Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 11:43:10 +0000 From: sfarrington@ridgway.mobot.org To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg2737$foo@default> Subject: Darlingtonia culture
Just wanted to put my two cents in... I've been using a method very
similar to Sara's. I bought little seedlings (quarter sized) at the
Atlanta conference, and was convinced I'd never be able to keep them
alive in hot and humid St. Louis, Missouri. (Night temps now seldom
go much below 75 and can be as high as 80; day temps are usually
90 to 95 or more.) I potted up my little seedlings in a 6" pot, cut a
hole in the lid of a styrofoam box, and sunk the pot into the box.
Each morning, I take off the lid (the pot is firmly embedded in the
lid) and replace two polar ice packs inside the box. I keep them on
my porch, where they receive very little if any direct sun, but lots
of bright light. I've had the plants since mid May (thank heavens we
had a few cool weeks in which they could adjust before the nastiness
hit). They are all doing very well and are growing bigger. I will
heed the advice to not repot them until next spring... I already
killed a larger one I bought when I repotted it!
Off to see cp's in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey this week-end...
thanks to all who gave me ideas of where to go.
Susan Farrington
Horticulturist, Missouri Botanical Garden
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