Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 14:42:46 -0400 From: BREWER__CHARLES@ecomail.damneck.navy.mil To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg1800$foo@default> Subject: Re: answer
Mark,
Try planting your VFts in a larger pot. This helps to keep the roots
from getting too much heat. If you still have trouble growing them,
try adding some other plants around the VFTs for a little shaded
protection. If you grow your VFTs on a bench, you may try placing them
on the floor of your greenhouse. I use this method inside my
greenhouse for my sphagnum moss and Pings. It seems to work well with
both. VFTs will tolerate full sun, but there is a limit as to how much
sun one should give the plant. I provide full sun to all my VFTs, but
they also get some afternoon shade as well. BTW, Your humidity seems
to be a little low for these plants as well. My greenhouse humidity
seems to average around 80 to 95%. Where I live, we normally have high
humidity to start with, with the greenhouse, this makes it even
higher. Hope this helps
Charles
However, my VFTs are not happy. The leaves typically turn black and
die from the base up, but sometimes the trap dies first. This occurs
within 3-4 weeks of transplanting out of the 2" pots from the dealer
into a 4" pot. Or, when I get them bare root, from Lee's Botanical
Gardens.
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