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Post by seedling on Mar 5, 2010 9:38:44 GMT
Has anybody have experience with growing darlingtonia in zones 6 or 7?
I'm trying to grow them with TC, but after that I want to re pot them and place somewhere outdoors... In mini bog near a stream...
I'm searching for growing advice
every help is appreciated
thanks †
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Post by tommyr on Mar 7, 2010 14:35:19 GMT
I bought a 3 year old seedling last fall so this will be my first year with it. It's in a 3 inch pot. We'll both learn something this year!  |
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Post by seedling on Mar 9, 2010 17:44:22 GMT
thanks. Do you have any problems with climate ? I think that the biggest problem is oudoors enviroment that is a bit different than Californian.
and what is your soil mixture made of?
thanks
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Post by seedling on Mar 29, 2010 16:55:57 GMT
Have you every tried to grow them outside??
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Post by gardenofeden on Mar 30, 2010 10:54:57 GMT
Darlingtonia are fully hardy, I grow many outside in the UK down to -15C. Grow them in pure Sphagnum for best results.
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Post by seedling on Mar 30, 2010 11:20:00 GMT
awesome. I have question about sphagnum as basic soil content; is there some special subs. of sphagnum for Darl or not? I got some sphagnum from some nursery and I'm not sure is that okay for Darl.
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Post by unstuckintime on Mar 30, 2010 12:26:53 GMT
awesome. I have question about sphagnum as basic soil content; is there some special subs. of sphagnum for Darl or not? I got some sphagnum from some nursery and I'm not sure is that okay for Darl. The sphagnum you get, is it alive or dead? Most growers have theirs in living sphagnum, so, that would be the only thing to make sure of. I have never heard or read anything about one species of sphagnum being better for Darlingtonia over another. |
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Post by seedling on Mar 30, 2010 17:14:07 GMT
Well I have alive sphagnum. That should be fine I guess. Well there are some species like Sphagunm cristatum from New Zealand (growers says that that's one of the best Sphagnum for growing NA carnivorous plants), Sphagnum falcatulum (Antarctica), Sphagnum subnitens...
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Post by kimbruun on Jul 13, 2010 5:55:30 GMT
I grow darlingtonia in a peat and sand mix (50/50) here in Denmark, and it seems really happy (knock on wood). The winter of 2009/2010 was particularly rough, but the darlingtonia was the first out of dormancy, starting new growth at least a month before Sarracenia leucophylla, Sarracenia flava, VFT (both the South West Giant and the garden center one made it, though), and Drosera filliformis. Sarracenia psittacina and Sarracenia purpurea, both bought at a garden center, seemed alive in March, but rotted away in April.
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Post by stevebooth on Jul 13, 2010 12:20:50 GMT
I grow several plants in an outdoor, unprotected bog in the UK in both pure sphagnum moss or a 50/50 mix of peat and perlite, with no appreciable difference between the two. In fact the seedlings seem to prefer pure peat, if germination numbers are anything to go by (not by experiment just an observation from my growing methods).
So you shouldn't have a problem in zone 6 or 7
Cheers
Steve
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