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Post by vraev on Mar 1, 2011 7:33:47 GMT -10
I don't know why...might have been the combination of relatively harder water/high chlorine in the water I used to use during the coffee treatments. Perhaps I got to try again.
I think its as Dave mentioned sometime a while back, you will not see benefits unless it is indeed trace nutrients and elements that are missing in current media. You need the high light, high air circulation, high humidty to ensure there isn't a bottleneck in requirements.
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Post by vraev on Mar 1, 2011 6:16:49 GMT -10
I think there are a variety of factors:
1) I buy my coffee from Tim hortons (hard water) / [Although, two times i asked a friend to make some Starbucks Coffee at home using distilled water]. Also in those days I still used to use some RO water which was still full of salts and chlorine.
2) perhaps my media is too dense and became anoxic. I was clearly not reaching a nice equilibrium in media nutrient levels leading to an outbreak of slime and algae on the soil.
If I was to do something different, I would first fix it by changing media to a more open mix and perhaps trying a lower concentration of black coffee prepared in distilled water.
@ Dave, I have used it 4 times. 2 times with regular water I guess from Tim hortons. The last 2 made with distilled water.
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Post by vraev on Feb 28, 2011 17:10:34 GMT -10
I think its Dvg's turn to chime in. He should have some awsome results by now. I haven't seen anyone else show more impressive plants that have thrived on his java treatment. I guess the next one would be BigBella from TF, but I don't see him here. Me...my coffee trials always ended with excessive algae in my pots and spahgnum death and if anything...decline in plant health.
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Post by vraev on Feb 21, 2011 18:14:29 GMT -10
Thats nice Sam. We hope to see some more of those moss covered highland neps from pics in the future. I wish you all the best and hope that this new greenhouse is all what you expect it to be and more.
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Post by vraev on Feb 21, 2011 18:12:53 GMT -10
Phil, If I recall correctly, I remember Rob mentioned that they turned out to be typical truncata after they got a little older.
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Post by vraev on Feb 21, 2011 6:43:56 GMT -10
Haha! Nice!! A nice seasonal labor force for Sam eh? Making the visitors "experience" life at the LHNN. Btw...nice greenhouse. The surrounding vegetation doesn't give too many clues, but is that going to be highland or lowland?
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Post by vraev on Feb 19, 2011 20:00:09 GMT -10
To: Rob Cantley 2)If the USDA is really such an obstacle course why not export Neps in flask to the US? I mean if the CP retailer really needs to harden them off well due to the setback in their roots from being prepared to pass a USDA inspection then why not just skip the whole process with soem of your customers and let the US CP retailers deflask them themselves?. Realize that at the end of the day, BE and wistuba are businesses. That would be like handing away your business assets. If they hand away their cultures, anyone can get the flask and sell plants for themselves. Meanwhile the people who actually invested the resources/time to get them in TC gain nothing from it. If they handed away their flasks like you say, these two sole nepenthes nursaries would go bankrupt.
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Post by vraev on Feb 4, 2011 12:35:48 GMT -10
Fantastic plants as always Pygo. wow!!
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Post by vraev on Jan 26, 2011 19:57:17 GMT -10
That was one of the BE lowii clones for me. Two years and all it did was grow leaves with deformed pitchers. Replcaed it with another lowii clone and this one is finally making characteristic pitchers,
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Post by vraev on Jan 17, 2011 13:34:10 GMT -10
Now that looks like a normal flower stalk. wow!! I love aristo. If only klossii was more available. I just adore their uniqueness.
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Post by vraev on Jan 17, 2011 5:51:50 GMT -10
hmm..... Fair enough. I'm sure that he will be okay with that..if that means it might maximize survival of whatever results from this cross.
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Post by vraev on Jan 16, 2011 21:20:53 GMT -10
Fair enough. maybe variation in pitcher size, leaf color? Hardiness wouldn't be an issue as I haven't read much about this species being picky.
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Post by vraev on Jan 16, 2011 16:23:09 GMT -10
Good to hear that there is still some hope. Any idea of how many seed a flower pod like this might hold? 10-20? I still have to send 50% to the pollen donor.
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Post by vraev on Jan 16, 2011 11:06:06 GMT -10
thanks for the info Peter. Yup! I definitely haven't given up on this yet. lol! Even a couple of seedlings from my plant is good enough for me.
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Post by vraev on Jan 16, 2011 9:26:05 GMT -10
Spectacular plants Michael. I love the glandulifera. wow!! Just amazing!!!
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