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Cephalotus, inducing stress for faster growth.... I'm curious if anybody has an opinion about possibly speeding growth of Cephalotus with induced stress (please keep reading). Originally, I purchased three plants. I had grown this plant with great success for about fifteen years. Therefore...

Hi guys...I just realised today when i repotted my albo into a airier mix (cos its not in good conditions) that it has sort of tap root system instead of the normal fibrous root system on neps...I've seen pictures of other neps like Viking/Globosa having rhizomes/tuber or some sort of thick...

So... question. I know there are 2 types of Pings that were specifically bred to grown near Orchids to keep bugs off the finicky flowers. My question is this: Are pings more tolerant of "impure" water than I realized, or do you still need to worry about RO/Distilled water with them? It would...

Lately i checked all over the place for a misting system to put in my greenhouse. Found a few good ones. I'm planing to use it to cool down the greenhouse a bit during the hot hours. All the systems i see are conecting to a tap water source. I know some of you have misting systems and i was...

Well, I finally gave in and sent in a SASE to Joosa for some of his Proboscidea parvifora var. hohokamiana. The medium sized, white seed arrived today in the mail. I'll be starting a journal based on experiments, experiences, a different journal, and observations. Day One: Start the Seed...

Newb question: When rinsing these things, do I have to use distilled or rain water, or is tap water okay for this? For peat, I was thinking of using tap water for rinsing and wringing out several times, and then let it dry, and then use distilled water for the planting. For sand, I have no...

Here's the deal. After my VFT came out of dormancy, I had set it outside (it had been in the garage). It was doing ok for a bit, but quickly turned terrible (don't ask, I think it got watered with tap water or something). I brought it inside and ended up putting it in a makeshift terrarium...

Some recent pictures of my surviving VFTs. My Dente is all but gone, there's a 1MM sized trap on a tiny little thing which I placed inside a container just now, but, yeah. My Akai Ryu is completely gone, AND there were bugs in the soil. I really, really need to find a local source for a safe...

My plants don't seem to be doing so good, and I think it's because of the water I've been giving them. When I was at my university last year, I gave my Nepenthes Ventricosa tap water and it thrived. Therefore, I've been giving my outdoor plants tap water, and my plants appear to be getting...

I got this at Lowe's today. It's just labeled "Drosera," but it looks to be adelae to my newb eye. All their CPs were on a bottom shelf in the indoor room of the garden center, getting NO light at all, let alone sunlight. They had a few "red pitcher" plants and smaller Drosera. They all looked...

Hello! I'm planning to try a VFT soon. I've never grown CPs, but I live less than 100 miles inland (Charlotte) from the VFT's natural habitat so I think I can easily keep it outside - probably even through winter if I want. We have the same winter temperatures as Wilmington. Lucky, eh? I've...

Here's an easy method to separate mixed terrestrial Utricularia. It's especially helpful when weedy plants like subulata and bisquamata have infested a pot of other Utrics. I started using this to separate Utricularia colonies which come in from nurseries, where subulata and bisquamata are...

Didn't find anything in the Carnivorous Plant Articles section about Reverse Osmosis units nor anything with a quick search, so I thought I'd ask. As I prepare to install a plant rack and more plants, maybe even a mini-bog outside, I find myself running low on water. A local Fred Meyer has one...

Contrary to belief, nepenthes are quite hardy as im sure alot of you know. but a few people have recently asked me how i grow mine outside during the summer months here in the Northwestern US. As many people know, Western Washington is part of a temperate rainforest, and the temperatures in...

My area's municipal water district is changing from chlorine to chloramine as a disinfectant in the tap water. I own a male betta and I have to change his water every week. I use one part tap water and one part RO water to keep some minerals and salts in his water (I know they don't do well in...

Since I have been in college I have not had time for a CP collection. So I left my few plants at home in my parents [in]capable hands. That was 3 yeas ago. As expected, everything died… except the… D. aliciae. It is still alive after three years of tap water, on the windowsill (they removed my...

I will be one of the vendors at the Bay Area Carnivorous Society plants sale tomorrrow in Oakland Calif. If anyone on this forum is planning to attend and would like their tap water tested for TDS, bring at least 10 cc that is 2 tsps,in layman's terms. I will have my TDS meter with me. Thanx...

i just got this TDS Meter... first i tested my tap water, 326ppm, i threw the water out. then i tried the water from the vending machine, 6ppm. yay, that should be low enough right? THEN!!! i tried the water that my dad brings home from work to put on the arrowhead water dispenser thing, i put...

would rinsing sphagnum to clean out the debris with regular tap water be bad?

Hey Guys, It's been a while once again since I posted here. lately i've gotten into water gardening with Lotuses and getting into Victoria water lilies. To the point: I've always been curious about my water hardness and finally found info about where I live (I live in the San fernando Valley)...