I have tried boiling water to prevent algae growth in both pots and once for
aquatic Utrics - didn't work either! I've had some serious outbreaks on algae
on sphagnum too. Often the best way is to put up with moss smothering the
plants as this seems to keep the algae at bay... The only time I had bad
mould growth (in the peat) was after boiling water sterilization for Nepenthes
seed germination - this particular tray was kept indoors under "Gladwrap" with
bottom heat, so it was ideal conditions for it (but not the Nepenthes...)
I've also had quite a few ferns (at least a couple of types) and a
mystery plant which resembles heath is currently growing in one of the
Sarracenia pots. I consider these bonuses - but they only seem to
thrive when they share my CP pots :-(
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| John Taylor [Catweasel] | Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology |
| rphjt@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au | Department of Applied Physics |
| | Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA |
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