spagnum

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...

Hullo: Couple days ago I bought some walmart VFTs and one was clumping so badly I could not resist the urge to transplant parts of it in another pot... I purchased Scott's Perlite and Scott's Sphagnum Peat Moss from Home Depot (the only Spagnum moss available) and just yesterday night read...

I was driving down a road today and I saw a site that was being developed, about in the scenter of the property I sat a stake and what might have been S.flavas. I stopped to check it out and as soon as I stepped onto the property I saw D.brevfolias. The possiable S.flavas were just weeds with...

<span style='color:purple'>So I've had my VFT(typical) outside for quite awhile. And I recently, just today, made my bog garden. Used a 10in wide pot. A layer of gravel, peat moss/sand, spagnum peat moss, spagnum moss. I have a FTV and a Burnswick Beauty/Purple Pitcher Plant(at least thats what...

does any know of or recommend a brand of sulfur based funguscide? I need it to help control algae growth when starting cp seeds in wet spagnum. Any other helpful tips for controling algae growth would be appreciated. Thanks

My name is justin and I just bought my first sarr. When I bought it it was submerged in shallow water and it looks to me like it is potted purely in small stones. Should I keep the stones in the pot or should I repot it into some spagnum. Or should I do something else? PS: In my terrarium set...

I sent a few sase's out and was rewarded with quite a bit of capensis seeds. This is my first time ever growing cp's from seeds so I was wondering how long it takes to see any growth? PS: I started the seeds in live spagnum moss with a very thin top layer of dried up moss, and I mist the moss a...

I have a small supply of live spagnum moss, which i would like to propagate faster. How much of each segment of living moss if needed to continue growing? If one were to coarsely chop LSM in a food processor and spread the result over an inch or two of peat in a 10X20 greenhouse flat, would it...

Okey dokey,here's a late entry to the auction. 3 year old cephalotus follicularis, grown from a root cutting. It has an additional growth point (see red arrow). The largest pitcher is 1" high, not including the lid. It's currently growing in live spagnum moss, under growlights. I'll also...

Hi. I got into CPs only a few months ago. I've read the Savage Garden and some stuff online, so I think I'm only mostly clueless. I got some D. Capensis seeds about a month ago. I sewed them, put the pot in a tray of distilled water on the window sill, and then put a plastic bag over it. After...

Just thinking out loud here.. with most regular houseplants, its generally a BAD idea to pot a plant in a pot that is far too large for it.. mainly becase the pot will hold too much water and could rot/damage the roots. so you want to pot your houseplants in pots that are not too small, not too...

I just checked my nepenthes and i found this as shown in the picture i was like what! i had this plant growing extremely well for almost 2 years now. all thats left is some basal shoots from the bottom. :angry:I dont know what the cause of this was it might be from root rot. As it is growing in...

I just received my first sundews. I received an Anglica and Spatulata. The both came in plastic ziploc bags. The Anglica is just the roots wrapped in a moistened papertowel. The Spatulata still has the stems/filaments (they are brownish) and the roots are also wrapped in a moist papertowel. My...

I bought a HUGE N. bical 15 yr. old plant last month. She was in a 17" pot with dark green, 2.5 ft. leaves, but no pitchers. I let her sit in this pot for two weeks under a shade cloth lanai in Tampa area of Florida climate. She started showing black spots on the leaves and the leaves became...

Ok, I now have lots of sarr seeds and am going to plant them in 3 weeks (they're in the fridge right now). Do I place them on top of the soil in direct sunlight, or do I keep them out of direct sunlight, or do cover them with spagnum?

(I decieded to copy this topic to the general forum as well as the greenhouse/bog forum..I dont think that forum gets as much traffic as this forum..) This is a topic that seems to have a very wide range of opinions.. What is the best water level height for a mini bog? I have been growing...

This is a topic that seems to have a very wide range of opinions.. What is the best water level height for a mini bog? I have been growing Sarrs and VFTs in individual 4" pots for many years, with trays, only an inch or so of water..so the water level is maybe 25% up the side of the pot...

In addition to my venus flytrap I went out to HD again and picked up a couple new CP's. 1. Tropical pitcher plant (neepenthes hybrid) 2. Sundew (drosera) Can I repot them with 50/50 spagnum peatmoss and perlite?

Hi all My wife got me a ceph for Fathers Day, also a bunch of Pitcher rhinzomes Flava, Minor,Alta,some Hybrid pitchers.. Now for the trick.. The ceph is about as big as a large THumb Nail...Tiny Pitchers growing about a little less than quarter. I have it in shredded dried spagnum moss very...

I cant figure this out its been hapening ever sence I got my neps. I keep them in a small greenhouse because I thought the air was too dry but it still happens in a very high humidity. I planted the plants rootball and all the medieum it came in in a larger pot about the size of a six inch pot...