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Post by tael on Nov 6, 2008 17:58:01 GMT -5
I went to Home Depot today, and saw... as I see many times, the little VFT trays with a bunch of dried VFTs... but upon a second look, there are a few miraculously still alive! I wanted to save the little buggers, but I know that they're going to sleep soon... so I was wondering if it was even a good idea, because they might die in hibernation if they are already too weak.
What do you guys think? Would I be able to attempt to undo what Home Depot has done to them and make them healthy again, and put them to sleep next year? Or would they probably die in the process?
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Post by lloyd on Nov 6, 2008 18:04:55 GMT -5
You can buy them. They'll be Ok if they're not too dried up.
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Post by tael on Nov 6, 2008 18:10:05 GMT -5
Should I wait until next year to put them to sleep?
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Post by lloyd on Nov 6, 2008 20:59:51 GMT -5
They're almost certainly the first year out of TC. So you can let them grow over the winter. Then acclimatate them to the sun and cooler weather next spring. Then they can go into dormancy next fall.
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Post by dvg on Nov 6, 2008 22:06:28 GMT -5
Tael, if you decide to purchase these, you should make an offer on them to the manager. Point out their less than ideal growing conditions, the dying or dead plants, and their probable fate if you don't intervene. See what kind of deal you can swing, you could get a nice bargain there.   |
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Post by sherkas on Nov 6, 2008 22:34:20 GMT -5
^^ What dvg said... and then if your buying more then one... bonus.
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Post by tael on Nov 6, 2008 22:54:20 GMT -5
Yeah! I was definitely going to do that. There's two that look like they might be salvageable... I think I could probably get a discount on them... they're looking pretty wilted and sad... still have lots of green on them though. It's so sad, a lot of them are bone dry...  Thanks a lot guys! I'll be on a journey to Home Depot tomorrow to get them! (Provided they haven't committed suicide over night. Assisted suicide...) |
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Post by tael on Nov 8, 2008 16:19:04 GMT -5
Soooo I just got back from Home Depot! At first the cashier told me I wouldn't be able to get a discount (I think she just thought, "Well, these things always die. It's just what they do."), and then we talked to the manager and he was like "What the hell IS that thing?". I told him what it was, and he said "Give it to the young girl for 2.00 or something." So yay! Not bad! Sadly, this was the last one that looked salvageable... Probably if I had been there two days earlier I might have been able to save one more, but he looked too far gone today. Anyway, here he is! Hopefully I can prevent him from dying!  Beautiful, eh? |
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Post by tael on Nov 8, 2008 16:22:31 GMT -5
Oh yeah, should I trim off those dying leaves?
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Post by Sawchuk on Nov 8, 2008 17:38:11 GMT -5
it looks sleepy to me hard to tell without seeing the corm and roots. id say put it to sleep using the VFT dormancy totorial, and get it going again next year. the pot seems 2 small, and the medium might not be right so you should unplant and repot anyways if planning on winter growing it, DOING THIS will most likely maybe casue it 2 grow deformed and ugly traps due to lack of sleep as it prob grew all year already. but it could give it a chance to recover form its torture chamber( Home depot) id say do this with it: ocps.proboards78.com/index.cgi?board=dionaea&action=display&thread=2285 |
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Post by Sawchuk on Nov 8, 2008 17:39:47 GMT -5
or better yet listen to lloyd!!
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Post by tael on Nov 8, 2008 17:43:33 GMT -5
I would totally repot it, if I could find peat moss anywhere in this damn town. But I can't... and ordering it online is ridiculously expensive. I too, thought the media didn't really look like sphagnum moss, but I'm no expert.. I guess the hunt for silica sand and peat moss continues... |
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Post by Sawchuk on Nov 8, 2008 18:25:15 GMT -5
I bought a LARGE bail at canadian tire. the big one they put outside, it sits in my garage corner for meow
your one of the many serching for silica sand, i dont understand how finer sand can be benifical for soils as YOUD THINK id ruin the air pockets which help with airation?? iv used play ground sand before with success after seriously cleaned offcoarse.
And id say the medium does look like pure LFS moss just dried out it appears.
change it and follow the savage garden medium as close as your situation allows. i resembled it my first year and won the photo contest with the plant anyways althoght the plant had 3.5" of growing space and playground sand. they are very resiliant plants once properly cared for( proper water, media, light conditions) etc
GOOOOD luck and good save you
Adam
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Post by tael on Nov 8, 2008 18:31:56 GMT -5
Yeah... I've found a bale of it at Canadian Tire once. But I don't have a car, and there's no way I would be able to carry that thing to the bus stop. So I'm not entirely positive what to do, haha. The only kind of moss I have right now is live sphagnum. |
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Post by lloyd on Nov 8, 2008 20:50:20 GMT -5
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