Date: Sun, 12 Jan 1997 12:04:04 +0100 From: Clarke Brunt <clarke@brunt.demon.co.uk> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg163$foo@default> Subject: Re: droseras
On 9 Jan 97 at 16:28, Michal Dworaczek wrote:
> Can anyone tell me if it is ok to give little Droseras some plant food -
> fertilizer?
Why do you want to? Aren't they doing just fine without it? I know
that nothing can exist on air and pure water alone, but CP are
evolved to grow in low nutrient habitats and most soils that you
might think of to grow them in will already contain enough food for
the plants. And of course they should catch an occasional insect. If
you *must* feed them, and they aren't catching insects by themselves,
then catch a few for them.
Sorry if my answer to this seems rather abrupt, but I think the
plants grow best if just left alone to get on with it. Don't look at
them for a week, then you will find they are a lot bigger when you
next look. Experts might well dabble in using fertiliser, lights,
hormones, magic potions etc., after studying just what concentration
might work, but if you just go ahead without finding this out, then
killing the plant is the most likely outcome.
-- Clarke Brunt (clarke@brunt.demon.co.uk)
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