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Post by funkytechnician on May 22, 2007 15:57:23 GMT -5
OK, I have to figure out a way to kill sphagnum from popping up everywhere, I keep finding little heads poking out from my sundews and around the bases of my filiformis, and I,ve been pulling it out and piling it on top of the waterfall, which is fine because I'm tring to root some there, but its getting ridiculous! Some people are probably saying "just leave it" but I've had problems with it before overtaking my delicate model displays after a while and then when you go to remove it, the entire surface of the soil, plants and all, comes up like a sod I'm becoming so obsessed with staying on top of it that I find myself taking the top off every day to remove a pin-head sized piece of green that I've convinced myself is moss in a futile attempt to exterminate it completely. SOOOOOOO is there some kind of spray of something I can use look how much spagnum I've pilled in 2 months of just picking out little heads the size of pea!! I've been "dumping" more hear too
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Post by vraev on May 22, 2007 19:08:59 GMT -5
lol! moss grows plentiful for ppl who don't want it. lol! But seriously, the only way to kill moss is cut off its water supply...or I managed to accidentally kill a nice green clump of newzealand sphagnum cristatum by just piling some snow on it. I thought it would be ok...BUT, soon the sphagnum became pale green - white..and then just died.
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Post by lloyd on May 22, 2007 21:10:30 GMT -5
I just use the "nit-picking" technique. I can't think of any chemicals to get rid of moss and not any other plants. The moss herbicides seem to be toxic even to ordinary grass.
By the way, FunkyTechnician: what would be the easiest way to keep a small water-bath at 37C? Any ideas? I was thinking of modifying a cheap mechanical type aquarium thermometer to extend the range.
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Post by funkytechnician on May 23, 2007 19:15:46 GMT -5
I was thinking of modifying a cheap mechanical type aquarium thermometer to extend the range. thats a perfect idea, just bypass the variable resistor (temperature nob) and have it run all the time and then have it mounted at a prefixed depth in the water for your desired temperature It shouldn't be to hard to wire up and solder
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