Chin Lee's experiment

From: Perry Malouf (pmalouf@access.digex.net)
Date: Fri Sep 26 1997 - 19:03:15 PDT 

Date: Fri, 26 Sep 1997 22:03:15 -0400 (EDT)
From: Perry Malouf <pmalouf@access.digex.net>
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <aabcdefg3730$foo@default>
Subject: Chin Lee's experiment

Chin Lee wrote:

> This is an experiment that I conducted. I did this because I had
> excess plant cuttings. DO NOT DO THIS IF YOU ARE A BEGINNER OR LOOKING
> FOR ADVISE. I repeat, this is only an experiment and I wanted to post my
> findings on this group discussion....
> BY NO MEANS IS THIS MEANT TO MISLEAD ANYBODY ON HOW TO GROW YOUR
> PLANTS. I KNOW IT IS ON A PUBLIC DISCUSSION GROUP AND THERE ARE
> BEGINNERS ON THIS GROUP BUT THIS IS ONLY AN EXPERIMENT.

Whoa, it seems we're mildly concerned about liability here. :-)

> I just wanted to let everybody know what I've been doing. Please don't
> condemn me for what I am doing, I am just doing this for my own
> curiousity and wanted to share it with others. If you have any questions
> or comments, please ask.

Condemn you? Hardly. This is wonderful!

I, for one, commend Chin's posting of his experiment. It's one of the
best postings of an experiment I've read in this forum. His methods were
outlined, and he described his observations over time in some detail.

We need more people to do this sort of thing. Anecdotal reports of
various results obtained from certain growing techniques are
just that--anecdotal. Experiments with several plants, maintaining
a few controls for comparison, are very educational.

Chin, your description of leaf tips dying, even on new growth, lead
me to suspect that root development is inadequate in your subjects.
Lack of pitcher formation leads me to the same conclusion.
How wet are you keeping this rich, heavy potting soil?

N. alata is fairly robust among Nepenthes species. It may pull
through, but also may not really thrive--it'll just hang in there.

Please keep us informed of your observations. And, by all means
I would encourage you to undertake other experiments and report
your results here.

Regards,

Perry Malouf

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