fertilizer

I've been showing off my indoor collection so much lately that my Sarracenia are starting to get jealous. My Sarracenia collection is pretty small right now. I lost a couple plants moving across country in the middle of the winter, but I'm very happy with the stuff that survived / I've gotten...

I was wondering if anyone else has experienced any issues with getting a rooted cutting of Nepenthes 'Predator' to pitcher? I received the plant back in November 2010 and it STILL hasn't pitchered for me!! The plant continues to grow but no pitchers have developed. I grow it in highland...

If I have a water soluble fertilizer of 10:10:10 and double the recommended dose am I giving my plants a 20:20:20? If I halved the recommended dose is it then a 5:5:5? If I mix a 3:1:2 with a 5:1:1 in recommended doses is it then a 8:2:3? Thanks, Jack

I am pretty new to the forums and to CP's, 1 year experience. I have had a baby cephalotus that is not doing well. Pitchers that have been there for a few months have wilted and the leaves are drooping. The crown and the new growth looks good though. I have been growing it in my edit...

Hi all, I see threads about circulating bogs and I see threads about Maxsea 16-16-16 fertilizer, but no threads about using Maxsea in a circulating bog. I visited Mr. D'Amato a few weeks back and he recommended Maxsea 16-16-16. His own mixing directions call for dissolving 3/4 tsp into a gallon...

I was lucky enough to obtain an unrooted divsion of H.sarracenioides from a most generous grower. I was a little nervous having never rooted a division of heliamphora, but I was given a good set of instructions on what to do so gained a little confidence. Basically what I did was place the...

After reading Est's how-to and trading a few PMs I thought a circulating bog was quite feasible for me. Pictured is actually a reworked version of my first go. I learned quite a few things from trial and error: Problem 1: A completely open circulating system with just a pond pump and irrigation...

I went to check my pumpkins and squash this morning and found that a couple of mushrooms were sprouting at the base a two plants. They were immediately adjacent to the young plants (pumpkin and squash). Does anyone know what these are? Is it likely that they are feeding off the plants? Are they...

Normally, I do weekly sprays of a weak orchid fertilizer but I'm pretty leary about using ground fertilizers. About 6 months ago though, I decided to put about 3 pellets of osmocote in each pot and though I have no controls, it didn't seem to harm them either. Tonite, I re-fertilized all the...

Hi everyone :) I noticed some questions about orchid care, and rather than posting in all of the threads, I figured a single post in a new thread may be a better option. Hope its ok if I do this :) Most orchids are "air" plants, although there are some terrestrial varieties. For terrestrial...

Hi Everyone, I just got a VFT and I can use some help. I read some basic care info and am now looking for some supplies to start. Where can I get mineral/ fertilizer free peat moss and perlite? :banana2: Help much apprieciated :-D ---------- Post added at 07:22 PM ---------- Previous post...

I know I saw another post in the last 6 months or so about a seedling flytrap flowering but this is pretty crazy. These ‘Big Mouth’ seedlings are only 60 days old are there are about 15 – 20 of them flowering already. I have about 300 seedlings in these photos so it is a small percentage...

So, I've recently decided to try my hand at orchids. So far I'm doing alright. I have two phals that I got at lowe's from the clearance rack. The leaves are a bit dark on one so I'm wondering if my lighting will be adequate to bring it back to excellent health. I've read a few care guides online...

Parents below S. x moorei 'Leah Wilkerson' S. x moorei "Red" Bidding starts at $2. It will be a batch of approimately 30-40 seedlings sowed 10/10/10. I use long-term light and diluted fertilizer so these have a good start. U.S only. I'll pay shipping. Should be a neat hybrid. My only...

I had lots of really nice home grown sphagnum but I moved it to my new HL chamber and now it's bleaching out. I was wondering if it would be OK to mix up a very light high nitrogen low phosphorus fertilizer and mist it on the moss to hopefully green it back up without encouraging algae. I've got...

Hey folks, This is my first attempt at growing orchids. Well, if you must know, it's actually my second - my first attempt happened at college and came to a sudden halt when I thought it would be a great idea to mix up a strong batch of Miracle Gro and flood the pot with it. But I digress. I...

So I have two Pinguicula and was told their name is Pinguicula 'John Rizzi'. Now I have been looking all over to see how to take care of them and all I've been getting are brief descriptions but nothing more and since I know almost nothing about CPs I'm kinda wanting more. :P So do these lovely...

Hey folks I picked up two nice small leaf plants at Home Depot today: Rhododendron Ramapo miniature companion plant for my HL display terrarium. I'm imagining N. muluensis uppers or some other small white pitchered species poking up through it like in the nature photos. It has nice small...

Hey everyone - I'm having issues raising pygmy Drosera gemmae to adulthood. I try sprouting them uncovered in my grow rack and they dry out and shrivel up within two or three months--it seems that ambient relative humidity in my apartment is just too low this time of year. I try covering them in...

So I've purchased 2 orchids for my girlfriend recently, both Phalaenopsis, and am just trying to make sure our conditions for them are fine. They are currently in a north facing window, midwest US. They are inside, so temps around 70, and are watered with orchid fertilizer treated water...