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LoopyLee
Posted on: 5th August 2010 - 21:44 PM





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My sarra's are stuffed full as well, in fact some are so full the flies can climb in and out now!
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LoopyLee
Posted on: 21st July 2010 - 22:55 PM





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When I first started out a year ago I asked the person I bought some of my first plants from what I should do if I couldn't find peat compost, as I couldn't find anywhere in my area selling it.. He advised me to buy the cheapest compost from somewhere like Wilkinsons (without any fertilisers added) and make a mix up with sand/pearlite/moss and use that.. So I did, and my plants not only survived but thrived over the course of the year..
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LoopyLee
Posted on: 15th July 2010 - 17:41 PM





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LoopyLee
Posted on: 15th July 2010 - 17:39 PM





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LoopyLee
Posted on: 4th July 2010 - 10:13 AM





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I went to a Tesco recruitment evening last year as I was out of work and looking for a job, it was a like conveyer belt.. I sat there for about 3 hours filling out the form, waiting to go through the first stage, went into see someone as I had previous shop management experience to be told I was over qualified and because I couldn't work any hours (it was a 24 hour store) because of my kids that they wouldn't be offering me a job..
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LoopyLee
Posted on: 30th June 2010 - 20:01 PM





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I'm an office administrator for a Metro Rod drainage franchise.. I've been doing it for almost a year now after being out of work for 6 month.. My boss had a lung transplant last year and then she is not about (holidays, hospital trips, etc) I run the business for her.. I absolutely love my job and enjoy being able to tell my boyfriend 'where to go' every day as he is one of our engineers
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LoopyLee
Posted on: 27th June 2010 - 12:31 PM





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Your plants look beautiful and I love the look of your bog
  Forum: Carnivorous Plants in Cultivation · Post Preview: #274068 · Replies: 4 · Views: 198

LoopyLee
Posted on: 27th June 2010 - 10:48 AM





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Welcome to the site biggrin.gif
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LoopyLee
Posted on: 27th June 2010 - 00:02 AM





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QUOTE (jimscott @ 26th June 2010 - 22:40 PM) *
Man is that mucilageonous!
Isn't it just biggrin.gif
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LoopyLee
Posted on: 26th June 2010 - 16:36 PM





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They look stunning Stephen!
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LoopyLee
Posted on: 26th June 2010 - 12:08 PM





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QUOTE (Taliesin @ 26th June 2010 - 11:05 AM) *
Good looking plant and nice pitchers biggrin2.gif
Got a Sang aswell thats in the process of making a monster pitcher biggrin2.gif
Btw, with your sang are the pitchers all 50% taller then the tendril is long ?
It seems so with mine.

I don't know about the pitcher size, all previous ones have been smaller. I'll keep an eye on them..
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LoopyLee
Posted on: 25th June 2010 - 21:54 PM





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QUOTE (Heike @ 25th June 2010 - 20:24 PM) *
Hi All,

I've been reading this forum for a while, and decided it was time to introduce myself.

I've always been intrigued by carnivorous plants but until recently I assumed they are too difficult to keep alive, so I never owned any until last autumn when I bought a venus fly trap as an impuls buy at the local supermarket. To my surprise it actually survived the winter in my unheated flat (unlike my orchids) and it seems to be doing well, producing several new traps every week. That encouraged me to buy a few other "beginner" plants: a Nepenthes X Ventrosa, a Sarracenia Purpurea, and a Cephalotus (which isn't a beginner plant per se but which I couldn't resist anyway), and I've definitely caught the bug now (apologies for the bad pun).

Heike


Welcome to CPUK from another member from Oxfordshire hi.gif
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LoopyLee
Posted on: 25th June 2010 - 21:52 PM





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QUOTE (rsivertsen @ 25th June 2010 - 20:40 PM) *
They will easily get more than twice perhaps three times that size! ;)


I can't wait biggrin.gif
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LoopyLee
Posted on: 25th June 2010 - 19:59 PM





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I've had my N. sanguinea for 3 months now, it's been repotted and lives in my bathroom where it gets misted a couple of times a day.. I've been watching this pitcher grow for the last couple of weeks and I've been amazed at the size of it! The previous pitcher measured in at about 8cm before it started to open up, this one has finally started to open at a whopping (for me*) 10cm! shok.gif

I assume this means the plant it pretty happy with it's conditions biggrin.gif







* I know this isn't big compared with some, but it is for me.
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LoopyLee
Posted on: 24th June 2010 - 22:16 PM





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oops.. I forgot to mention mine arrived safely on Monday blush2.gif

The plants were absolutely perfect and the packaging was awesome!!
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LoopyLee
Posted on: 23rd June 2010 - 20:59 PM





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They're lovely happy.gif
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LoopyLee
Posted on: 23rd June 2010 - 20:57 PM





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Hi Howard and welcome happy.gif
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LoopyLee
Posted on: 23rd June 2010 - 20:35 PM





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Cool, you will have to keep us updated with it's progress..
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LoopyLee
Posted on: 20th June 2010 - 22:10 PM





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Lovely Alexis, i especially love your S. flava var. cuprea, North Carolina.. The colours are stunning!
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LoopyLee
Posted on: 20th June 2010 - 20:54 PM





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Maybe it went into 'self-preservation panic mode' after getting so cold over the winter.. I have a purp x alata which has done this after all the growth points were frozen to death by the cold weather..

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LoopyLee
Posted on: 19th June 2010 - 09:28 AM





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QUOTE (mantrid @ 18th June 2010 - 22:57 PM) *
That leaf is dead alright. 'E's passed on! That leaf is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker!
'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If e wasnt stuck between that other leaf e'd be pushing up the daisies!
'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig!
'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!!
THIS IS AN EX-LEAF!!


lol.gif Brilliant lol.gif
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LoopyLee
Posted on: 19th June 2010 - 08:45 AM





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I absolutely love "tom thumb", tiny but perfect!
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LoopyLee
Posted on: 18th June 2010 - 19:42 PM





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shok.gif I'm amazed some of them are still alive after all this time!!!
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LoopyLee
Posted on: 17th June 2010 - 22:45 PM





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Thank you for sharing the photos, I always find it fascinating to see plants in their natural habitat.
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LoopyLee
Posted on: 17th June 2010 - 22:38 PM





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lol, 2 different sets of advice lol..
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