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amazing av8...
love em all....any shots of the ceph itself?
love em all....any shots of the ceph itself?
carnivoure12
Hear the Call of Nepenthes
Very nice helis!
not a good one....the pic is fine, im sure it does the plant no justice
Incredible again Av8
Incredible again Av8
Thanks for sharing!
Beautiful plants!!!
Beautiful plants!!!
You've got to be one of those growers who has the best of luck with cephs.
Your helis are very impressive too!
Your helis are very impressive too!
Lovely
Oh man. I love the helis! Awesome.
Ron, almost every pot seen in the pic has a different soil mix.
My favorites are..
a. Pure cypress bark (relatively fine)
b. 7p cypress bark 3p LFS
c. 1p cypress bark, 1p APS, 1p LFS
My current favorite is option C..
My rack is located in my basement and has continous cross ventilation via computer fans. Fans, humidifier and lights are all on the same timer. Relative humidity stays over 75% with >90% being common. Temperatures are seasonal with summers being in the low to mid 70's and winters being in the high 50's.
No day/night variance.
Of course all my plants get a monthly AMPAC Biotech Trichoderma treatment.
Helis are hungry buggers.... feed them often (every 2-4 weeks) and feed them well, I use fish pellets... When young I make a slurry of ground up fish flakes with water and use a syringe. There is a pretty good lag between feeding and seeing results... so keep the faiith. Once it starts you will definitely know it. You can use orchid mix in the pitchers... but this requires a little experience... so go slow, once you see signs of overfeeding... you are past the point of no return and death will likely occur. All you can do at that point is flush everything and hope for the best
I consider feeding and trichoderma to be very beneficial to good heli (and especially cephs) success, but others will disagree... C'est la vie
Lighting is 6, 54w 5000k 85cri T5 bulbs with 95% efficient reflectors on a 18/6 photoperiod (summer, 12/12 winter)
HTH's
Av
My favorites are..
a. Pure cypress bark (relatively fine)
b. 7p cypress bark 3p LFS
c. 1p cypress bark, 1p APS, 1p LFS
My current favorite is option C..
My rack is located in my basement and has continous cross ventilation via computer fans. Fans, humidifier and lights are all on the same timer. Relative humidity stays over 75% with >90% being common. Temperatures are seasonal with summers being in the low to mid 70's and winters being in the high 50's.
No day/night variance.
Of course all my plants get a monthly AMPAC Biotech Trichoderma treatment.
Helis are hungry buggers.... feed them often (every 2-4 weeks) and feed them well, I use fish pellets... When young I make a slurry of ground up fish flakes with water and use a syringe. There is a pretty good lag between feeding and seeing results... so keep the faiith. Once it starts you will definitely know it. You can use orchid mix in the pitchers... but this requires a little experience... so go slow, once you see signs of overfeeding... you are past the point of no return and death will likely occur. All you can do at that point is flush everything and hope for the best
I consider feeding and trichoderma to be very beneficial to good heli (and especially cephs) success, but others will disagree... C'est la vie
Lighting is 6, 54w 5000k 85cri T5 bulbs with 95% efficient reflectors on a 18/6 photoperiod (summer, 12/12 winter)
HTH's
Av
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maneatingmoo
Dog!
Awesome pictures! So many helis! I've never seen a ceph flower; thanks for posting this. Very nice colored ceph as well.
