coffee

My terrarium is finally finished :D It's a simple metal rack, covered with radiator foil at the back and right side. At the front and left side are sliding lexan sheets. I made the rails by using parts from another metal rack for the bottom and some plastic thingie thats a part of some cable...

Soo, I took a small ventrata rooted cutting in a roughly 2.5" pot that sits in a cup of the same size to the convenience store I work at, just to see if it would survive. Temps are around 70 with continual light 24-7. It's potted in mostly peat with a few old coffee grounds thrown on top (from...

This N. clipeata Clone 3 was given a coffee treatment a short while back, to see what might happen. Looks like it decided to reward me with a larger sized leaf. Just the leaf alone measures 4 inches long. This plant is potted up into a five inch pot. This pitcher has nectar on it that has...

ive not posted any pics of this one since i got it, it has been wimpy for months, and maybe 6 -8 weeks ago i gave it a drink of coffee ,and now you can clearly see the new growth , also it hadn't even showed a sign of pitchering for me, but it wont be long now , compare it to the n.miranda (so...

Hey, can Proboscidea stand coffee-infested soil? I was just preparing the soil when I found a large ant mound. I poured coffee grains over it, and the rest of the land too.

Hi guys, I figured I make a new thread on this issue that I am facing. In january..I went away on a vacation for 7 days. I had made arrangements for watering and misting them, but unfortunately, they failed. By the time my parents managed to visit my apartment after 5 days of the 7, the fans...

But very well grown! First of all, I would like state I have no photographic skill at all, so sorry if these are not the best photos. With spring here and my nepethes shooting up, I figured I would post some photos of New growth. N. Muluensis x Lowii is one of my favorite plants, and responsed...

Here is an update on some of my coffee fed Nepenthes. These plants were purchased from CZ Plants in May of 2008. They were all potted up into five inch diameter plastic pots, and were initially grown together in a 16" x 8.25" terrarium. Once the N. rajah outgrew the terrarium it was moved...

Dionaea Dentate, Dente, and Dentate Traps, are ALL the same. When a plant from a Red Piranha (example) has germinated, even if it looks Identical to the mother. It is NOT a Red Piranha. Just because a leaf is turning black means nothing, it is part of the natural growth cycle for the Dionaea. If...

I have been following the coffee threads, and so far it seems that everyone is pouring coffee on their plants. What about mixing the grounds in with the peat moss and planting the plants in it?

It's a wee little one.. would giving the coffee treatment to my plant be a bad idea?

Well, I too have succumbed to the lure of java for my Nepenthes -- this after talking to a number of people whom I respect, both on this forum, and some others who have also sworn by it. Like those before me, I have simply poured cool coffee (made with RO water) through the media, as I would a...

For those who have been espousing the "coffee treatment" for their Nepenthes, I have been wondering whether the particular composts or age of the materials has had any bearing on the success (or failure) of that treatment -- whether the plants were in either long-fiber sphagnum moss, orchid /...

thought it would be easier to see the results if i started anew DEC 9th. . . JAN 3rd. . . FEB 19th. . . MARCH 13th . . The new pitcher you cant see on the other side is starting to inflate , and I'm expecting it to reach the base of the pot,:-O that would be so cool if it would sit on the floor...

Hi all, Here are some pics of some of my neps. These are in intermediate conditions in winter and on the cooler side of lowland in the summer. The rest of my neps are outside. My mom has been taking care of my plants while I'm at school, and she sent me these pics today. It's nice to be able to...

So I gave my 3 neps. the coffee treatment tonight. Here's some pics from before the treatment.. I'll post another set of pics of the three plants after 1 month, then again 2 months from now. We'll see how it goes. Hopefully it doesn't kill them, or worse.. hopefully it doesn't turn them into...

I have some Coffee seedlings for trade. They are in 3" pots and each pot has 3-6 plants. They are about 2 months old and just starting to get the first set of leaves above the cotyledons. They grow great as house plants and are tolerant to about 40 degrees. I am willing to trade for just...

The ICPS Sarracenia alabamensis Conservation Project 2010. Above; S. alabamensis 'in situ'. The magnificent Sarracenia alabamensis subsp. alabamensis is now at a higher threat level in 2010 than in recent years. Due to cheaper land prices which is leading to quickened land acquisition and...

I thought I would post a few pics. The N. ventricosa pic shows the effect of using coffee. There was a big increase in pitcher size after a couple of applications a few weeks apart, which is obvious in the photo. I'm a believer now. N. truncata x veitchii N. x mixta N. x hookeriana N...

Hey all - I'm back from Christmas vacation/new-year-work-craziness. I have a question - Just as the subject asks - for those of you who feed your nepenthes coffee, how often do you do this?