Hello Fellow CP'ers-
I love bicals and I would like to set up a terrarium in my living room so I can admire it easily and frequently (yes I do have a greenhouse which it will go into when it outgrows it).
We all agree, that the two most important factors in keeping these little beasties is high temp and high humidity (think sauna/turkish bath)
But what about lighting? I've read many threads where people suggest keeping them in shade (i.e. place terrarium near a window) due to their swampy, boggy background to, there is no such thing as too much light (i.e. surrounded in mylar and T5 tubes in a grow chamber with a 16hr. photo period).
After all my research, I have come to the conclusion, that as long as heat and humidity are met, the bical will adapt between a shaded or supernova lighting.
But still, if it is mostly found in shaded, boggy, swampy and wet conditions, shouldn't we mimic that envrionment? And yet, Hawaii is not considered a swampy area where many bicals have been thriving in peoples gardens
I would love to read other people experiences with lighting (what type of lighting, photoperiod, health of plant, growth rate etc.) on these botanical beasts.
Thanks to all who respond
E
---------- Post added at 07:11 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:10 AM ----------
D'OH
Sorry for the double post, don't know what happend,
Mods, can you delete one of them?
I love bicals and I would like to set up a terrarium in my living room so I can admire it easily and frequently (yes I do have a greenhouse which it will go into when it outgrows it).
We all agree, that the two most important factors in keeping these little beasties is high temp and high humidity (think sauna/turkish bath)
But what about lighting? I've read many threads where people suggest keeping them in shade (i.e. place terrarium near a window) due to their swampy, boggy background to, there is no such thing as too much light (i.e. surrounded in mylar and T5 tubes in a grow chamber with a 16hr. photo period).
After all my research, I have come to the conclusion, that as long as heat and humidity are met, the bical will adapt between a shaded or supernova lighting.
But still, if it is mostly found in shaded, boggy, swampy and wet conditions, shouldn't we mimic that envrionment? And yet, Hawaii is not considered a swampy area where many bicals have been thriving in peoples gardens
I would love to read other people experiences with lighting (what type of lighting, photoperiod, health of plant, growth rate etc.) on these botanical beasts.
Thanks to all who respond
E
---------- Post added at 07:11 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:10 AM ----------
D'OH
Sorry for the double post, don't know what happend,
Mods, can you delete one of them?