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What's the best way to heat a greenhouse for Highland Nepenthes?
manders replied to Plantsman89's topic in Greenhouses - Cultivation & Equipment
You can look on simply control or two wests and elliot, both of them i think do day/night thermostats. -
Dad carrying tads this morning..
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What's the best way to heat a greenhouse for Highland Nepenthes?
manders replied to Plantsman89's topic in Greenhouses - Cultivation & Equipment
Depends how big the greenhouse is but for largish one you could consider a heat pump (air conditioner). Very efficient and very reliable (with the possibility of controlling from the internet. Before that i used two 10£ heaters with biogreen thermostats, two are far more reliable than one (even 1 expensive one). Forget kerosine, not reliable and expensive. LPG heaters are used by some, not cheap and you need ventilation... Some run the central heating system down to the greenhouse, cheap to run but not really allowed by building regs. -
Saw a couple at a show once, passing a cp stand the guy said oh look i really like those, his wife/gf said ‘cant stand those things’ and he got dragged reluctantly away. Poor sod i thought, time for a new wife, lol.
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Alternative water source
manders replied to adamdavid's topic in General Carnivorous Plant Discussion
It should be the same as distilled water, never tried it but should be ok. -
Cost in my case is mostly lighting. If you assume about 60W of lighting for a 2-3ft terrarium, its basically 60W x 10 hours x 365 days / 1000 Wh/kWh x 0.15£. Or about 32£ per year. thats in the house, no additional heating, good for orchids, ferns, lowland nepenthes etc...
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Greenhouse temperature - how hot is too hot?
manders replied to Bluedog0628's topic in General Carnivorous Plant Discussion
The only common cp ive found struggles in high temperatures is D. aliceae. -
Winter deaths and survivors
manders replied to Chimaera's topic in General Carnivorous Plant Discussion
I lost some UK droseras, anglica, rotundifolia, beleziana and intermedia as they were exposed to the wind. Some of the same species survived that were frozen solid. Also some dionaes, binatas and capensis survived outside. We got to about -5 for a few days. -
Possibly, it could be something out of the peruvianaum/trapeziforme complex or just a different clone of peruvianum, or just old last years leaves...
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Heres my biggest peruvianum plant, im just getting around to adding some crushed limestone especially to the macrophyllum which has never been as good a grower as the peruvianum.
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Are you sure its not Adiantum raddianum? I've never seen peruvianum in a UK garden center.
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Whether they are lowland/intermediate highland, does not imply a genetic relationship, its purely to do with growing conditions.
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Whether they are lowland/intermediate highland, does not imply a genetic relationship, its purely to do with growing conditions.
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If they germinate then they should be ok, regardless of how old they are.
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Well if your sure they are then they could be, some types lack he wings that most have. I’ve had hem germnate after a about 1 year after sowing, thats kept wet and in typical highland conditions.
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