Fast Growing Ceph

[awp]

Back in September:

And now:

Impressed with the growth rate and colouration!

 

[cpsammich]

whoa
the coloration on that ceph is beautiful
share your secret??
oh and what kind of turtle is that in your avatar, it sooo cool

 

[fdfederation]

Extraordinary!

 

[jbradt]

Very nice ceph!

 

[awp]

whoa
the coloration on that ceph is beautiful
share your secret??
oh and what kind of turtle is that in your avatar, it sooo cool

I just kept the soil wet with good ventilation!
Didn't even feed it with anything in the green house!


Ha thx,its a Argentine Side-Necked Turtle, Phrynops hilarii

 

[DJ57]

Sweet

 

[Rob]

I even see that you repotted it!

 

[nightsky]

great ceph and wow at the color.

 

[lance]

Wow! Truly is a fast grower!

 

[cpsammich]

whats your soil mix?

 

[LeafKirby]

Hacks.

 

[awp]

whats your soil mix?

About 30% perlite and 70% peat

 

[cpsammich]

Really?
That simple huh?
That's it I'm getting a ceph come Spring

 

[DragonsEye]

Awesome!

 

[mobile]

Nice growth rate. Given the right conditions I find them to be steady growers.

 

[awp]

Update

 

[lance]

Nice!! Looks like another version of cephalotus "fuzzykins"

 

[mobile]

Nice winter colouration.

 

[mass]

I'm blown away by the color of this thing. Mind if I ask it's origin? I know I won't be able to get my paws on one from this side of the pond.. just wondering.

 

[Whimgrinder]

Mine is the "vigorous" clone (provenance: D. Hastings), which is just an average selection with (possibly) faster growth than the standard, and it gets excellent color in natural sunlight:

It darkened considerably since this photo; I need to take a new one to illustrate. My soil mix is 40% peat, 40% coarse builders sand (crushed quartz), 10% fine fir bark and 10% horticultural charcoal. Otherwise it gets nothing special except clean water and as much sun as it wants.