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Hi All I have been growing Pinguicula for a couple of years now. I currently have around 20/25 species and hybrids and have been relatively happy with the results I have obtained. I recently had to change my grow area and so the plants are experiencing their first summer in their new grow...

Hiya Fellow Nepers- About 6 weeks ago, I acquired a 10" bical. It is being grown in a 50 gal hex terror-ium (yes, I have a greenhouse, just wanna keep it in the living room where I can see it daily :-D) with a humidity and temp about 90. It is set very near to a southern window which...

Hello, I know this subject has been repeated a number of times, and I looked thru many of the older posts concerning this. (Older being the keyword!) I am wondering what method of cooling people are using. Those of you who are lucky enough to live in a climate where outside growing of...

I just received fresh gemmae and am trying to provide the best conditions that I can, with what I have. My choices are the south facing window sill or under Grolites on the the rack. I think the sill will give them more of a day/night differential, to go with whatever light shines through the...

Hey all. Time for my first post! I have started as a winter project a Highland Nepenthes Terrarium. An i'm quite please with the results! There is still a lot of improvements that could and may be done. But not bad for a first timer I think. A terrarium with lights was the only way to go since...

So, I'm looking at replacing the lights for some of my indoor racks, as I somewhat overestimated my available space when propagating 'dews this year and have encountered some crowding problems as I begin to move my tropicals back inside for the winter. I'm leaning towards the 6-bulb model of the...

I'm in the Pittsburgh, PA, area. So it will get below freezing for weeks at a time here. I have: VFTs from Lowe's S. rubra from Lowe's S. purp from Lowe's Scarlet Belle from Lowe's D. adelae from Lowe's Redbug Sar x catesbaei N. ventricosa Butterwort from Lowe's, I've been told it's P...

I started some various sarracenia seedlings, and had pretty good germination using refridgerator stratification. Since they got started late they are still small and winter is looming around the corner. I worry they are to weak to survive the winter still, which brings me to my question. Can...

Hello all, you may call me Remag. I am a noob on the forum as with growing carnivorous plants. I recently finally found out how to keep my Venus Fly Trap Alive and have about 4 clumps of the plant with some leaf pullings looking good. I also have a purple pitcher plant. They sit happily in my...

I have used burnt soil successfully the very first time to grow northiana partly it was cheap ( a bag cost only RM2.00 or 0.58USD in today's rate ). Farmers here burn the soil and spread around vegetable as fertilisers. Artificial ferts are costly hence the alternative. Burning probably (?)...

All the spots I grow my CP's except the Dormancy Area Guess I'll start with the High Land Chamber, there's a little window just to the left which is great to have open in the Spring & Fall to let in cool, humid air. The Predator has been vining like crazy! Over Seven feet in all with about...

I am interested in growing nepenthes, sundews, and VFTs indoors under artificial light. I have grown other types of plants in the past under two 40W fluorescent tubes, using planters exposed to the open air with water trays beneath. I was wondering if this type of setup will work for some types...

Hi all. I am now planning to put my nepenthes highland tank (130,50,60) in my basement. It was far to hot in the old room. I am a total newbie to artificial plant lighting.The plants their pots wil be at 20 cm's of hight. So that leaves the pot surface at about a 40 cm from the light(s).So i...

Hello all. My Name is Justin. I'm really glad I found this forum, it seems like it's going to be a huge help in my beginning to keep these plants. Anyway, I need a little help. I've been trying to find the perfect beginner plants to keep. Something that it would be very hard to kill. I live in...

I have a grow rack that is at the south facing set of glass doors. It's actually a foot away from the glass, which is as close as I can get it. There is an eave that juts out a foot and the space between the racks is also about a foot. As the sun gets and stays high in the horizon, as it is...

I will soon be taking these guys outside: I plant to take their pots and put them in a planter and was wondering if I can take their leaf cuttings and embed them in their respective pots, and have them propogate. I know that I can get them to sprout new plants indoors, with live LFS and...

all these I grow under artificial lights year around (with one hour of morning sun):\ D. burmanii D. paradoxa D.affinis D.sessifolia seedling (1month old) D.dielsiana D.graomogolensis (I have such a problem- every leaf catches insect and then it dont look good with all the leaves used...

I'm interested in starting some Lithops and other Mesembs from seed (to try and find the "coolest" genetics of the batch) but I was wondering how fast these guys grow? I have read one website which says the first true Lithops "leaves" come out of the seedling leaves after 3-4 months and that the...

hi, i would like to enchance the coloration on my cephalotus but i couldn't get much sun at my balcony..but i have a 2ft aquarium t5ho light with 6 x 10000k tubes and thought of using it..will the light be suffient enuf to bring out the color of the plant?any suggestions guyz? regards, anne

hi everyone, i finally got my first ceph from a local grower..a nice plant indeed..i really want to post the pic but i have yet to figure out how to..the question is,i would like to give it artificial light coz i'm not getting much sun at my windowsill..i'm planning to use a table lamp with...