Re: Feeding

From: Miguel de Salas (mm_de@postoffice.utas.edu.au)
Date: Tue Jun 13 2000 - 17:06:35 PDT


Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 10:06:35 +1000
From: Miguel de Salas <mm_de@postoffice.utas.edu.au>
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <aabcdefg1802$foo@default>
Subject: Re: Feeding

At 12:28 AM 13-06-2000 -0700, you wrote:
>I wondered why I had not received a reply ; it looks as if I used the
>incorrect address in the message below
>
>subj: Re: Feeding?
>Date: 10/06/00
>To: cp@opus.labs.agilent.com
>
>I have a few sars & wonder if they require feeding with insects etc. or can
>they fend for themselves with those usually found in greenhouse environment?
>A VFT has never been fed in the five years it's been with my cacti & looks
>happy to me....this year it had seven flower stalks.
>
>Dick in Berkshire U.K.

You won't need to feed them. Apart from the fact that they're sure to catch
stray flies and wasps that find their way into the greenhouse, they do
quite well without food. Never feed them insects killed with
chemicals/flyspray.

Miguel de Salas

 School of Plant Science,
 University of Tasmania,
 PO Box 252-55, Sandy Bay, Hobart
 Tasmania, Australia, 7001.

mailto://mm_de@postoffice.utas.edu.au

My Moths Page:
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