Re: Cephalotus attractants

Robert Allen (Robert.Allen@Eng.Sun.COM)
Mon, 21 Jun 93 15:40:11 PDT

>>> I have found Cephalotus to be one of the least demanding of all the CP,
>>> once I stopped trying to grow it standing in water. I killed two of them
>>> that way. Now I just keep them moist.
>>
>>Hmmm. This is interesting. Slack recommends the tray method during the
>>summer. I have been using that myself, but once the tray runs dry, I
>>let it remain dry for a couple of days. What sort of problems have
>>people had with the tray method? I think Peter D'Amato told me he uses
>>the tray method during the summer as well...

Peter does use the tray method during the summer, but as I said
he lets the tray go dry between waterings. In the winter he does
NOT use the tray method. Last winter I lost a growth point to
rot because the soil was too moist, the days too dark, and the
weather too wet.

BTW, I view much of what Slack has to say with a critical eye.

Robert