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misting
Jul 13, 2007 9:57:11 GMT -5
Post by Sawchuk on Jul 13, 2007 9:57:11 GMT -5
i know that your not suppose to get sundews wet, but when misting my setup would it be alright if i just misted the whole thing, instead of trying to select mist certain plants??
just a couple of full misty sprays nothin to serious to cool down temp??
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misting
Jul 13, 2007 11:27:43 GMT -5
Post by Rick Hillier on Jul 13, 2007 11:27:43 GMT -5
You might be okay if you don't overdo it. If you mist too much... I don't think you'll kill your sundews, as they get rained on in nature and in our outdoor bogs, but every time you mist them, you will wash off some of the sticky mucilage at the end of the tentacles, which is, of course, the attactive feature of sundews.
In nature, the rain will wash off the mucilage, but the plant will secrete new dew in short order so that business can resume.
Continually misting your sundews on a regular basis will not give them enough time to build up any new mucilage before the next washing comes along, which over time, will degrade the appearance of the plants.
>>> Rick <<<
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misting
Jul 13, 2007 12:23:31 GMT -5
Post by insectivore on Jul 13, 2007 12:23:31 GMT -5
I've always misted all of my plants! Like Rick said just do it a little liter when your over dews... Cya
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misting
Jul 13, 2007 13:00:07 GMT -5
Post by vraev on Jul 13, 2007 13:00:07 GMT -5
yeah! dews are not too bad....especially the ones we have are pretty resilient. But lol....I think I put a capensis in deep stress. lol! don't ask me how I did it....lol! it will be interesting to see if it dies....that is probably a first in the CP world. lol! Meh! its a nice one...has a root that is like a STICK, pretty thick and woody.
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misting
Jul 13, 2007 19:09:29 GMT -5
Post by Sawchuk on Jul 13, 2007 19:09:29 GMT -5
alright so today was 32 outside, inside my setup was around 30 allday, with humidity up in the 70-80??? that dont sound right Eh??? i think my meters are #uked, the RH outside is 28% this doesent sound right does it?? another thing that makes me think that the meters are hooped is that the one dew is suffering more then others and the others are beginning to show same probs my guess is that eather there gettin blsted by to hot off sunlight?? which i know is wrong, as im sure youll all correct me on so im thinkin the Humiditys low although my meter says it high??
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misting
Jul 13, 2007 21:11:43 GMT -5
Post by lloyd on Jul 13, 2007 21:11:43 GMT -5
Is the soil wet? It's hard to tell. Maybe just too hot.
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