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Post by Randy Zerr on Apr 30, 2008 1:37:02 GMT
For many years I've grown a planter box of CP's that started out with mainly Venus Flytraps in a soil mix that was mostly quartz sand with a little peat moss. Then I added a S. purpurea and few Drosera filiformis which did fantastic alongside the VFT's. Over the years I'd sprinkle a few seeds of various CP to see how they'd do. All grew happily even crowded against each other for years. One fall I sprinkled some Sarracenia minor and flava seeds in the box. After a couple years they started to take over like a bunch of punks on the playground. They kicked everyone else out. Even the S. purpurea withered away sorry to say, although more attractive than low growers, all that lives in the box now is a gang of S. flava, all different, and the minors which are flowering now and so thick even frogs which like to hang out here have trouble moving through.
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Post by brokken on Apr 30, 2008 3:41:09 GMT
For many years I've grown a planter box of CP's that started out with mainly Venus Flytraps in a soil mix that was mostly quartz sand with a little peat moss. Then I added a S. purpurea and few Drosera filiformis which did fantastic alongside the VFT's. Over the years I'd sprinkle a few seeds of various CP to see how they'd do. All grew happily even crowded against each other for years. One fall I sprinkled some Sarracenia minor and flava seeds in the box. After a couple years they started to take over like a bunch of punks on the playground. They kicked everyone else out. Even the S. purpurea withered away sorry to say, although more attractive than low growers, all that lives in the box now is a gang of S. flava, all different, and the minors which are flowering now and so thick even frogs which like to hang out here have trouble moving through. Sounds lovely. Take pictures!  |
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Post by Randy Zerr on May 2, 2008 5:34:21 GMT
I need to get a new camera. A friend was over today and thought the planter was lovely and she took some pics. I'll throw in the two digital images from the past that I could find. I started this planter in 1989 with mainly Venus Flytraps.  Above is as it looked in 2000. I almost forgot about another problem that caused the decrease of Dionaea in the planter. Shortly after this picture was taken signs of digging and plants turning up missing initially thought to be caused by squirrels. More and more disappeared. Then one day a neighbor girl approached me and tattled on her rotten 12 yr old punk brother who was stealing them!  Above shot is May 2003. Drosera filiformis var. filiformis doing nicely, a few VFTs and other CPs. The seedlings of S. minor and S. flava beginning to grow nicely. Note soil level. Over time the peat moss in the medium breaks down and shrinking / settling has occurred. More sand added later on to top it up after all the low growers were crowded out. Below is how the planter appears now.    |
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Post by brokken on May 2, 2008 13:34:41 GMT
Wow. That flava (and minor) REALLY took over. Talk about ecological succession! Though certainly your tank looked great with the dionaea and even when mostly colonized by filiformis, I do prefer its current look. |
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Post by BarryRice on May 8, 2008 17:43:39 GMT
Your plants look great. Obviously, being fed the flesh of rotten 12yr-old punks is good for them!
B
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Post by Brian Barnes on May 8, 2008 19:34:54 GMT
Hmmm...I'll have to try that diet for my Pinguicula. There's definitely a few bratty food sources ready to be pulverized into a tasty, nutrient-rich powder here in my neck of the woods... Now, where did I put that commercial-sized blender? ;D Happy Growing, Brian  |
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