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  1. Ozzy

    One Gallon of Live Green Spagnum Moss - Mark Wilson $18

    One zip lock bag full of Green Spagnum Moss. US only Starting bid $1 You pay shiping
  2. mcantrell

    Milling Live Sphagnum

    A few people have suggested Milling some Live Sphagnum for various projects (Darlingtonia, root cuttings, several types of Drosera, etc). I had a question about this however. I do not have that much Live Spagnum, barely a cup full, but I have lots of sprouts springing up. How does one mill...
  3. Steven Magee

    D. Regia Needs Urgent help!!!

    Hi guys, My regia is in a bind. It's gotten smaller and smaller over the past month and I fear it may be on it's way out. At the moment it's no bigger than an inch wide, a few months ago it was 13-14 inches across. My conditions are a 12 hour photoperiod under 2 T8 bulbs ~50% humidity the soil...
  4. klasac

    my new terrarium

    Hi everybody! :-D Recently I found an old rusty fume chamber in the storage room of school chemlab and I remodeled it into a terrarium because the one i have right now is not big enough for my expanding collection. I would like to ask someone experienced about the lights. Its dimensions are...
  5. Neps_N_Things

    random pics

    My collection is starting to grow pretty well now. I figured I'd take some pics to help me document their growth. There pretty low quality and my camera skills are terrible (I was gonna post some pics of my capensis and binata too but I couldn't get the camera to focus and they were blurry) so...
  6. thbjr

    FREE Live Spagnum for shipping

    CLOSED, sorry they're all gone. Yep, due to the generosity of Jim with his Pings, I'm giving away the rest of this live sphagnum for the cost of shipping ($2.00). There are 6 bags available, one per person, and each bag has plenty of live sphagnum in it to start your own colony. PM me if your...
  7. S

    My VFT (pics) few questions

    First off, couldn't find my camera at all this last month so these were taken with my super duper phone camera. Some of the pics are blurry but thats all I had =( Anyways I know theres aLOT I could do to make these vfts happier but I only had a few questions.. 1. I have some leaves that are...
  8. Clint

    Utilizing non-Sphagnum mosses as a topdressing

    I can't keep up with watering my live Sphagnum moss. It dries out too fast, and I can't water twice a day. I was thinking. We've all had miscellaneous mosses grow in our pots, and aside from the fact that they can choke out small plant, I seriously doubt they will overtake Nepenthes. Why can't I...
  9. BuddhistAdam

    Is it?

    i planted the fork d. in some spagnum with no light and i have a really tall green sprout and a teeny tiny fork and im not sure if its moss or the dro. Which is it? its REALLY REALLY skinny
  10. J

    Joshua's GrowList updated 8-13

    Dionea Dentatae Huge 1.5 inch traps times 6 plants Thanks Steve Doonan !!! (Fly trap Farm) ----------------------------- Drosera Capensis "Green & White" Capensis "Typical" Filiformis Tracyii Filiformis Filiformis Rountiflora dormant in the summer :shock: Binata Complex Binata "T" Form...
  11. Meaven

    terrarium going-ons

    some news from my terrarium! aside from putting in a base of spagnum to start a farm, a few cool things have happened! for starters, my truncata successfully digested (that is, without development of mold) its first toad, and is growing pretty nicely... might be time to take it outside soon...
  12. z5guy

    finally building a terrarium

    after years of giveing advice and tending to others carnivorous plant terraniums i am makeing my own, this weekend with assistance from my fater we went outside and grabbed the old ten gallon fish tank, which was in the back of the old pick-up, i know hwat you might think "pick-up in the...
  13. norns

    questions on growing Cephalotus

    Hi, I am now growing my Cephalotus After 3 months, I shows my new Cephalotus grows lots of fat foliage type of leaf and it seems to be stable and I decodes to change the growing environment. I decides to repot the plants with a deep pot. I repot it with original compost surrounding by new...
  14. N

    Some pics of S. Purpurea Purpurea, Northern Mass.

    Growing up in the early 90's, I became intrigued with the northern pitcher plant after seeing some in a Vermont floating bog on a camping trip. Over the next few years, I tried to find some cps near my parents house in northern Massachusetts. There is a cranberry bog there, along with plenty of...
  15. R

    Problems with VFT Growth

    My VFT's are having trouble growing in condition in which they should be thriving. They get plenty of sun with distilled and or rain water. They are set in 100% spagnum in a 4 inch pot....... Any thoughts would be great
  16. P

    Dried Bag of spagnum from lowes

    Hi All, I have a question, You know thoes bag of dried un chopped up spagnum ( long theads). WEll I wet this and place around some of my plants to help with humidity. Every now and than A few sundew pop up in it. Im thinking Hum maybe because i have some around and the seed gets in it. Okay so...
  17. J

    leucophilia question

    Hi guys, I'm hoping somebody could help my poor sarracenia. I bought this white trumpet sarracenia leucophili (sp?) a few years ago, and it grows nice and tall, but the pitchers are dinky small. the plan almost looks like grass because it's so thin. I give it plenty of sun, distilled water, and...
  18. P

    Gona ba gone for the weekend

    Going to kutztown to vist my Mom with my kids. There is also a lake near her that has spagnum moss growing in large patches around it. Gona take a bit of time and see if we find any Planties! wack! Bang! Wam! Spat! ah Found the carnivorous plant find do hicky. LOL Just joke ya know dohicky ha...
  19. R

    Drosera Adelae Rehabilitation (Cont'd)

    My Drosera Adelae started to rot in the winter months to the point where all I saw in my 1 inch pot was dirt and spagnum moss. I started to check the soil in my pot and I could not find any roots. It is currently sitting indoors because we are having a lot of rain outside and I'm trying to baby...
  20. T

    Introduction

    I've been lurking for a bit here, and finally decided to register and post especially since I'm now getting involved in this hobby. I've often pondered the possibility of raising venus flytraps and various other carnivorous plants and last weekend my girlfriend expressed interest in them as...
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