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Post by Hikenyura on Oct 13, 2007 2:56:46 GMT
When people say their potting soil is pure live sphagnum, does it mean that you get a bucket of live sphagnum and shove all of it in a pot and plant your plant in there.
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Post by Not a Number on Oct 13, 2007 3:13:45 GMT
That's correct. Some people put a thin layer of perlite on the bottom of the pot to help with drainage and keep the Sphagnum from growing out the holes.
CPs growing in Sphagnum bogs are growing in live Sphagnum, sometimes mixed with sand. It depends on the environment.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2007 7:05:19 GMT
most people dont use pure spagnum in their pots but their are some plants that do enjoy pure spagnum....but ive noticed wehn people do use pure spagnum it tends to be for seeldings then they transplant it......some people grow cobra lilies in pure spagnum
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Post by Aidan on Oct 13, 2007 10:02:11 GMT
Many plants may be grown in Sphagnum including Darlingtonia, Sarracenia, many Drosera, some Nepenthes, Pinguicula and Utricularia.
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Post by wildfyre on Nov 2, 2007 18:39:10 GMT
In the wild in Alaska D. rotundifolia and P. villosa usually grow in pure sphagnum with nothing else mixed in. If you dig down deep enough (several feet) you'll find peat, but thats it. I grow many Drosera and Sarracenia in pure live sphagnum. Here are pictures of a couple examples of pure sphagnum and sphagnum top dressings. These two mini-bogs were created in April 2005. Sorry for the frost and dormant plants. I took these pictures today and we've been freezing at night.  The top one was mostly peat/sand mix with a small top-dressing of sphagnum over one half. You can see how much it's grown. The plants are D. filiformis filiformis, a young Sarracenia, VFT's, and some D. rotundifolia escapees. The bottom one is pure sphagnum except for a pot of peat/sand with Drosera anglica sunk into one side. The plants are VFT's, D. rotundifolia, D. anglica, and possibly some hybrid Drosera. This tub is pure sphagnum with D. rotundifolia and wild cranberries. Also planted in April 2005 but I've had to trim the sphagnum back several times.  And here is a P. primuliflora grown in pure sphagnum-  |
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Post by jm82792 on Nov 2, 2007 20:00:12 GMT
How do you get those long leafs ?
Mine are small and compact so I may try dead lfs.
But it flowers all the time........
Maybe I have some form of primuliflora even since I gotten this from a nursery it has had those leafs.
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Post by Brian Barnes on Nov 3, 2007 12:09:59 GMT
And in my experiences, live sphagnum is a good indicator of happy and healthy growing conditions for CP as well...
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Post by wildfyre on Nov 3, 2007 20:20:55 GMT
Thats true. I've noticed when the humidity drops the sphagnum is the first thing to dry up.
But sphagnum is remarkably hardy as long as it's kept moist. I grow most of mine in those long shallow plastic tubs for storage.. so last time I moved I just plopped their lids back on them and put them in the truck. Well somehow one tub got shoved in a corner of the porch and forgotten for about 6 months. When I pulled the lid off (expecting it to be dead) it had 2 inches of new growth! Straggly new growth.. but still ;D
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Post by Dave Evans on Nov 3, 2007 21:53:55 GMT
The variations I've seen in Pinguicula primuliflora are related to differences in the coloration and shape of the flowers. The leaves of you plants are probably just responding to higher than normal light levels and/or low than normal humidity (normal for P. p.). That, or it is a different species. That plant in the Sphagnum actually looks like it is growing in conditions just a little too soft, but it still looks really nice. How do you get those long leafs ? Mine are small and compact so I may try dead lfs. But it flowers all the time........ Maybe I have some form of primuliflora even since I gotten this from a nursery it has had those leafs. |
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Post by jm82792 on Nov 8, 2007 5:36:42 GMT
Okay,its getting 60% but are getting higher light .
I want to buy a few more at $2.50 a piece I should get a few more since they do pretty flowers all the tme for me.
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Post by vraev on Nov 30, 2007 4:48:18 GMT
yeah! sphagnum is beautiful and it is true...its the first sign of trouble.
Infact.. I find that the longer or the bigger sphag grows...the harder it is to keep it in nice green conidtion. my sphag in my ramispina pot is growing like a weed. I went away for a weekend and I came back on sunday night. the sphagnum tips WHITENED as I wasn't there to spray the pot during the 2 days. Basically the more it grows...the more relative humidity it requires and the more top watering it appreciates.
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Post by Clint on Nov 30, 2007 15:28:33 GMT
You're right on the money, Varun. I can water my plants one day, and the Sphagnum will start to go white 24 hours later. This is in 80 + RH with it in the 90's at night. It could be all of the air movement making it worse. It always regains it's color with the next misting or watering.
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Post by vraev on Dec 3, 2007 3:15:01 GMT
Looks like my sphagnum is a lot more unforgiving mate.  I misted and heavily misted just seconds before this pic.  |
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I misted and heavily misted just seconds before this pic. 
