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Post by doug on Sept 17, 2010 7:58:04 GMT -5
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Post by H2O on Sept 17, 2010 11:19:03 GMT -5
Thanks doug, that's a really interesting article. Someoe should try feeding their moss sugar haha maybe I'll try it this winter haha
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Post by hermes on Sept 17, 2010 11:24:04 GMT -5
Dang! That was a very interesting article. I'm going to give it a try.
-Hermes.
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Post by hermes on Sept 17, 2010 19:28:01 GMT -5
When I got home from school today, I put the results of this study to the test by starting a controlled experiment. I began two baggies with the same amount of water and sphagnum to each, then I added a small amount of sugar to one. We shall see how dramatic the effect is if any.
-Hermes.
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Post by PingKing on Sept 18, 2010 15:25:24 GMT -5
man great article...)
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Post by kd on Sept 19, 2010 0:07:24 GMT -5
Interesting, but who really needs Sphagnum to grow faster?? It grows like a weed for me!
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Post by montanaguy29 on Nov 8, 2010 0:15:47 GMT -5
I wonder, as I have orchids and I use light amounts of sugar with fertilizer in foliar spraying of the leaves, would that also work on the carnivorous plants? Just using the sugar on the carnivorous plants and sphagnum moss and see if it works to encourage faster growth of the cp's as well. I might try that to see if it works on the carnivorous plants as carbon is the basic building block for all plants and they all utilize it since it really isnt a type of fertilizer. Hermes, Did you finish the experiment yet? How are things going so far???
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Post by kd on Nov 8, 2010 22:54:40 GMT -5
Why do you use sugar with a foliar spray for orchids? I'm not sure foliar spray does any good for orchids, and sugar is something new. I also grow orchids, and this is new for me.
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Post by H2O on Nov 8, 2010 23:50:46 GMT -5
Not really sure what he's talking about with the sugar but fertilizing by a foliar spray for orchids is a good things, pretty much any plant likes foliar feeding as the nutrients can be taken up much faster. How do you tend to fertilize?
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