Support for Nepenthes

From: Haakan Murevaern (murevarn@algonet.se)
Date: Sat Feb 14 1998 - 08:23:46 PST

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Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1998 17:23:46 +0100
From: "Haakan Murevaern" <murevarn@algonet.se>
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
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Subject: Support for Nepenthes

Hi all,

>3. To support my Nepenthes as they get taller I was thinking of adding
some
>kind of branch or something natural that would add a nice touch to my
>terrarium. Is the "driftwood" sold at pet shops for aquariums O.K. for my
>Neps? Can I just go to the forest and cut off any old branch and stick it
in
>my terrarium, or is there a special process that it has to go through to
>prevent it from rotting or releasing bad chemicals into the soil?

If you want a branch that last long you should choose oak or larch.
I have a larch branch in my terrarium right now. It is standing on a "foot"
of a plastic dish. Then it has no contact with water in bottom of
terrarium.

Good luck

Haakan Murevaern
See my Carnivorous Plants at
http://www.algonet.se/~murevarn

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