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Post by curlingguy on Jan 7, 2008 1:32:57 GMT -5
I feed this to my cephs- picked it due to its low fat content (Got it at local Walmart).......I figured it would be close to what ants are (and don't cephs mainly feed off ants??). Put a piece into each trap about once every two weeks.
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Post by vraev on Jan 7, 2008 10:54:01 GMT -5
Hmm....interesting. Thanks! I might check it out for the ceph as well.
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Post by curlingguy on Apr 20, 2008 12:55:14 GMT -5
Super Giant Ceph One (or is it Two) Ceph Two (or is it One) Baby Ceph One Baby Ceph Two Recent Ceph Pulling Baby Ceph Three All my tricks- -seems best medium is 1/1/1/ peat/sand/perlite -mound it so ceph planted at highest point in soil. -humidity depends...let plant tell you. My super giant is grown with no humidity dome just out in open air. It is just to left of centre of bottom photo...I now have my two regular cephs covered and in higher humidiy. The containers they are in are covered with a smaller plastic container with holes in it for humidity. If your traps are not wide open the plant wants more humidity... Look at lower left here to see the two typicals in their regular position (with cover on them). The containers those two are in do not have drain holes so I just watch that I don't get the water level too high...just keep them moist..not soaked. One of those two is in 2/1 sand/peat and other in 2.5 /1 sand/peat.....If I redid them today I'd put them in the 1/1/1/ mix.....I have not been afraid to try different methods. The other cephs are tray watered when larger but I do put the smaller ones up onto something (like a milk jug lid) to raise them out of the water to keep them from being too damp. When they are small it is better to top water...when they get bigger and are repotted...and their pot is then deeper..seems they can sit in a bit of water and let the water wick up into your loose medium. If in a small pot and sitting in water they may get too wet..particulary if in a tray with other plants and water level too high. Keep water level low...just so plant can wick some up but medium not be too damp. My small cephs are covered with an overturned plastic shot glass with a hole or two drilled into them (so some air can circulate)...you can see them too in the above photo. Got those at local dollar store. Does trich help? Can't say, but it sure does not seem to hurt. When I repotted my Super Giant I mixed some in with the soil and I did same when I put ceph one and two into their new mediums. Without having two identical plants, identical conditions, one with it and one without, who knows for sure. And I do feed them about once a month. Each open trap gets a piece of dried shrimp....I posted a picture of the food some time ago (in this topic). Just seemed it is low in fat and would be similar to a bug so that's why I picked it. And I do add some water into the traps if they don't have liquid in them....but just a little...if putting food into a pitcher I want to make sure there is some fluid in it....(I've used a small piece of paper as a "dipstick" on occassion to check level of water in a trap)...when addiing water I use an eyedropper for that. Again, if humidity good you may not have to do this. I have used a fungicide Safers "Defender" when my original two cephs were very small and they developed a white, hair like fungus on them. I'd spray the plant....then top water it to get the fungicide rinsed out of the soil. If the plant had only a small area that needed treatment I would use a small brush to treat the affected area. My plants were doing terrible (seemed fungus sucked their energy). After treatment, no ill affects and started to grow. Have not had to use it in a long time- like a year....so seems problem solved. Here's a link for that topic- ocps.proboards78.com/index.cgi?board=pitcherplants&action=display&thread=1033 Any questions...ask here...I do not hold back any "secrets".. And.... is this the "best" method....who knows....but if you are new to Ceph growing...don't reinvent the process..start with something that works.....then go from there. Read all the posts here about Cephs.....then decide what you want to do.
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Post by curlingguy on Jul 5, 2008 17:32:19 GMT -5
My opinion on humidity has evolved.....I think higher is better....but not 100% humidty.....seems traps get nice amount of moisture in them with adequate humidity. -my super giant is covered in a plastic bag held by an elastic to the container. The upper left corner of the bag is cut off to allow air in. -the ceph next to it is now covered with plastic as it got too big for plastic cover (see ceph at far left). -centre left one is covered with a slurpee type lid...hole on top allows air in. I had earlier had this hole covered by a piece of plastic. -left one covered by upside down plastic bowl..the type you get stuff in at a superstore..I drilled holes in it till i could see the plant- plastic not covered in water droplets (ie- less then 100% humidity). Took a lot of holes!! Although not all plants are in it I think 1/1/1/ peat/perlite/16 grit sand works best. Super giant and ceph under dome are in that. Ceph on far left in 2/1 sand/perlite and ceph next to super giant in 2.5/1 sand/perlite.
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Post by tom on Jul 5, 2008 17:40:44 GMT -5
that super giant is really impressive
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Post by vraev on Jul 5, 2008 19:14:01 GMT -5
Fantastic plants there.
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Post by prmills on Jul 6, 2008 14:56:51 GMT -5
Wow, once again you have nice plants curlingguy! I hope my ceph starts to look like yours soon, she's growing good but no adult pitchers yet, all in good time.
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Post by keehno on Jul 6, 2008 23:38:54 GMT -5
25% Canadian sphagnum peat moss, 25% perlite and 50% Target play sand. Humidity varies from 35% - 90% day to night. Temps vary from 65 - 90 F. day to night. Filtered sunlight. No trichoderma, no food, watered with RO water. This plant is 3 months older than the ones everybody has been receiving from our online store. Pictures are unedited.
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Post by vraev on Jul 6, 2008 23:44:55 GMT -5
looking good rick.
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Post by prmills on Jul 7, 2008 10:47:01 GMT -5
very nice! what size are those pitchers? those are adult ones right?
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Post by keehno on Jul 7, 2008 16:04:11 GMT -5
Yes, those are adult pitchers and are 1.25 inches tall.
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Post by Rick Hillier on Jul 7, 2008 20:56:52 GMT -5
I've tried pure peat, and peat/sand at 50:50... nearly lost my plants in both cases. They would grow well for a few months and then the growth crowns would die out, so I'd yank them out (some had good root systems, one didn't) and I now have them in pure LFS. They are now recovering nicely, but aren't back to what I had before.
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Post by curlingguy on Jul 23, 2008 0:29:30 GMT -5
All Three Cephs [/b][/size] Ceph 2 (from Cooks) [/b][/size] Ceph One (from Cooks)[/b][/size] Super Giant Ceph (from Purpman). Largest Pitcher is 2 inches from base to top of "teeth". [/b][/size] Normal Growing Position with Covers or Plastic on....[/b][/size] Note that I got my two typicals from Cooks as they were not yet available in Canada...they now are....at Keehn's Carnivores.
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Post by lloyd on Jul 23, 2008 10:43:54 GMT -5
What's the scale on the super giant? They are huge, maybe tetraploid?
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