media

I was hoping someone might have some ideas to help me resolve an issue with growing media. Several months ago, I began growing 4 Nepenthes in 100% perlite hydroponically. The plants are watered 3 times a day for 15 min. each (the minimum time interval on my timer) with nutrient solution. They...

Echeveria package Whilst I am well aware this is a cp forum, I also know that there are other plant nuts besides myself who are in possession of (or are possessed by) rather eclectic tastes in ?shrubbery?. This may be of interest for those individuals. The package contains: ? 3 Echeveria...

In my pot of Alocasia Poly, this thing has sprung up. Growth has been rather slow -- it first appeared sometime this winter. It has never produced any leaves. Each branch simply bifurcates every so often. I haven't repotted Poly in at least a couple years, so if there was a dormant seed in the...

Hi guys, Just got ahold of a Solanopteris brunei (S. American antfern genus). I have a rough idea of what to pot it in but was wondering if anyone has (1) cultivated this before and (2) has a successful mix. I pot Lecanopteris in a blend of my orchid mix and ordinary nursery mix. I imagine...

Sarracenia leucophylla S. alabamensis that I had crossed with S. leucophylla Hurricane Creek, AL Not sure, probably S. alabamensis open pollinated. Was knocked off (either by wind mostly likely by birds) and found on ground. The culprit found in the S. leucophylla flower - larva and pupa -...

Can you successfully grow D. Burmannii in dried LFS? Is it recommended? It seems most people use a peat + sand mix for those little guys.

I'm a returning CP enthusiast trying to get back into the hobby. Luckily, Memphis is a great city to grow Sarrs and other temperate CPs. I look forward to reading and learning the vast amounts of information that you vet growers generously post on these forums. I also got back into the hobby...

Here are a few images of multiplying plantlets in a cytokinin-rich experimental media. The challenge with this species, as well as many other highlanders and ultra-highlanders, are the development of roots; or rhizogenesis. More often than not, I allow the plants to root ex vitro, as though...

Drosera trinervia Stormsvlei Kloof, RSA seed - at least 25 seeds. This winter growing South African Sundew is one of the easiest to cultivate of the winter growers. It has the distinction of being the widest ranging of all the South African Drosera species. I find the seeds fairly easy to...

Seems to be a year for taller pitcher growth. Maybe not the best I've seen but above average. I measured these by placing the yard stick on the top of the media close to the pitcher as possible. Let's see yours too. S. moorei A hybrid possibly S. moorei back-crossed S. flava S. oreophila...

So I was pretty much out of room for plants under my two fixtures. However,a lot of pots were failed out previously transplanted seedling pots. I'm in the middle of putting various sundew and a few nepenthes seedlings into 2"circular plastic net pots. These will be about a foot under a fixture...

One of my D. capensis is doing particularly well -- it's currently about 7-8" in diameter. So while watering it the other day, I noticed a great deal of green on the media and figured, "Hmm, looks like a bed of moss is well underway." But upon closer inspection, I discovered that I was...

Hey all, I was hoping you guys could help me conquer my problems with rhizome rot. I've moved all my plants outside into a small grow tent/greenhouse thing in hopes that sunlight and airflow will help prevent any new cases. However, I am also curious if there are any strong fungicides that I...

So I started a variety of nepenthes seedlings, and one variety, a mirabilis, had a huge germination rate. So now, in a 4 inch pot, I have 50+ plants andywhere from newly germinated to an inch in diamter. They are sown in LFS, and I plan on transplanting to a humidity dome with a tray system...

i got a new order in last week. i lucked out and caught them before they sold out of their n. aristolochioides, one i've been eagerly searching for for a few months now. I potted it in the 2.5" pot that it came with, and then later that night decided it was too small and that i would put it in...

OK... so I have my Amazon shopping cart ready... Is this the best place to get my supplies? or is there a better option? (I am not made of money, and was not expecting to be transplanting something I thought was complete) Or is there a place where I can buy a pre-mixed medium specifically for...

Hi all, Will try and keep it short. Where I stay finding quality sphagnum peat at a reasonable price always seems to be an issue. And not to mention how destructive to environment the farming of sphagnum peat is. I did the Google thing and got together as much research as possible about peat...

I am growing very young cephalotus seedlings. I use 1/3 sand, 1/3 perlite and 1/3 peat for media. I use 2 pots: a pot with media and holes and this pot is inside another pot with a little water so it can hold a little water for high humidity. I put the pot in low light now for few days then...

With the NFL's 49th Super Bowl exactly one week from today, the buzz about footballs in the two weeks leading up to this year's game is quite unexpected. I don't think anyone could have predicted the uproar that would follow with regards to this humble football. Through this last week...

Ever since I began using powdered iron oxide as a media ingredient, I started noticing that many plants, not previously showing much anthocyanin (often misspelled, anthrocyanin) coloring in their leaves, were showing much more noticeable coloration, after being planted in media enhanced with...