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Post by bonfield on Jun 18, 2014 3:02:47 GMT -5
Actually, I don't do this with my Neps because they're already being given coffee. I don't think it would hurt them , though.
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Post by Flytrap on Jun 18, 2014 11:55:57 GMT -5
You folks are all going to laugh at this… but I've been feeding frog poop to my neps. I figure… why waste these fat blobs of goodness For the past 12 months, the few remaining neps I have at home have been fed fecal pellets from my whites Treefrogs and my redeye tree frogs. In fact I had collected most of the dried up frog poop into a plastic bag, and the bags are getting quite full (a few hundred poop pellets in each bag)!
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Post by cory on Jun 18, 2014 11:58:29 GMT -5
You folks are all going to laugh at this… but I've been feeding frog poop to my neps. I figure… why waste these fat blobs of goodness For the past 12 months, the few remaining neps I have at home have been fed fecal pellets from my whites Treefrogs and my redeye tree frogs. In fact I had collected most of the dried up frog poop into a plastic bag, and the bags are getting quite full (a few hundred poop pellets in each bag)! Seems like I remember reading about frogs doing this very thing in heliamphora pitchers in the wild. It makes sense that it works they do eat bugs after all lol.
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Post by bonfield on Jun 18, 2014 12:47:02 GMT -5
It would seem especially appropriate for jamban.
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Post by Maiden on Jun 18, 2014 17:13:43 GMT -5
Just ground up a big batch of FD bloodworms and have been sneezing for a half an hour. I've had itchy eyes before too. Thought I could manage it by making sure I didn't touch the stuff but that's not worked out so well. Aaaaachoooo! So I'm going to stop using them. I also have dried crickets but I'm on the fence about them. I grind them up and it just seems to be the shell of the insect with a bit of white stuff in the head, and I'm not sure how nutritious ground chitin might be. What's a good alternative? Oh, and free bloodworms, for pick-up only. Thats why i use gloves. This product can be dangerous if you are allergic. The alternatives are any dryed insects. From what i know, only one thing should be on the ingredients list; the insect name. But i have to said that iv rarely tryed brands with wheat or other things. So i think its a test n try situation.
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Post by roraima on Jun 18, 2014 17:34:38 GMT -5
I've had sensitive plants (mainly Cephs) have bad reactions to FDBW with "additives". I actually never looked at the ingredients until I read Maidens article on feeding VFT. Since then I switched to a brand whose only ingredient is bloods worms and I haven't had any problems, although I haven't used the pure blood worms as extensively.
That said I've become a huge fan of Bonfields orchid fertilizer technique.
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Post by Dennis A(cook1973) on Jun 18, 2014 17:36:43 GMT -5
You folks are all going to laugh at this… but I've been feeding frog poop to my neps. I figure… why waste these fat blobs of goodness For the past 12 months, the few remaining neps I have at home have been fed fecal pellets from my whites Treefrogs and my redeye tree frogs. In fact I had collected most of the dried up frog poop into a plastic bag, and the bags are getting quite full (a few hundred poop pellets in each bag)! Dunno why people would laugh I heard a guy went on walks in the forest known for Moose sightings he collected the moose dropings(some and I dunno the recipe but he ground it up with boiled distilled water(overkill) and fed his pitchers tiny amounts, downside he had to toss it when the smell was bad enough a few pitchers died and I am guessing he adjusted the dosage but said his plants seemed to do better with small amounts I guess in large doses it was too rich.
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Post by cory on Jun 18, 2014 17:49:54 GMT -5
Probably to much nitrogen
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Post by Dennis A(cook1973) on Jul 6, 2014 18:58:51 GMT -5
You folks are all going to laugh at this… but I've been feeding frog poop to my neps. I figure… why waste these fat blobs of goodness For the past 12 months, the few remaining neps I have at home have been fed fecal pellets from my whites Treefrogs and my redeye tree frogs. In fact I had collected most of the dried up frog poop into a plastic bag, and the bags are getting quite full (a few hundred poop pellets in each bag)! Look at this youtube clip www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mfA7DnaGTg
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Post by Devon on Jul 6, 2014 20:22:58 GMT -5
I don't know if you're specifically looking for other dried insect alternatives, but fish food pellets work well like Paulkoop said. I use beta fish food.
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Post by Maiden on Jul 6, 2014 22:01:53 GMT -5
I don't know if you're specifically looking for other dried insect alternatives, but fish food pellets work well like Paulkoop said. I use beta fish food. Do you have a picture of the ingredients list ?
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Post by Devon on Jul 6, 2014 22:38:12 GMT -5
I don't know if you're specifically looking for other dried insect alternatives, but fish food pellets work well like Paulkoop said. I use beta fish food. Do you have a picture of the ingredients list ? Sort of hard to see the ingredients on the sides, but here ya go. 2014-07-06_11-34-57 by DB~Filiformis, on Flickr It hasn't ever harmed my plants, at least not that I have noticed.
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Post by alex on Jul 7, 2014 11:05:46 GMT -5
Recently I have been experimenting with Shultz Orchid Liquid Plant Food 15-5-5. I am adding 4 drops to a 455ml spray bottle. It ends up with a TDS of 65-70, but I am spraying a fine mist so I'm not super worried at present.
I have been spraying directly onto my drosera seedlings from the point they germinate and the two cotelydons emerge. I am spraying every other day maybe 5-6 sprays, and on off days I am spraying RO water. So far the seedlings have done very well under this treatment. The control group is growing very slowly, and are still so small that I am unable to feed them with my current technology. The group that is being sprayed has is double to triple the size of the unsprayed seeds.
A test on sarracenia seedlings doesn't tell me much as I have so little experience with them, but a sprayed seedling has two true tube leaves approx 1cm long having germinated on June 7.
I do not think this treatment will work long term but seems to help somewhat for seedlings too small to feed, I've beEn feeding DBW to thE bigger stuff but it also makes me allergic. At some point the total solids in the media may rise too high and I expect to see yellowing or dieback.
A full grown D. indica, and D. sessifolia so far show no ill effects from this treatment thus far.
I have also tried this on some pings. p. Wesser, P. Aphrodite and P. Rotunda flora seem to love it.
I'll keep this thread updated with my results, I expect at some point it will be "too much" and then I'll adjust the frequency down, as the dose seems acceptable to the plants.
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Post by Dennis A(cook1973) on Jul 7, 2014 11:17:12 GMT -5
My FDBW's only has 1 ingredient...Freeze Dried mosquito Larvae
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Post by Maiden on Jul 7, 2014 14:05:28 GMT -5
Thx devon. From here i think its a matter of 'try n see'. If you have good results, stick with it On another note, i like the magic fish.
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