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So this is my first year--and first will be first winter--growing Sarracenia indigenous to the extreme southern portion of the genus's range. The plants I am thinking of in particular are of course S. psittacina, a few of its related hybrids, and S. rosea in addition to S. purpurea ssp. venosa...

I have decided to do an overwinter gh this year housing a combo of nepenthes and various veggies. Far as heat I am thinking LP for longevity/efficiency. from what I have discerned electric isn't an option unless I set it up for 230 vac(which im not) and doesn't produce enough heat to keep things...

Hey everyone: I read through the lighting guide and Googled it, but it's been a few years since most of those have been updated so I thought it would be okay to ask for advice. I recently bought several 4 tube T5 light fixtures which have the option of have two or four lights on. (For...

So for those of you that I have not told already... This past Friday I was invited by a professor at UNC-Charlotte to come work on some research projects with him as a graduate school student. The goals of the project are 1) understanding natural genetic variation (including hybridization and...

My ventrata is out of control and I probably need to cut it... The longest vine would probably be about 4ft long if you laid it out flat, however I don't want to cut that one. I'd rather cut some that are hitting the walls of the greenhouse and producing bent leaves because of it. Training the...

I was considering converting an aquarium to a terrarium for HL Neps. Less of a production setup and more of a naturalistic display. Since my considering was done mostly at night during our recent heat wave I realized that cooling would be necessary, as the temp of the room I would be able to...

Hello TF members:) I've recently gone out from planted tanks into African cichlids. It's good and bad at the same time. Good: less maintenance, African cichlids are easier to breed and sell, does well with the naturally hard water in Lathrop. Bad: less plant options because of high ph(7.5 -8)...

Hi all ... this is a question for the experts really I know that the following is not to be used Bottled Mineral Water and Tap Water contain far to many chemical’s and mineral’s that the plant does not like. River Water to be avoided due to chemicals and pesticides that may run into the water...

I have two pots with about 40 to 50 Darlingtonia seedlings each. The plants range from about a week to a month or so old. I hve all of them on my covered (fully shaded) northern porch right now. I was thinking about putting them in a south facing window sill, though. There is no direct sun...

Hi all, I am acquiring a N. spathulata x hamata seedling and it should be here any day now, I can't wait! My question is do you think I should acclimate it to conditions outside here in Omaha, Ne for the warmer months or grow it under lights in my basement? The conditions outside are currently...

Yeah, just gotta clear out for summer/college. I've scrapped the trade option for now, this is going to be luck based. Good luck guys! I'll roll to determine the winner when I graduate highschool ends May 11, 2013 at 11:13 am! The winner only needs to explain how they want it shipped in...

Had the option to tour Jack Daniel's or Nissan plant. I've seen at least a half dozen car plants so chose the distillery.... Compared to other distillery's I toured it was a little cheesey... but still decent. No pics were allowed inside any of the buildings outside the visitor's center and...

So we all know that CPs require some extra care over most other types of plants. I got invited to go on a trip around June, when I am having my birthday and taking a vacation from work. Problem is that my plants require a certain routine and a lot of space, so I can hardly take them with me like...

Still in need of spiralis/graminifolia, different locales of D. ascendens, and I hoard D. schizandra.. so that's always an option as well. Always open to offers of whatever though.. Only looking to part with about 20 of these. Here is HALF of the container..

Hello everyone i want to purchase a sarracenia or sarracenia hybrid. I would really like one that has vibrent colors like pink and with least green as posible also red can be an option or somerhing around those lines what type would you recommend any feedback is appreciated. Thank you Abel A.

Has anyone heard of or had problems with the peat in their bog compacting and "suffocating" roots? I have two bog pots and I believe this is happening to me. The sarrs did'nt put out much root growth last year and not many new pitchers either. I just wondered if I was making this up or if it...

I have a terrarium that I'm keeping my Adelae in. The humidity is around 70% at all times (I also have some Neps in the terrarium). Whenever I feed the Adelae, however, the food will eventually turn into fungus on the leaves and burn the leaves a bit. I use freeze dried bloodworms. Is the...

Crissy told me about this a couple years ago and I was telling someone else about it just now in an email.... It's not mentioned anywhere on their webpage, but Canon has a loyalty program. They will accept any junk Canon camera (film or digi) as a trade in and give you 20% off a currently...

Almost exactly a month ago I posted a photo of a sow bug (order Isopoda) on my blog that I created from a stack of 57 separate images. But I was really unsatisfied with the photo and decided it was time to invest in more equipment. I ordered a 4X microscope objective off Ebay and started...

Hi guys, Its been a while since I have been back to TF. Life takes its own turns and in the last 4-5 months, my life has changed tremendously due to family issues. As a result, I have almost lost my entire collection of plants. I had to go away for over a month and I gave some important plants...