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I recently purchased a 65 gallon rain barrel for my plants. It serves my bogs great. See below: http://www.rainwatersolutions.com/rainbarrels.html Anyone else using these? You can purchase them in just about any City in NC now and probably U.S. wide. I think their more common overseas...

I was reading on another site that you can let tap water sit out for around 48 hours and then it would be ok to water VFTs with, but still not as good as distilled water. Is that true? It seems a little odd to me. Oh and another. How exactly do you acclimate VFTs to the outdoors? Wouldn't they...

well one day i fliped over a feeding B52 trap, and i found a bunch of pests and the trap was rotten. i remove the plant from the pot immediately and wash it with gentle runing "tap" water the plant is alright now but i have to throw away the media, right now i just want something that get rip of...

I get mixed answers on this topic. Is ro water a must for reefs or can tap or britta filter water work?

There is this old guy like 91 and he lives out in Aumsville and he waters alot of his plants with cotton ropes and milk jugs. He says it lasts several weeks. The cotton rope wicks up water from the jug and it waters the plants just lay the rope through the soil like a drip irrigation hose. I...

Helpful Venus Flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) Cultivation Advice for Beginners Began this care sheet to help new growers grow these plants in the easiest way possible.I recently purchased some dionaea through mail order and thought I might post some helpful growing advice on these plants for new...

I have a good freind that grows lowland nepenthes with tap water and he has been doing it ever since he got into them. And I was wondering if it is ok to do it. I just started watering my highland nepenthes with tap water less than a week ago and everything is fine, but I was wondering if the...

Hello everyone! I've been having problems growing N bicalcarata over here in Puerto Rico since I started growing Nepenthes plants back in 2001. I'd like to know what experiences tropical growers have had with this plant growing it outside to see if I can finally figure out what I'm doing wrong...

Does anyone use and outdoor RO unit for greenhouses/bog gardens. I'm interested in purchasing an RO unit for my outdoor/indoor plants. I'm looking for any kind of RO Unit that will attach to my outdoor spicket. Any ideas? I've used tap (90 to 100ppm) on my CPs for a long time with no problem...

This is just a general little poll. :) What are your thoughts on giving Cephalotus a small dormancy like it experiences in the wild? In the wild, it apparently goes through light frosts and a chilly winter, where it stops growth or slows down. In Wisconsin, in the windowsill I grow it in, lows...

First of all hello all! I have a venus flytrap that I recently purchased at a garden store. It isn't in the best quality and the leaves on the trap are long. However, there is a bit of red coloration in there. It is in a small pot and it had a plastic cover over it that i took off. I have...

So, for some time now I have been using tap root pots (designed for trees) to pot my Neps in. Had a number of people ask about them a while back when I posted pics of my Neps in the windows here in the lab. And among that number were a couple who told me it was pointless to be using the tap root...

I got my new tds meter today and went around testing some water. My tap is about 170ppm and after it goes through the britta filter it goes down to about 90ppm. I know it's still high but would it ok for neps that dry out faster by the window?

Hi Everyone, I just ran a test of my water and these are the results. Tap Water: 153 PPM Chlorine Free Water from RO unit: 134 PPM Reverse Osmosis Water from RO unit: 20 PPM Rain Water: 11 PPM My questions for the forum is? With these results is it ok to use Chlorine Free water for my CPs or...

I'm changsing my nep mix to have cedar mulch and I was wondering if it's ok to use tap water to wash it. I don't want to use my good rain water just for that. What you think?

Im out of distilled water, and our tap water is unhealthy for my VFT. Is Arrowhead water ok? The website shows the water contents. (Which dont seem too pure.:scratch: Website: http://www.arrowheadwater.com/KnowH2O/OurSources.aspx oh, and a thank you to all who have been helping me in my past...

Proboscidea parviflora var. hohokamiana Journal I will be growing Proboscidea parviflora var. hohokamiana (the white seed variety) this season and will be keeping a little record here for anyone that is interested. I don’t know if my methods will be successful as this is my first attempt at...

My first N. northiana pitcher! I have never been more proud of any other pitcher than this very ordinary-looking juvenile one. Well, perhaps this species can be taken off the "difficult-to-grow" list. This N. rafflesiana 'alata' is growing in pure perlite with tap water. It was a cutting left...

I have a couple new venus fly traps and on some days I'm going to need to turn on a humidifier to maintain its desired humidity. They require distilled or reverse-osmosis purified water - but, can I use tap water in the humidifier, or do I actually need to get purified/distilled water for that...

Now that Spring is here I intend to leave my VFTS outside during the day. Currently, I'm placing them next to a fountain in my yard full of rocks. My VFTS are right above the water full of rocks and not touching anything. My questions is, is this a good idea for increasing humidity outside and...