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Was just curious how you overwinter your Neps. Do you keep giving them 14-16hrs of artificial lighting, or do you lower it to 10-12 hrs of artificial lighting for the winter months?

I've had my really cool Medusa fern for quite a while now and I've grown it under artificial lights for the most part. Since I've redone my collection it's been sitting in somewhat of a shady corner of a room. It still seems healthy, but I want to make sure that shady conditions will be ok for...

I am about to receive seeds of D. luscitanicum, temperate pings, B. liniflora, and Sarracenia. I have no artificial lighting at the moment, nor do I have a greenhouse. All that I have are either at window sills or outside. Would it better to keep any or all these seeds in cold storage and just...

I'm planning on trying to grow a few Sundews from seeds pretty soon here, and was hoping you guys could give me some advise.  My initial thought was to pick up a large number of relatively small plastic pots and place one seed in the middle of each, then leave them on a windowsill for a few...

My favorite drosera D. lanata For some reason it doesn't like artificial light with me, no matter how bright it is. I grow it like this, on a bright windowsill: Here's my best young byblis liniflora. I grow it outside with a clear cup over it. There IS some air space between the cup and the...

I thought I was doing my collection a favor when I brought the "ghetto" outside. I get one rain that flooded the container they were in and 3 plants (with two flowering) rotted. And do most people use artificial lighting for them or window sill light?

Hi, i was tinking today...what am i doing!, i really like to participate on the growing VFT on terrarium, but maybe thats not the way to grow them, same i have a D. binata And a D. filiformis, i hear they need sleep fro months, so tell me were!?? and how!??, i have a sar, 2 pings, they droseras...

Hi guys, Im having a huge problem with my neps right now. They seemed to be growing OK for the first half of the year and now they look very very bad. I've already lost N. sanguinea and fusca (baby) to the same symptoms. I live in Singapore, which should be OK for neps, however, today i got a...

I was told a while back that you can never give CPs too much artificial light. Is this true? The reason I ask this is because recently I added another few light fixtures to my collection, so now over each of my 20 gallon tanks I have four 40 watt bulbs, bringing the grand total wattage to 160...

I've been lurking for a bit here, and finally decided to register and post especially since I'm now getting involved in this hobby. I've often pondered the possibility of raising venus flytraps and various other carnivorous plants and last weekend my girlfriend expressed interest in them as...

I've been lurking for a bit here, and finally decided to register and post especially since I'm now getting involved in this hobby. I've often pondered the possibility of raising venus flytraps and various other carnivorous plants and last weekend my girlfriend expressed interest in them as...

Hi guys, A number of my neps, like my bical, fusca and clip are putting out narrow leaves. I cannot think that this is a good thing, so I want to ask - Is this a problem and what are its causes? I cannot think of any drastic changes in environment, but there may have been a possible increase...

I have some VFT that I divided in the fall around halloween. I placed them on a indoor grow rack with artificial light to improve their success. I also made some divisions of D filiformis that I kept on the same warm grow rack with a 12 hour photoperiod. They all (well, most) did well this...

The sun's the best but as we all know artificial light is better than no light. So for the experts, please comment, fill in the details and help us out here. This is what I have gathered so far on flourescent or compact flourescent. Lumens vs Colour Temperature vs Photoperiod Lumens - go as...

My Nep Is Dying And I Need help, i am growing it under artificial light. Today i tried kickeng up the humidity i hope it works. any othe suggestions would help thx

First off anyone else have one of these? If so what kind of artificial lighting are you using with your indoor habitat for the winter? I did some reading that they require UV-A and UV-B in order to stay healthy. Does anyone know if Phillips Daylight Deluxe florescent bulbs output any UV-A/B? It...

This is my first year growing CP. So far so good but when winter time comes I'm going to have a couple plants that I'll need to grow indoors. So my question is what are our choices when it comes to artificial lighting? I know nothing about the fixtures that hold them up or the bulbs that you put...

as I no longer grow cp's i have lots of pots to offer. I probably have more than 100. I am looking for cork bark, bromeliads, large nepenthes (ventrata, alata, anything. its for an indonesian water dragon vivairium), sandblasted grapevine, live spanish moss, and tropical artificial plants. I am...

I am looking for suggestions for my next Utrics. I'd like something that flowers easily (like U. livida or U. sandersonii), even under artificial light, spreads fairly quickly. Bonus points if it's less common in cultivation. What are your suggestions?

Hey everyone! I'm new to these forums and in the few hours I've been here I've found so much useful info, it's amazing. I've been growing CPs for years now, but I guess you could say I've never really gotten it right. This year is the first time I'm trying to grow my plants in a terrarium with...