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Hi all.. It's been a long time since I have visited, so hello to all my old friends :-) I have a quick question which I hope maybe someone here can help me with. I need to mix a batch of Orthene systemic insect control. My bottle is liquid form, concentrate. The mixing instructions are missing...

Well I have been noticing that my Nepenthes spectabilis x aristolochioides has been producing really strangely shaped leaves, so I checked for pests none! Then the leaves coming out were even more mutated and shrunken some didn't even have tendrils. This morning I noticed the growth point had...

Ok....so far my germination rates for nepethes seed have been all over the place and I'm trying to narrow down and perfect my technique. I have noticed that many of my falures may be beyond my control. My most recent batch is having mold issues, but other batches never had that issue, and the...

Thought it was time to close the window and will spring to come!! Now I can control the temps to the exact degree I wish from 85*F-45*F. So as of now I'm running it at 78*F daytime and 52*F night time. I thought that'd be just right for the kids. And now that I can close the GH up again, the...

I found this fish on a CP website and here is what it said. Eastern Mosquitofish, Gambusia holbrooki-6 fish. This is an excellent control for mosquitoes in your carnivorous plant water beds, pools, tanks or trays. They are live-bears like guppies, and are prolific breeders. They are native to...

I was wondering if there are any all-in-one terrarium systems, similar to the all-in-one aquariums like nanocubes or biocubes, but for reptiles. I think it could be great to have a terrarium that had lighting, ventilation, misting/watering, and temperature/humidity control included in one system...

I planted 4 black seeded Devil Claws in 4 Peat Pots and 4 white seeded Devil Claws in 4 peat pots with Moisture Control Potting soil indoors on February 14. I refrigerated the seeds and I will post a update when I get some seedlings. This is a experiment to see if refrigeration affects the seeds...

Those of you who have been interested in trying your hands at raising some pet mantids the easiest to start with are the common types are considered naturalized and are allowed to be released in the garden as pest control. You can hatch one or more of these kinds of egg cases and save a couple...

Hey everyone, Here is my new idea for cooling my highland terrarium. Essentially I've just taken a 6000 btu a/c (I got for free off kijiji), opened it up, removed the evaporation fan, moved the temp sensor off the rad. Then I bent out the front cooling radiator so that I can insert it into my...

Officials fear bath salts are growing drug problem By SHELIA BYRD Associated Press The Associated Press Saturday, January 22, 2011 1:47 PM EST FULTON, Miss. (AP) — When Neil Brown got high on bath salts, he took his skinning knife and slit his face and stomach repeatedly. Brown...

Here I report what has happened in my test jars filled with gelrite-gelled media and some species, apx. 1 month growth on such medium: First, here is my control jar of weedy d.capensis. The proliferative growth shows that the composition of the medium should be fine for common drosera...

Dear Friends, I hope you all have had a pleasant start to 2011. As you may be aware, Redfern Natural History Productions has raised and donated over US $ 8,000 to support the work of Meadowview Biological Research Station in the conservation of the habitat of Sarracenia and other carnivorous...

you know i said i would be much more willing to deal with the wolves forced on us if they would also reintroduce them to Central park and DC......i may get my wish..... BILLINGS, Mont. – Environmentalists said Tuesday they intend to sue the Obama administration to force it to restore gray...

Hello! I would like to share some info and pics of my new TC jars. I have had issues with food store grade agar last fall and because several batches shifted the pH of the media several points up, I have lost some cultures. That was the last straw for me and I decided to upgrade my TC work to...

It has been a while since I've posted pictures of my CPs. There are 2 reasons for this; 1. I was on Vacation for two months 2. The plants aren't really at their best. Well atleast the ones in my terra, I wasn't here to control their temps in the summer. However winter is here, and they are...

Hi, I'm new to this and I'm having some problems. I haven't managed to kill anything yet and I hope to avoid it. I recently rescued a couple of sundews and pitcher plant from death cubes and I'm trying to get conditions right. The difficult part is that I live in the high plains of the new...

I grow outdoors in a basic greenhouse set up / No temp control I know my bigger/older Neps can tolerate the winter But we had a really mellow summer this year that was a lot cooler than normal & the temp has really been dropping at night So I want to bring some of my newer / smaller Neps &...

LAWRENCEBURG, Ky. (AP) — A central Kentucky man says he was forced to eat his beard after an argument about a lawn mower got out of control. Harvey Westmoreland of Lawrenceburg told WLEX-TV that two men cut off his beard, stuffed it into his mouth and forced him to eat it. Westmoreland said...

Just thought I'd point out a "Nepenthes" (mostly by name, as you'll see) that just appeared in my favorite comic, Girl Genius. Fair warning for anyone interested in the story; it's about eight or nine volumes in so there are a few spoilers on adjoining pages...

http://terraforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=116363 This year there has been a massive invasion of the invasive brown marinated stinkbug in the northeast and mid atlatic regions, soon they with spread like wildfire throughout the US. :thumbdown: Which CPs seem to catch the most of these...