media

I have up for trade two nep vines and three cuttings. The cuttings will be made from the "main" stem, close to the media level. I am looking for nep cuttings, HL to LL but no ultras. I am primarily interested in species that will not get too large. I will also consider dews, pings and utrics...

I decided to try a different type of media for my Mexican Pings, they were doing ok but it always seemed like they were too wet in a peat based mixture. So I experimented with a new mixture, which included lava rock, dolomite, vermiculite, perlite and turface (APS) and threw in a very miniscule...

Hey guys, what does it mean when a Ping's crown is shrinking? Is it unhappy? It's been slowly shrinking even though I feed it one a week and it just gave me a flower, there's a second one on its way. The leaves have lots of mucilage and are carnivorous. They also have a pretty pink tint along...

Hi all I'd be very happy to know what causes this sort of brownish (rusty perhaps?) speckling on the pitchers of my Nep. it didn't get burned and the media is humid and I let it dry a little between waterings. Water is melted snow, collected from safe area 9no de-icing salts and such). My other...

Okay fellow TFers, I have a quandary: what do I need to know before buying a reverse osmosis unit? I am tired of collecting water off my air conditioning coils, but I don't quite know what I am in for. Some background insight first, I guess. I have about twenty to twenty-five containers of...

Hey members I've have been having a devil of a time getting N. hamatas to thrive. I have over 200 Nepenthes species and hybrids, including about 6 hamata hybrids all of which are growing like mad!, but for some reason, I'm failing when it comes to growing N. hamatas species. I believe I'm...

This growing season was going good for me until I started to lose several mature divisions to rhizome rot. The previous years I've lost a few divisions due to media getting too compacted over time. This year I decided to go with an airy mix with a higher perlite to peat ratio. I use the...

jpappy789's grow rack - recovery mode This is going to be my motivation to put some more work into my plants...because, well, they don't look so good right now. Probably not as bad as I'm going to make it out to be, but I've certainly seen these plants at their best and this isn't it...and I...

Thanks to the sage guidance of and pleasant trading with Paul on this forum, I think I can call my two new water features a success. They are around five and seven gallons respectively, and contain an assortment of goodies. The notable plants applicale to this forum are the U. gibba and...

Even after 2 years, i have hard times trying to find a good watering cycle. This morning, i look at my sundews's soil and everything looked great; the media was moist, and the plants beautiful. Tonight i look at my sundews, and all the flower are dry. Some leaves ends was dry too. The soil was...

Considering trying to add some dolomite/limestone to my Mexican ping media when I do a re-pot. Was wondering if anyone has tried this particular brand? I picked some up at HD for about $5 so it wouldn't be a huge waste if I can't use it...says it is "derived from dolomite lime" and the...

I grew Mexican pings several years ago when I was in high school. Back then I grew my pings in a 2:1 mix of perlite and peat because it was the best mix I could make out of what was available at home depot. I just moved into my own place and I was thinking about growing some pings again. I've...

Mostly out of curiosity but also wondering what I should be considering myself. I have to restock on media after a move, and although I don't keep anything very demanding (sand/peat mix seems to be enough for 90% of my small collection) I am in need of repotting as it is and always interested in...

I am getting ready to start building my first bog, and I need some advice. I have a pretty good shake on the layers of media and media composition but my main worry is that since I live in a rental house I can't really dig a large hole and place a small pool into the ground. My original plan was...

Hi everyone I have read that VFT do better after a bush fire hard to believe when they sit in water however, the rhizome is still located in the ground safe but the ASH is supposed to help aid the VFT, has anyone tried adding to there media if so what was the results. And since we have to be...

I was able to purchase some Boswellia sacra seeds, commonly known as frankincense, a few months back from miniatree.com. A couple of weeks ago, I finally got around to sowing the seeds. A few seeds were poured out and had their picture taken. That night the seeds were sown and a few days...

as the title says, im a complete noob and i can do nothing at this point. its been a month since a got my first plant, alata. still no pitchers, is this normal? what else should i expect from these plant during adaptation? i water /spray every day for humidity, receives 3 to 5hours direct...

So my helis may or may not be happy. They all have a live LFS topping, but are now being buried by the LFS. Not sure if they've stalled, or are just slow to grow. But they all look really healthy. Is it best to not use a live topper for these guys? Or will they eventually pick up the pace and be...

I have 3 100 liter bottles of WPM that I'd like to trade. I got them from Caisson about a year ago. They were cold pack shipped to me with other stuff and have been refrigerated since then. They are 36.75/ea plus shipping from them. I may trade for almost anything including PPM, Carageenan...

I just started to have some grey mould growing on the top of my newly potted plants any advice... I can get a photo for you if required. Noddy