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Post by Hamata95 on Jun 10, 2011 19:57:09 GMT
I have two questions one is a none glazed ceramic pot safe for a cobra? two what is the easiest and best soil recipe for a cobra?
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Post by peterhewitt on Jun 10, 2011 20:20:25 GMT
Yes, a non glazed ceramic pot will help with evaporative cooling(when wet), where a glazed one will not. I'm not sure there is a "Best" recipe for Darlingtonia media, But i have the best success using a mix of 50%live Sphagnum moss to 50% perlite. I also use dead Long fiber sphagnum and perlite in the same ratio with similar results.
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Post by Hamata95 on Jun 10, 2011 20:37:27 GMT
Wheres the best place to get dead long fiber sphagnum moss?
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Post by joegriffin on Jun 10, 2011 21:11:26 GMT
Most of the garden centers here carry it-in fact Chilean and NZ has become more common than the native stuff.
Cheers,
Joe
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Post by Hamata95 on Jun 10, 2011 21:22:20 GMT
ok but wheres the best place in western Washington?
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Post by Hamata95 on Jun 10, 2011 22:15:29 GMT
I just checked my cobra and it is potted in pete but I'm not sure I have never re- potted it before, when is the best time to re- pot the plant?
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Post by coldcoffee on Jun 11, 2011 7:03:55 GMT
most online retailers have dried LFS. I got my last bail from Home Depot. You might search the phone book for orchid suppliers. Just make sure nothing weird is added to it, and make sre it is actual sphagnum and not spanish moss or that weird moss they sell as sphagnum at Michaels which has been spray painted green.
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Post by Hamata95 on Jun 11, 2011 15:41:06 GMT
Ok thanks.
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Post by coldcoffee on Jun 11, 2011 18:57:34 GMT
No problem. As a tip- sometimes you can actually revive dried sphagnum to get live Sphagnum. IE if there are viable spores in the dried stuff- they basically act like seeds. It takes a while but I think having live sphagnum is worth the wait.
If you search around on the web, and on youtube- you can find tutorials and videos on how to do this. I don't think it always works, but does seem to often.
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Post by coldcoffee on Jun 11, 2011 19:21:13 GMT
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Post by Hamata95 on Jun 11, 2011 19:50:12 GMT
Thanks for the video suggestions, the moss I'm growing with now is New Zealand LFS, I have a small surplus but not enough to re- pot my cobra. I have checked my cobra and it is growing in peat and has been fine so far I have never re- potted it, its in the same medium and pot when I bought it a few years back and now it has stolon growth coming out of the pot.
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Post by Hamata95 on Jun 11, 2011 22:49:17 GMT
So when is an ok time to re- pot a cobra?
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Post by Hamata95 on Jun 25, 2011 19:46:53 GMT
Do I mix the ingredients together?
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Post by nepenthes99 on Jun 26, 2011 1:34:18 GMT
I grow mine in long fiber dead spaghnum and pearl stone in plastic pots. I do not think the type of pot is significant in cultivating Darlingtonia.
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Post by peterhewitt on Jun 26, 2011 11:15:26 GMT
Yes, you should mix the ingredients together thoroughly. It is always best to re-pot in early spring, before vigorous growth begins.
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