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Post by amanitovirosa on May 4, 2015 20:36:52 GMT -5
...hey guys, I will be trying another Ceph experiment as soon as I receive the 4 Cephs from Curlingguy. More details to follow soon... Happy Growing!
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Post by nwflytrap on May 5, 2015 15:08:26 GMT -5
Well that's a nasty little teaser.
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Post by amanitovirosa on May 5, 2015 18:51:32 GMT -5
...well, I hate to say that it will not be as hot as the last one but it may help to get some more insight into this capricious plant. The Cephs are already on their way to Ontario!
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Post by nwflytrap on May 6, 2015 7:49:41 GMT -5
That's probably a good thing. I think your last experiment was quite hot enough.
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Post by amanitovirosa on May 13, 2015 18:25:11 GMT -5
...I received the 4 Cephs from Curlingguy (he's a real nice guy by the way!). This is how they looked on arrival 021 May 11 (1280x960) by Gabriel Pona, on Flickr ...so I transplanted all 4 into one large and quite tall pot (dollar store special). The media is a mix of all left over media that I had when I started up with CP's again just over a year ago. It is probably completely wrong for Cephalotus. Coloured aquarium gravel (red and blue), whole coconut chunks (probably full of salt), a very coarse sand and some peat that I am no longer using because it grows algae too readily. 023 May 11 (1280x960) by Gabriel Pona, on Flickr ...my experiment is to just leave these Ceph's outside all year and bring them in for dormancy if they survive. I will not be subjecting them to the Canadian winter because that would mean certain death. They will be completely exposed to the elements in a south facing backyard (full sun all day), at the Grand Entrance to my greenhouse (bottom left). 024 May 13 (1280x960) by Gabriel Pona, on Flickr ...here is a close up. The plants arrived on the 11th of May so they have already been outside for 2 days. My thoughts are that we may baby these things too much, what media to use, what humidity level and all that. I suspect that they are probably a very hardy plant. They may actually not like the '4 star treatment' they get in everybody's grow chamber. But again, this is just another experiment (not as much fun as my last one I must say, haha). 025 May 13 (1280x960) by Gabriel Pona, on Flickr ...I will be updating this from time to time, thanks for looking. Cheers and Happy Growing.
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Post by shoggoths on May 13, 2015 18:38:35 GMT -5
Great, keep us informed Gab.
In fact, I will keep a ceph outside this year too. I was temp to protect it from the snow and letting it out for winter too but I'm really not sure. I'm waiting advices from a guy in Germany that also get snow. My problem is that the ceph would be in total darkness for 5 months ... I'm really not sure they can sustain this ...
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Post by amanitovirosa on May 13, 2015 19:01:00 GMT -5
...Thanks Shoggoths. Even though I think that these are very tolerant, they probably will not like the Quebec winter too much. The only way to find out is to try it I guess. I have burned some Cephs, now I'm putting some out in full sun for the whole year, but to subject them to a Canadian winter? That is just cruel Martin! Salut!
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Post by WillyCKH on May 14, 2015 23:46:04 GMT -5
I hope these Ceph will do well outdoors! Look forward to the results.
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Post by Apoplast on May 15, 2015 20:34:14 GMT -5
Hi amanitovirosa - I suspect they will be quite happy during a Canadian summer. It'll be interesting to see them at the end of the summer. Good luck!
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Post by amanitovirosa on May 15, 2015 21:12:23 GMT -5
...thanks guys, I am curious so see if having them outside all year will, in some way, cause them to flower.
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Post by Apoplast on May 15, 2015 21:48:37 GMT -5
Hi amanitovirosa - Oh, flowering. That's an interesting point! Yes, please do let us know.
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Post by amanitovirosa on Sept 21, 2015 18:53:28 GMT -5
...hey guys, here is an update, pic taken Sep 20... ...I did absolutely nothing to these since I got them. We had some pretty hot and dry spells there in the summer and they were just cooking, I could tell, but they survived!
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Post by snapperhead51 on Sept 21, 2015 19:15:41 GMT -5
yer know that story well here after our last summer , they probly be glad of a cooler dormant time and spring back in next spring
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Post by amanitovirosa on May 1, 2016 17:19:34 GMT -5
...brought all of my Cephs out into the greenhouse today, this one as well. It will not get 'fully exposed' until temps warm up a bit. ...as you can see from this, and my other Ceph Burn thread, my Cephs don't do very well. I treat them badly ...........just experimenting, I'm hoping things will pick up this year! Cheers! AV.
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Post by edwards7 on May 1, 2016 17:25:57 GMT -5
Wow! I agree that people probably baby them too much, mine have handled extremely low humidity and wide temperature variations, but still seem fine. hopefully you get some good growth this year!
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