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  1. L

    My CP article in Animal Magazine of San Diego

    Hey everyone! I wrote a CP article for Animal Magazine of San Diego and I thought you might all like to read it. It focuses on a few different groups of carnivorous plants and outlines some basic growing requirements. It's accompanied by a few pictures of some of my plants. It's a free...
  2. rattler

    well the winter wasnt to bad

    its finally truly warming up...looks like most everything has made it.....my weeping mulberry started leafing out yesterday.......looks like the male and atleast one female Actinidia arguta(kiwi) made it through the winter(just started budding out today, and the -60 didnt kill them down to the...
  3. jimscott

    The oddball tools of the trade...

    1) Magnifying Glass: Maybe they're not that original, but I like to keep a magnifying glass around to look for new growth, aphids, flowers, and sprouting. 2) Paint Brush - Pollinating 3) Spaghetti Collander - rinsing media 4) Duct Tape & Coat Hangers - just because.... 5) Coffee Filter - B...
  4. F

    Hi again

    After several years away, I'm back. That's right I used to be on here many years back, but due to a divorce several years ago, I lost all of my carnivores and a great deal of my bonsai collection to the unyielding temper of our sun. But a recent trip to California Carnivores gave me the "bug"...
  5. rattler

    oil change

    Oil change instructions for women 1) Pull up to Jiffy Lube when the mileage reaches 3000 miles since the last oil change. 2) Drink a cup of coffee 3) 15 minutes later, write a check and leave with a properly maintained vehicle. Money spent: Oil Change: $20.00 Coffee: $1.00 Total: $21.00 Oil...
  6. M

    Ordering Seeds

    I'm ordering Cofea arabica (Coffee plant), Ficus retusa (Taiwan ficus), Mimosa pudica (Sensitive plant), and Ficus benjamina (Weeping ficus) seeds. I have never raised a plant from a seed so I was wondering how I should go about growing these plants. I guess I need to know how deep the hole...
  7. losfreddy

    seedling identification

    I got some seedlings in my greenhouse and not sure what they are. I think they are ither Orange or Coffee, but hard to make sense of it as they are sprouting in multiple pots (mixed my seeds :/) . Tell me, what do you think these are? there are no seed shells to help.
  8. Clint

    San Francisco considers injection room

    Here's a neat little story I saw on CNN. I think it's a great idea and would save some lives. One thing I don't understand is what keeps cops from waiting until people leave the facility then arresting them. You know they've probably still got some on them or are can be arrested for "suspicion"...
  9. losfreddy

    my baby seedlings

    These are only about a month and a half old. By the spring, they should be doing well. These are my babies... Nicotina, Papaver Somniferum Virgina Nicotina in Coir/ compost... experimental terrarium contains Nicotiana rustica (indian tobacoo) still waiting for my Coffee beans to...
  10. losfreddy

    growing Coffee.

    Hi, i just got 1lb of Costa Rica Tarrazu Green Coffee Beans and am currently soaking in water for 24 hours. Has anyone here ever grown coffee before? am assuming that Green and Unroasted beans are used for planting.
  11. jiana54

    TOOL

    went to the TOOL concert last night. man, it was phenomenal. does anyone here listen to tool? anyways, the whole show was just intense. the deafening guitars, drums and of course, maynard's voice, the lights, the lazer, the backdrop screen, the craziness, the crazy people who surrounded me...
  12. disco

    Changing Hydrangea colors

    Hey yall, been a long time since I posted anything but I have a question about Hydrangeas. Right now I have pink Hydrangeas and I have been trying to find out the best way to turn them deep blue/purple. I read organics like coffee grounds, vegetable peels, and fruit peels are the best way to get...
  13. PlantAKiss

    B. Rice's "Growing Carnivorous Plants"...CUSTOM SIGNED for YOU! (Winner CP30) $40

    B. Rice's "Growing Carnivorous Plants"...CUSTOM SIGNED for YOU! (Winner CP30) $40 Been hearing about Barry's new book? Have you been wanting it? Well now is your chance to get a copy but with a special twist. Barry will custom-sign a copy of his book for YOU. Either leave it up to him or make...
  14. nepenthes_ak

    100 years ago

    Here are some of the U.S. Statistics for the Year 1907: ************************************ The average life expectancy in the U.S. Was 47 years old. Only 14 percent of the homes in the U.S. Had a bathtub. Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone. A three-minute call from Denver to...
  15. z5guy

    Intresting mini-bog idea

    Ok, i was bringing the recylables down to the rescycle bins last night when i noticed something intresting among the cans. It was one of those country crock mashed potatos bowl's that i had for dinner the other night and i thought to myself "wow that looks like it would be a good mini-bog" so i...
  16. Clint

    Cocaine, Meth and Chronic, oh my!

    Hehe, now that I've got your attention, what do you guys think about the new trend of products featuring the names of drugs as a sales hook (Pun intended :) ) I just saw a new coffee on CNN called Meth Coffee, and that's why I'm posting. Cocaine energy drink , Meth coffee, and those...
  17. nepenthes_ak

    New Bog

    I had been holding out on buying a bog for a while, Right? Well Finaly the time has come. Drinking and driving is bad http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/alaskaheadbanger/8d83a0e0.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/alaskaheadbanger/995ea016.jpg...
  18. Lauderdale

    Tropical storm

    Tropical Storm Ernesto was the biggest non-event since my date with little Suzie back in the forth grade. Very little rain, 45 mph winds, gusts to 60. Went to a hurricane party yesterday at 4:00, left at 8:00. Had dinner, liver and onions topped with smoked bacon, across the street. Came home...
  19. Ozzy

    So long, rural byways

    The area this article is talking about is prime cp land.
  20. Hans Breuer

    Amps and Roaches and Orcs, Oh My! PART ONE

    Part 1: Amps As I mentioned somewhere else, we haven't seen the sun for four weeks in a row. Doesn't frazzle the amps' coloration at all - check out this harlequin! Entire plant N. amp "Bau Green" and N. x kuchingensis Big Bertha's newest pitcher, about the size of a goose egg (BB...
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