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Post by pheabs on Mar 26, 2008 19:52:39 GMT 8
Hi everyone, as mentioned above, I've just received plants below from pisces.. I am very new to CPs, so i need your help to correct me if any mistake made. Here is my plants:         any comment about the water level or other thing? for D. adalae and P.primuliflora and sphagnum moss, i put some pumice (bout 1 inch height) at the bottom of pots, then sphagnum moss, then the plants. [glow=red,2,300]Any special treament to recover them back to healthy state?[/glow]Thank a lot!!! Muncho gracias!!! |
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Post by shawnintland on Mar 26, 2008 20:29:00 GMT 8
Pheabs - Nice "STARTER" Kit!  I'll defer to others around here who are much better with these species than I. My only comment is more light! But then again... if they just were shocked by traveling, maybe not? Good luck, you are off to a great start! shawn |
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Post by pheabs on Mar 26, 2008 21:16:19 GMT 8
Pheabs - Nice "STARTER" Kit! I'll defer to others around here who are much better with these species than I. My only comment is more light! But then again... if they just were shocked by traveling, maybe not? Good luck, you are off to a great start! shawn haha! thanks a lot, shawn!!!  Beside of Adalae which need a lot of indirect sunlight, i know the rest need few hours direct sunlight. Yup Yup, that's why i need their consultant..  Shocked?  I think they are terrified instead... ;D ;D ;D anything beside of sunlight?? how bout the water level? is it too high? I afraid that their roots will rot because i almost put the water lvl as high as it reaches root...  ... |
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Post by hongrui on Mar 26, 2008 21:28:34 GMT 8
Hello Pheabs!
you have the Drosera and VFTs in pure sphagnum moss? i'd recommend you using a mix of 1:1 sphag moss with perlite or coarse river sand as a potting media. pure sphag moss might compact and not allow the roots to breathe. i do not have any experience with Pings so i can't comment.
the water levels looks fine, but remember that the most Drosera and all VFTs are full sun plants. you'd need to provide a lot of light especially if you want to maintain the redness of the D. paradoxa and D. filiformis 'Red'. D. adelae will do in lower light levels than the rest of Drosera.
for the first 1-2weeks or so, i'd recommend that you keep the plants in bright shade first, let them get acclimatized before giving them more light or putting them out into sun.
happy growing!
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Post by artificialive on Mar 26, 2008 21:53:16 GMT 8
Hi Pheabs, You have a decent number of drosears to kickstart!  Where do u intend to grow ur sundews, indoors or outdoors? Droseras prefer outdoors becos they love well ventilated air circulation. But beware of heavy raindrops, it might be too much for sundews. As pointed out by hongrui, the water level seems ok. And yah, VFT and sundews need A LOT of sunlight. Naj |
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Post by pheabs on Mar 27, 2008 1:32:48 GMT 8
Hello Pheabs! you have the Drosera and VFTs in pure sphagnum moss? i'd recommend you using a mix of 1:1 sphag moss with perlite or coarse river sand as a potting media. pure sphag moss might compact and not allow the roots to breathe. i do not have any experience with Pings so i can't comment. the water levels looks fine, but remember that the most Drosera and all VFTs are full sun plants. you'd need to provide a lot of light especially if you want to maintain the redness of the D. paradoxa and D. filiformis 'Red'. D. adelae will do in lower light levels than the rest of Drosera. for the first 1-2weeks or so, i'd recommend that you keep the plants in bright shade first, let them get acclimatized before giving them more light or putting them out into sun. happy growing! Thank you for your recommendations hongrui  , i intended to use the medium that you mentioned above. However, i couldn't find any nursery sells perlite, vermiculite and oh yeah!, they don't even know what is sphagnum moss.. = =  Perhaps i should go to sg to get some, i know AMK nursery does has those stuff, but i wonder if the price is worth buying? May i know how much do you buy your perlite? and LFS as well.. ;D ;D thanks a lot!!! Oh, thank you. If you don't mention, i will probably put them under moning sunlight directly after few days! So i just wait for couple of weeks then shift them to outdoor.. ;D ;D |
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Post by pheabs on Mar 27, 2008 1:39:25 GMT 8
Hi Pheabs, You have a decent number of drosears to kickstart! Where do u intend to grow ur sundews, indoors or outdoors? Droseras prefer outdoors becos they love well ventilated air circulation. But beware of heavy raindrops, it might be too much for sundews. As pointed out by hongrui, the water level seems ok. And yah, VFT and sundews need A LOT of sunlight. Naj haha, i jus love the way drosera grow, especially paradoxa & filiformis ;D ;D I will be super happy if paradoxa has giant form, it will be d**n gorgeous.. Outdoor is the best, haha.. However my house is facing SW, so it would jus received direct sunlight from noon to evening. Is it okay? Good thing is, i can still put them under roof yet receive direct sunlight!! |
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Post by hongrui on Mar 27, 2008 7:40:01 GMT 8
i'm not too sure what the prices are at AMK nursery, i usually buy my stuff from World Farm. which part of malaysia are you from? maybe you can put down you location and maybe the others will know nearby locations where you can get perlite from.
Direct sun from noon to evening is good.
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Post by pheabs on Mar 27, 2008 11:21:05 GMT 8
i'm not too sure what the prices are at AMK nursery, i usually buy my stuff from World Farm. which part of malaysia are you from? maybe you can put down you location and maybe the others will know nearby locations where you can get perlite from. Direct sun from noon to evening is good. Oh i see, haha! [glow=red,2,300]I'm living in Skudai[/glow], a town which barely needs about half an hour something to reach sg checkpoint. ;D ;D Hope someone could share some info, i'd already search all of the nurseries which located in the entire SKudai, none of them sell those stuff...  Oh yeah!? haha! then i hv to find some space to squeez my precious CPs to the out door to receive the sunlight right after couple of week. Muahahah ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by pheabs on Mar 27, 2008 11:31:13 GMT 8
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Post by artificialive on Mar 27, 2008 11:43:13 GMT 8
Erm pheabs, u misted ur droseras?
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Post by David on Mar 27, 2008 12:13:08 GMT 8
You better check and see if there's a snail or earthworm around your CPs. That might be the culprit that chewed off your ping bud. By the way, I've included your location under your location field in yoru profile. It's to give members an idea of where you are from. It's a requirement under the terms and conditions. |
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Post by pheabs on Mar 27, 2008 13:04:27 GMT 8
Erm pheabs, u misted ur droseras? jus the bottom part.. sprayed on the sphagnum moss... and last... one spray on top of them.. that's it.. nothing more... Is there a problem!? |
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Post by pheabs on Mar 27, 2008 13:08:05 GMT 8
You better check and see if there's a snail or earthworm around your CPs. That might be the culprit that chewed off your ping bud. By the way, I've included your location under your location field in yoru profile. It's to give members an idea of where you are from. It's a requirement under the terms and conditions. OMG, i put the fresh dead sphagnum moss man! How could that be!! Okay okay.. i go and check it ou.. = =" Oh yeah! thanks a lot! It's convenient that everyone knows where am i.. haha.. |
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Post by pheabs on Mar 27, 2008 13:11:06 GMT 8
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Post by tarence on Mar 27, 2008 13:43:15 GMT 8
pheabs : spraying the sundews directly with water will cause the dew to dry out. the plant will then `struggle` to produce more dew. sundews grown outside will always be in bad shape after being hit by the rains but they will eventually recover. but it`s an effort. ideally, sundew leaves should not be sprayed.
i suggest you follow hongrui`s advice to keep the new plants in BRIGHT area. bright area means no direct sunlite but the area is bright. ( unlike what you are doing to your plants in the kitchen )
d.adelae`s recovery is usually the slowest. again, keep it away from direct sunlite for the time period stated by hongrui.
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Post by pheabs on Mar 27, 2008 14:11:43 GMT 8
pheabs : spraying the sundews directly with water will cause the dew to dry out. the plant will then `struggle` to produce more dew. sundews grown outside will always be in bad shape after being hit by the rains but they will eventually recover. but it`s an effort. ideally, sundew leaves should not be sprayed. i suggest you follow hongrui`s advice to keep the new plants in BRIGHT area. bright area means no direct sunlite but the area is bright. ( unlike what you are doing to your plants in the kitchen ) d.adelae`s recovery is usually the slowest. again, keep it away from direct sunlite for the time period stated by hongrui. Okay okay.. i will put adalae below the wall cabinet... jus receive the sunlight that reflects from table... Eh.. how bout butterwort? |
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Post by artificialive on Mar 27, 2008 14:13:31 GMT 8
Pheabs,
Are u placing ur plants indoors? then the thing u should concern is humidity. From my opinion, placing it in the kitchen is not a good idea. While ure cooking, the temperature will rise and furthermore, the air will be oily. Yah, maybe thats nothing for us as humans, but it is important for the plants. Oil will make them difficult to breath.
Naj
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Post by David on Mar 27, 2008 14:35:12 GMT 8
Since your plants are placed in the kitchen, I am assuming that there might be a few more pests that might be the culprit that chewed on your ping. It could be cockroach or mouse. But then again your kintchen looks very clean and neat.
Just a suggestion if you want to increase humidity. Just get a fish tank and place all of your plants in there. Do not cover the top of the tank tho' or the sunlight will heat up the tank too much.
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Post by pheabs on Mar 27, 2008 19:47:11 GMT 8
Since your plants are placed in the kitchen, I am assuming that there might be a few more pests that might be the culprit that chewed on your ping. It could be cockroach or mouse. But then again your kintchen looks very clean and neat. Just a suggestion if you want to increase humidity. Just get a fish tank and place all of your plants in there. Do not cover the top of the tank tho' or the sunlight will heat up the tank too much. Indoor, it's indoor hahaha.... Nah, it jus the dining corner.. ;D ;D or should i call dry kitchen.. So, it's easy to clean... Hmm, ya know what dave.. I might exclude those culprit as we cover up all of the doors and windows with net... *nod nod* Yeah yeah, i'm a guy yet i don't like insect very much and hate bitten by mosquitoes which makes me irritated.. *frown* So i live in a almost bugs free environment... ;D ;D Flys or mosquitoes fly in once in a while.. cockroach comes in once in a while from washroom drainage system... Lizards too.. By all means, they seldom pass thru that area. At last, i start to focus on other suspects.. like my family members.. They might think that my little baby doesn't look like D. adalae and it probably is some other thing, so helpful to throw the intruder for me... But they all denied when i asked them  ... = = :'(My little baby... T.T Nevertheless, this insect-free protection net brings up another probelm now... I hv nothing to feed my Plants!!!!I would probably shift them to outdoor, but somehow i still try to find some space for them due to, i don't want put them too close to my mum's plants where that area used to attact by aphid that came from next door.  too risky... *shake head* Don't wanna get them too close to my herbs as well.. the habitat of herbs is totally differnt form CPs .. Moreover, my herbs are in very unhealthy state due to temperature and huminity problem.. *sigh* Hmm.. Dave, it's very hard to get an fish tank...Non of my relative nearby feeds fish.... = =" To frds, they love fish too much.. not enough fish tank to them.. *faint* any other solution or is it okay if i just let them in the current environment? My humblest apology if i get you all irritated... Little student, with a little allowance and part time salary.. *sigh* |
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