I don't know why but x hybrida is one of the more fun looking
hybrids. It looks rather different from its' parents.
>>>Peter D'Amato reportedly uses a bromeliad fertilizer called
>>>"Epiphytes Delight". About once a month, I can't recall if
>>
>>I mentioned I was looking through CPNs about pesticide/fertilizer
>>use and CPs? It seems like people hurl just about anything and
>>everything (except dead sows and horses) at Nepenthes. Details later.
Well, I bought some of the stuff but haven't used it yet.
His plants did look good though. Of course you have to be
careful. He was walking along, hitting all his hanging Nepenthes
with a load of fertilized water from a extension hose, and he
accidentally "hosed", if you'll pardon the pun, his D. binata
multifida. It was not a happy camper, and rather interestingly,
the tips of the leaves shrivled up and died, even though he
immediately flushed the container.
>>>With utrics can you not use ladybugs to take out pests?
>>
>>No, for two reasons...1)I don't think ladybugs are any good on mites.
>>As biological controls go, ladybugs are good P.R. but not always
>>very effective. There are strains of predatory mites that are more
yeah, my girlfriend tried them on her umbrella plant, and it
seemed that the aphids came back after getting eaten, but given
the lady bug dosage I don't know where they came from. However
it is viscerally satisfying to watch the lady bugs chow down on
the aphids.
r.