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Post by Dennis A(cook1973) on Feb 19, 2015 9:08:52 GMT -5
20 celcius for 12 plus hours a day
growing season outside in greenhouse,being winter 12 hours a day LED Light and inside
watered 2 or 3 times a week 1 inch in tray
planted in sphagnum peat moss with rinsed aquarium gravel for aeration
distilled or RO water sometimes rain or melted snow
5 inch deep pot
I germinated seeds Dionae and Drosera,last year a big jaws VFT was getting these conditions(took bad advice for dormancy and lost it,)
when I got it it had 3 1 inch traps,had 7 1 inch traps when I lost it
A typical with a snapped root was planted in this and started growing new leaves in a few months.
Hal suggested root rot but the one with a fully developed trap is doing fine,they are all in the same pot sowed the same time
Last year a D Capensis trapped a fly and made its winter rosette
this is the only mix I ever used
A friend with MS growing his own weed suggested aquarium gravel and said he use it in his hydroponics a lot.
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Post by Dennis A(cook1973) on Feb 19, 2015 13:10:55 GMT -5
Sounds like they have might have root rot. Are they kept constantly wet, and is the medium free-draining? I find my VFTs like it moist but not soaked all the time. I let them dry out a bit between waterings and keep them in deep pots.
like the first the trap is about 1/4 inch from the media wish me luck on this one so it does not die like the others |
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Post by lloyd on Feb 19, 2015 19:47:04 GMT -5
My VFT's are outside (maybe frozen to death). They do will as long as I frequently all water to moisten all the top and just create a pool on the bottom in a 17" pot. So they don't have to constently moist but I wouldn't let the topsoil dry out for over one night.
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Post by Dennis A(cook1973) on Feb 19, 2015 20:10:46 GMT -5
Do I really need a pot so deep?
I dug up the worst looking seeding, the roots are only 1/4 inch long and are currently in a 5 inch pot with aeration from aquarium gravel
the good seedling has a complete trap and another opening without teeth I had to use a magnifier to see it
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Post by lloyd on Feb 19, 2015 20:47:54 GMT -5
No you don't, the point is VFT's should never be in dry medium except for overnight maybe (no heat stress). They don't need constant moisture. That eliminates O2 and encourages microbial infection. In a bog, there is constant movement of water for aeration and tons of benficial microorganisms to prevent infection.
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Post by Dennis A(cook1973) on Mar 11, 2015 8:58:40 GMT -5
I keep my VFT close to the light and got a fully developed trap(seed sized)
If I move the light back will the VFT benefit?
it making a second trap but they are so small its hard to imagine it catching anything!
I need advice I was thinking raise the humidity but would that do good or harm the seedling?
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Post by H2O on Mar 11, 2015 11:01:45 GMT -5
If they're actually growing for you don't do anything, it's clearly working, no need to change anything.
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Post by Dennis A(cook1973) on Mar 11, 2015 11:23:36 GMT -5
If they're actually growing for you don't do anything, it's clearly working, no need to change anything. when will this seedling start to make bigger traps? I did not do a dormancy because someone told me seedlings can skip one or 2 |
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Post by H2O on Mar 11, 2015 11:40:51 GMT -5
It will start producing bigger traps when it grows. Every trap will be slightly larger then the next.
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Post by Dennis A(cook1973) on Apr 27, 2015 17:06:52 GMT -5
Assuming everything was done right
Is there a maximum limit to the size a Typical VFT trap can get to?
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Post by H2O on Apr 27, 2015 18:32:52 GMT -5
There really isn't such thing as a "typcial" flytrap. It's not like every "typical" is the same. Yes there are lots of the same TC clones out there but there are also hundreds of seed grown ones and cultivars that just lost their labels. I've gotten "typcials" from people that have produced massive traps and look better then most named plants and I've also gotten them and they don't ever produce anything larger then an inch. In short, it's not named cultivars on one side vs typcials on the other, you could end up with anything.
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Post by Dennis A(cook1973) on Apr 27, 2015 18:41:50 GMT -5
All my VFT are seedlings making seed sized traps(fully completed)
so I put them outside since it may rain all week without a tray so the rainwater will seep through the media out through the holes and between our patio boards to the ground plus it will get lots of air outside
so fare it starting a new trap!
the traps will get larger right? cause its doing better outside than it ever did inside.
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Post by H2O on Apr 27, 2015 18:58:28 GMT -5
If the plant is growing it will produce larger traps, it it's not peoducing larger traps at this stage you're doing something wrong.
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Post by Dennis A(cook1973) on May 27, 2015 12:54:11 GMT -5
Does anyone have a vft plant they wanna sell to me??
I wanna enjoy the plant before its too cold and I need to wait until next year
please, if anyone has one to sell PM me the name of the plant and how much you want for it
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Post by Dennis A(cook1973) on May 30, 2015 15:13:26 GMT -5
Does anyone have or will have soon a VFT plant to sell me?
please Pm Me
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