Re: More about Cephalotus

From: Paul Burkhardt (burkhard@aries.scs.uiuc.edu)
Date: Fri Jul 25 1997 - 10:16:40 PDT


Date: Fri, 25 Jul 1997 12:16:40 -0500 (CDT)
From: Paul Burkhardt <burkhard@aries.scs.uiuc.edu>
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <aabcdefg2806$foo@default>
Subject: Re: More about Cephalotus

Hi Charles and all,

The charcoal in my opinion, is just a matter of personal taste, rather
than a necessity. Like I mentioned, I prefer charcoal over perlite, but I
think peat and sand is just as good, as long as there is enough sand to
'open' the mixture. I have not had any negative effects with the charcoal,
and I agree that as long as your ceph is doing fine without it, then there
isn't a need for worry.

I have never tried fertilizer on my ceph, instead I feed it some small
ants from time to time. I tried feeding a small cricket once, but that
turned out to be disastrous, destroying the pitcher and letting loose some
very unsightly nematodes.

Paul Burkhardt



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