It's good to see you have jumped in and started raising these incredible
plants. I think you will find that with careful planning they are not hard
to grow at all. If you haven't already, be sure and re-pot those VFTs ...
the nurseries are notorious about not really understanding these plants,
and usually are not much help.
Happy Growing!
Ken Cusson
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> From: Amy Olson <olsonap@mail.wsu.edu>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <cp@opus.hpl.hp.com>
> Subject: Introduction
> Date: Sunday, December 01, 1996 11:19 AM
>
> Hello. I have been subscribing to this list since early october, and
have
> not been able to compose a proper introduction message due to my
intensive
> class load in school. I am a graduating senior in the landscape
> architecture program at Washington State University, and recieved a
degree
> in the ornamental horticulture program two years ago. WSU is located in
> the Southeastern town of Pullman for those interested in our location.
> I have had an interest in CP's ever since my fourth grade teacher
> introduced them to my class as a science project. National Geographic
> specials only served to further my curiosity. I have been caught ever
> since.
> Because of my living situation (my husband and I share a tiny one
bedroom
> appartment that is more of greenhouse - given the number of plants that
are
> in the kitchen and livingroom) I have not been able to build the
> appropriate environment for CP's. It was my intent to wait until we had
a
> bigger appartment before I embarked on growing my own CP's...but that was
> before we were shopping at a local store where we found several venus
> flytraps that were deemed unsellable and were going to be dumped when the
> manager got his lunchbreak. So...we looked through them, and found two
> that were still very much alive and took them home - the rest were
> dehydrated beyond revival. Sad. They should be in the wild...not in my
> home, and not in the garbage. Anyway...that was 2 months ago...the
plants
> are still very much alive, in matching 4" pots on a cool southern window
> sill. I want to thank you for all of the information that has been
passed
> along...and for all of the very informative web pages on the subject of
> CP's...I look forward to surfing them again in the future.
>
> Amy O.
>
>
>
>
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