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Post by brian on Nov 22, 2006 6:12:14 GMT -5
ok, selecting the resize option and clicking 1028 seems to work.. This is my Hastings Highlands (zone 3b, near Bancroft) mini bog last year. The true zone rating must be better though due to microclimate effects. I had already been overwintering a purp, flava, the rubra, a vft and d. filiformis, and had just added more purps, another flava, more vfts and some pings. The water in the area is typical of soft water found in central Ontario lakes. I dug a pit a few feet back from the lake until I hit groundwater then replaced the excavated sand with peat moss. When doing this you need some idea of what the lake level fluctuations will be. Its high enough that it won’t be flooded in the spring, and by digging it during low lake levels in August I know it is deep enough to always reach water. I topdressed it this spring with 1:1 peat and silica, and scattered some dry sphagnum hoping some spores will sprout. I think the lake helps moderate soil temperature until it freezes solid in January, and by then there is 2 or 3 feet of snow. I planted a temperature logger this fall to get to the bottom of this.  |
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Post by lloyd on Nov 22, 2006 12:36:04 GMT -5
I'm amazed that the more southerly CP's will grow so far north. Very interesting.
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Post by vraev on Nov 22, 2006 12:40:58 GMT -5
wow.....brian can u please zoom far out and take a picture of how the bog goes in your backyard?? I mean...I want to see the total concept. From these pics it just looks like u have a bog in your complete backyard  |
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Post by brian on Nov 22, 2006 14:55:59 GMT -5
 Trying 640X480 option. This one kind of shows how it sits in context with the lake. I'll look for one that shows where it sits in the yard. Taken this summer. |
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Post by vraev on Nov 22, 2006 15:56:49 GMT -5
wow...thats a wicked picture
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Post by lloyd on Nov 22, 2006 17:50:43 GMT -5
Do any of the S. flava and rubra pitchers stay green over the winter? Are they completely covered by compost or snow?
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Post by brian on Nov 22, 2006 19:02:56 GMT -5
They are completely covered by snow. First we get lake effect when the lake has not frozen. Unlike the Great Lakes, Baptiste sends it only a few hundred meters inland. When the lake has frozen the winds whip it off the ice and because of the slope along our shore it gets dumped at the lake edge. After the lake has frozen we get continual persistant snow through the winter because of the elevation in Hastings Highlands. The irony is CPs do better here than Niagara Falls because we do not get mid winter thaws. So, global warming could pose a problem up North.
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Post by insectivore on Nov 22, 2006 19:14:57 GMT -5
Nice Plants!  Cya |
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Post by Syble on Nov 29, 2006 20:43:52 GMT -5
Suppose I'm a bit late to this thread, but didn't think my main set up is that interesting, but here goes. I have a basic grow stand, 3 teirs, only one of which is currently in use.   The main block of sarracenia, all of which are getting kicked down a teir very soon. the flat plastic container in the background is what I use for starting seeds, rooting cuttings and hardening off plants.  This is where most of the activity happens as is. On the left side of this picture, right of the one above, is a planter of pings I'm doing a feeding study on. In the back are the various neps I grow, theres also one on the dresser off to the side. The margarine containter there houses the big eyed tree frog tads. And the remaining space is occupied by various drosera and pings, not to mention a hard to see budding pygmie drosera collection. Thanks, Sib |
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Post by lloyd on Nov 29, 2006 21:27:59 GMT -5
I hope the rabbits don't get into the CP's.
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Post by vraev on Nov 29, 2006 22:22:19 GMT -5
well....my turn. I am happy with my VFT's. All of you....especially who have seen these plants through my very first pictures on this board. grow area: lol!  THE OWNERS OF THIS REAL ESTATE - typical, red dragon, B52 (major shareholder), dentate (entrpreneur).   Here are those 2 pitchers now open.  |
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Post by insectivore on Nov 29, 2006 22:35:36 GMT -5
Nice setups guys!
Cya!
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Post by lloyd on Nov 29, 2006 23:54:33 GMT -5
My VFT's would be jealous except they are dormant in the fridge.
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Post by vraev on Nov 30, 2006 0:06:37 GMT -5
My VFT's would be jealous except they are dormant in the fridge. Its an honor to get such comments from experienced CP growers. thanks. |
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Post by mabudon on Nov 30, 2006 10:18:11 GMT -5
Yeah, they're looking fine Varun, you are doing pretty good at growing them so far and you'll only get better  Sib- is that your big N.miranda (or whatever) in the shadows, off to the side?? Or is it some foliage plant? Just curious |
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