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Post by dvg on Nov 28, 2015 15:44:40 GMT -5
I also like the idea of turning this pot into a gladiator battle of sorts, leaving the strongest clones standing. Those who are about to die salute you. Haha Apoplast! I like your sense of style, but at the heart of things here, this is no different than simply sowing some Drosera seeds on damp media - something most folks here are familiar with. If you sow them they will come. dvg
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Post by dvg on Dec 5, 2015 15:04:50 GMT -5
Here is how that seedling pot of red rosetted P. moranensis and some of those moranensis crossed with heterophylla is looking today. It's looking like it came right off of a Chia-Pet. dvg
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Post by WillyCKH on Dec 5, 2015 16:07:25 GMT -5
WOW! Looks like a salad bowl
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Post by dvg on Feb 19, 2016 16:32:27 GMT -5
Here's how that pot of lettuce is looking today. They've been fed springtails and have also been catching their own gnats. Gonna have to use AV and H2O as inspiration to uproot a few clumps, separate and repot them... ...just to provide them with some extra elbow room and room to breathe. dvg
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Post by shoggoths on Feb 19, 2016 17:03:50 GMT -5
Dang they are growing fast !!!
Nice pot.
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Post by Maiden on Feb 21, 2016 16:44:58 GMT -5
Nice !!
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Post by Apoplast on Feb 21, 2016 19:38:48 GMT -5
Hi DVG - Wow, those are doing great! It's seeing your successes like this that convinced me to start using springtails. I am now certain this is one of the secrets of the ping-whisperer.
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Post by dvg on Feb 22, 2016 15:31:40 GMT -5
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Post by frederick on Feb 24, 2016 12:59:24 GMT -5
Lloyd, you could very well be right on that. After reading through parts of that seed germination book you recommended here previously, I have an increased respect and admiration for plant's strategies to ensure their survival with their seed germinating secrets. dvg Hey! I'd be interested to know the name of that book Very sweet Ping babies you have there by the way! Do you breed springtails in activated charcoal and with yeast as food, like some dartfrog keepers do?
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Post by dvg on Feb 24, 2016 16:17:14 GMT -5
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Post by frederick on Feb 24, 2016 19:58:55 GMT -5
Thanks! I'll see if my local library has it.
I sometimes use Dwarf tropical woodlice or white tropical woodlice (Trichorhina tomentosa) in young Nepenthes pitchers. I assume their calcium carbonate exoskeleton might be a plus, since they're crustaceans. Can't say if they provide any edge over other food items as far as nutrition goes, but they're rather slow moving and very easy to raise in numbers. I should test them on my Mexican ping this summer when she'll have carnivorous leaves. I suppose Mexican pings growing in a non-calcareous mix would benefit from an intake of calcium from their preys, although I have no idea if they really can assimilate it in this form...?
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Post by Apoplast on Feb 24, 2016 20:02:55 GMT -5
Is there anything you don't have a reference for, DVG?
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Post by dvg on Feb 26, 2016 15:57:04 GMT -5
Here is another update, seven days later with another feeding of springtails under their belt. The hybrid vigor of the P. moranensis x heterophylla is clearly starting to show its dominance in this pot. In another week's time, these should be up and walking...and ready to March forth. dvg
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Post by dvg on Oct 16, 2017 16:24:28 GMT -5
Had a slight mishap with the pot above about a year and a half ago... ...the pot tipped over, fell to the floor and spilled its contents. My solution was to gather up the plants still clinging to the top surface, and place them into a couple of shallow containers. Those containers were then placed in some clear plastic food containers, that would be sealed with a clear plastic lid.. Water was left in the bottom of the enclosures for extra moisture, but the plants were misted every few months if they were looking like they needed it. Anyway here is what the plants from the left container (these are the more interesting of the two) were looking like today. These mexi-pings are a mixture of P. moranensis as well as some P. moranensis x heterophylla from some of my plant's flowers that I pollinated. There are also some of the reverse cross P. heterophylla x moranensis in the mix. At least one of the plants in this pot is showing the mostly heterophylla leaf traits, with its long narrow leaves. Will have to separate these and get the more interesting ones into their own pots. dvg
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Post by lloyd on Oct 16, 2017 18:41:49 GMT -5
I love the long leaved ones. I'll buy some from you if you ever have some for sale. You should bring these guys to the new forum.
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