media

My terrarium plants were overrun with pill bugs and worms. I uprooted the plants and tossed the media. I replanted in LFS. Even the B. liniflora didn't react!

If you love Nepenthes as much as I do... ....the following may be hard to see. So this summer was hot, and I lived in a place without AC. Needless to say, my highland Nepenthes were not happy with that. But then I moved, and also upgraded from a fishtank with lights set up to a...

I got some N. bicalcarata seeds in the mail yesterday, and I'm looking for input on growing media. I used Better-Gro Premium Orchid Moss that I chopped in a blender. I mixed that with an equal amount of plain peat moss and added a little medium grade perlite. Is this okay for germinating...

I have read for a while on various boards that many people dislike perlite as a planting media. Some of this is personal I am sure (I hate vermiculite for nary a good reason), but I am curious about why other growers dislike the aforementioned amendment. I have had better luck with perlite...

I have traditionally used larger pots for my pitcher plants, and they always seemed to take advantage of the space with extensively long roots. They vary, but the average pot size is about nine inches deep and eight or so across at the top. I feel like the larger pots have been good for...

Hi guys! I just received some seeds from John Brittnacher over at the ICPS, one of which is a packet of Drosophyllum. I have literally spent almost 10 solid hours over the weekend reading every last scrap of forum conversation about its germination, the ICPS grow guides, and every word written...

Below is a terrible photo of 2 debrobiums I got as seedlings at an orchid show maybe 9 months ago. Both of them are in the chunky media and small plastic pot they came in. Both have grown VERY long roots, reaching maybe 6-9 inches away from the container that seem pretty healthy. One has put...

I want to get some help from the more experienced people here to see if I'm doing anything wrong or if there's anything I can do better. I was at a local garden center a week ago and kinda impulsively purchased two CPs they had there. I've had them IDed as N. x ventrata and D. Capensis...

I have two Nepenthes that I'm not sure if they're ok or not and would appreciate some advice/thoughts. The first one is N. spectabilis. I'm not sure if I even need to worry about this one since the newer leaves are doing good. My concern is the older leaves seem to die really fast and turn...

Hi all I have been growing a spag tray that's now very mature and I have a varied depth of 4 to 6"... which I hope to grow a display of varied traps in. I know that everyone likes deep pot's however I have many that are doing well at both of these depths. Now media should be changed every 2-4...

Pinguicula gypsicola Pinguicula gypsicola is a Mexican Pinguicula which switches between carnivorous leaf growth and a smaller succulent growth through the year. This plant is really neat looking, no matter which form it takes and over time will clump. In the carnivorous mode, the leaves become...

I was just hoping to poll you guys on how best to control non-Sphagnum moss growth on sundews. It grows so abundantly in my greenhouses that it suffocates everything. My current strategy consists of ripping the top layer of media off and transplanting the sundews back in after I've tweezed the...

Hi guys. Today was really rough. I lost what looks like my entire Pinguicula collection. VA got hit by an unexpected heatwave after a few weeks of cool temperatures and all of my Pings dried out and melted. To make it worse, the water jug ruptured and washed all of them out of their media...

I have 3 potted D.modesta which are already 3" - 4" high and 4 pots with 2 tubers in each of D.menziesii which are just breaking the surface of the media for the season. I'm open to a variety of plants for trade, no hybrids (except Sarracenia) please. Thanks. Here are some pics of my plants...

I am primarily a lowland grower, but I've been looking into plants to adapt to my windowsill. I was thinking about a truncata, but I think I want to make my last plant-related investment before college to be in a plant that sparked my interest in CPs: N. hamata. There are two places I think I...

I recently got some U. longifolia but there seems to be a bit of white, fuzzy fungus developing along the surface of the media. It's currently planted in some LFS, although it came with peat around the roots. Temp ranges from 68-80F depending on the time of the day. Humidity usually 50-70%. I...

If anyone is interested in trying out this stuff, i'd be open to trades for gallon bags. Looking for helis or utrics(anything but the super common ones), or uncommon pings or sundews.. or nifty Sarracenia that I don't already have.. Just make me an offer. 1 gallon bag will fit per standard 6 x 6...

Hello everyone, I thought I would share with you some pics of my ping hybrids I initially posted on OCPS. First, P. laueana X sumidero I. Forma I - It as some laueana feature but not much ... especially not the red color. Pinguicula sumidero I X laueana hybrid par Shoggoths, sur Flickr...

I'm used to all sorts of misc ferns popping up unannounced and uninvited in my terrs, but what ever this plant is, I haven't seen it before. Media is pure sphag (out of a bag from Lowes). The media has been in this terr for 2 or 3 years now so whatever it is has sure taken its sweet time...

Hi All I have some baby sundews that I have growing in which I would like to keep growing that way. So are they like VFT needed to be shut down for winter? Stand water rain RO or distilled unless tap is used replace media after a year Anything else I need to know please comment thanks Noddy