26:47 GMT
I have been quite succesful growing D. capensis in live sphagnum. the ever-growing sphagnum grows to support the long stems and ensures the plant never falls over. the sundew alwys climbs over the sphagnum to ensure that it never gets buried--they're a perfect match
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Post by kulamauiman on Aug 2, 2008 7:13:35 GMT
if only i could get ahold of some live sphagnum so i could grow it to use it to grow plants on..... I have had it start in my Drosera seedlings pots without intending to start it. I had finely ground some dried LFS to top dress the pots before sowing the seeds on top. Cool moist conditions with decent light it was able to have spores germinate. It is taking a long time for this one to grow. I am also seeing that another brand of LFS the dried Sphagnum seems to be re hydrating and regrowing . This is also the batch that has given me no end of problems with seed contaminants. We have apparently 2 indigenous species in Hawaii and I had the opportunity to collect some from a place that it was trans located to and was becoming a weed. Be surprised that it can grow even in the sub tropics and in the case of the regrowing from dried LFS it is doing so in 90F, high humidity germination chamber...
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Post by taz6122 on Aug 15, 2008 4:05:27 GMT
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Post by Dave Evans on Aug 21, 2008 2:48:18 GMT
Sphagnum mosses are generally easy to grow. Just keep them wet to moist and they will keep on growing, year 'round. It is pretty much a marsh growing genus. The water is supplied by rain or shallow seeps, so the water needs to be pure or nearly pure.
In Florida, you might be able to simply find some Sphagnum in any wet areas, though FL is pretty large and they have been very busy down there getting rid of their wet lands... I have seen about five different species of moss near Crestview.
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Post by taz6122 on Sept 12, 2008 23:44:45 GMT
Sphagnum moss likes Acidic soil and Acidic water according to what I have read and followed and my Sphagnum is doing great. Thats probably why Sphagnum and CPs grow well together. I'm growing it in a plastic tub on 3/4" of Peat moss which is actually Sphagnum which has Decayed or is Decaying..
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