Date: 18 Nov 1997 15:16:59 +0100 From: Loyd Wix <Loyd.Wix@unilever.com> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg4399$foo@default> Subject: More on Pings and Seeds
Dear Hans
>thank you for your information. The situation you described
>is the situation I kind of expected. However, I just can't
>resist to order unidentified plants. The pussle of finding
>out what they might be is a interesting part of the hobby,
>but to correctly identify pants one needs a key for
>determination. Are there any "post Casper" keys for the
>identification of Pinguiculas (or any work in progress)?
You are welcome,there are still plenty on uncertain ID
plants for you to collect. One rather nice one P.sp Puerto
do Gallo is flowering for me at this moment it bears
similarities to both P.moranensis and P.zecherii. I hear
rumours that a post Casper work will appear but I do not
have an idea in what time scale.
>What "particle" size do you use of the different
>ingredients . Up here I have not been able to obtain
>vermiculite and the perlite available has a size of 3-7 mm,
>which I find a bit large. I grow P. colimensis in this pure
>perlite - they do not grow exceptionally well, but they do
>at least not die.
The perlite I obtain in the UK is not as course as your
material with particle sizes typically 2 -4 mm (approx). I
suppose you could crush some of your material to make it
finer. Such media contains few nutrients so your plants will
benefit from capturing prey. Alternatively you could apply
fertiliser (diluted) as a folia feed. I do this myself
irregularly, the product I use is miracle grow at half the
recommended strength.
Dear Alessandro,
you have now received contradictory advice from me and Phil.
You will certainly get the seeds to germinate on peat and
sand as Phil suggests - I guess he has fewer problems with
Sciarids than I do. I also find that the perlite/vermiculite
mixes do not support mosses as well as peat and sand which
can over grow the seedlings. I guess you will need to
experiment to determine which works best for you.
Kind regards
Loyd
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