Dying VFTs

From: JWi5770869@aol.com
Date: Sun Jul 09 2000 - 03:02:14 PDT


Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2000 06:02:14 EDT
From: JWi5770869@aol.com
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <aabcdefg2036$foo@default>
Subject: Dying VFTs

In a message dated 09/07/00 09:17:50 GMT Daylight Time,
cp@opus.labs.agilent.com writes:

> have got the VFT for approx. 2 years. When I bought the plant, it
> had 4-6 green leaves with big traps. All the time the plant stand in
> my room together with some other cp's like Sarracenia or Drosera.
> I always used rain- or destilled (destillated?) water. The other

Daniel,
Check your destilled water. Sometimes the distillation process uses copper
implements and this metal can get into the water. Some CP's hate copper (not
sure about VFTs tho'). If you're going to use treated water, then try and use
Reverse osmosis.

John Wilden
Southport
Lancs.
UK



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