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Post by hongrui on Jan 16, 2008 13:57:14 GMT 8
tarence, this set of pics is just for you. ;D D. indica 'Red'  D. madagascariensis  D. communis  D. paradoxa  a field of D. ericksonae x pulchella  Flower of D. capensis 'Alba' - one year to go from seed to flower  D. regia - tarence, this is the one i was talking about yesterday. My precious!  |
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Post by tarence on Jan 16, 2008 14:21:44 GMT 8
OMG, how where when ? i mean the regia of course.....the last i heard, your seeds did not germinate.....the red indica is also a bewitching CP. the rest are also lovely. thx hongrui....
i`ve made a mental note to meself to get the precioussss one i don`t have.....heheh.
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Post by hongrui on Jan 16, 2008 16:40:04 GMT 8
how- buy from TP, where - ermm australia? when - Oct '07. hehehe
the regia seeds.. are still seeds! it's been almost a year now, i sowed it together with the capensis. i'll give it 6 mths more before i sow another batch of seeds into the pot.
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Post by sweethalo on Jan 16, 2008 17:35:06 GMT 8
wah hongrui!
How do u prevent mosquitoes huh?
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Post by tarence on Jan 16, 2008 18:00:18 GMT 8
change the water twice a week is what i do. or at the very least, once a week but there`ll be mozzie larvae doing backstrokes in the water already by then.
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Post by hongrui on Jan 16, 2008 19:11:40 GMT 8
Audrey, like what tarence said.. frequent water changes. a major chore but no choice. liberal addition of the anti-mozzie bits to the water trays help but then you really need alot to keep the trays larvae free.
sometimes i just let the trays run dry (takes about 3 days of neglect) for a day before i add water back into the trays. but don't try this too often as the Droserae don't like it too much.
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Post by caseyhoo on Jan 16, 2008 19:47:08 GMT 8
If yours tray is deep/big enough, you can keep a betta inside it, it only cut less yours water change frequence only
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Post by edwinclf on Jan 16, 2008 22:40:41 GMT 8
Yes. I did Casey. I put two betta inside it they live happily haha.... ;D
Oh Yah Casey when you want to collect your betta. If not i think i going to spawn second batch. The first batch grown healthy... Oppss Sorry out of topic already.....
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Post by hongrui on Jan 16, 2008 23:43:59 GMT 8
oh wow, you guys must be using big deep trays? the aluminum trays that i'm using contains maybe 1-1.5" of water deep max and if the day is really hot.. the trays can dry up in a single day.
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Post by tarence on Jan 17, 2008 9:26:05 GMT 8
hongrui: i think aluminium trays dry up faster than plastic ones. i use hard plastic trays which do not heat up so fast....so far, i never had one dry up on me yet even tho the water levels are about the same as yours. i can only assume:
1) your garden is warmer than mine
2) your garden has more air movement so water from the trays evaporates faster
any particualr reason why you are using aluminium ones ? do share but don`t scare. heheh.
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Post by hongrui on Jan 17, 2008 10:29:15 GMT 8
i use aluminium trays because they are cheap and readily available from the supermarkets. initially i sourced for plastic trays but they are either too shallow or too deep.
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Post by tarence on Jan 17, 2008 12:21:13 GMT 8
oic.....i can get some pretty good plastic ones ( right depth & size ) for about rm7 over here....do they sell the rectangular serving tray in Ikea S`pore ? i use those for my more shallow pots.
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Post by David on Jan 17, 2008 13:43:52 GMT 8
Tarence,
Where do you get those RM7.00 plastic trays from and what is the dimensions like? I am using the Ikea plastic trays. Could not find other trays witht the right depth and dimension for my grow chamber.
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Post by tarence on Jan 17, 2008 15:23:03 GMT 8
but the rm7 trays are round David.....it is not a space friendly shape coz it doesn`t sit easily together
I bought them from the budget shop in Mid-Valley last time. the one which has a lot of japanese stuff...prices range from rm5 onwards.
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Post by David on Jan 17, 2008 22:31:18 GMT 8
Round is out for me then.
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