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  2. Vouchers for Christmas

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    Hi All,

    I've listed vouchers on the website if anyone is stuck for CP orientated presents here:

    http://www.hccarnivorousplants.co.uk/shop/Category/19-christmas-2012-gifts.aspx

    Also on a well known auction site were not allowed to mention with £5 off the £25 and £50.

    Also, a reminder about the Sarracenia DVD's. I've been shocked at the lack of interest in Jim Miller's project! Still available:

    http://www.hccarnivorousplants.co.uk/shop/Products/107-carnivorous-plants-of-the-united-states-the-history-ecology-and-uncertain-future.aspx

    Nigel H-C

  3. Sarracenia in Habitat DVD still available

    in Carnivorous Plant Websites

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    Hi All,

    Well, after a somewhat lukewarm uptake on these I thought I'd give them another push as we approach the Christmas season. These amazing DVD's really worth getting hold of, and indeed the few that have sold have been very well received. To see the plants we grow in their rapidly diminishing habitats is fantastic and opens your eyes up to the variation these plants exhibit.

    A brief teaser (which I have to say doesn't really do justice) can be found along with more info here:

    http://www.hccarnivo...ain-future.aspx

    I would recommend this to all, as it's a rare resource to see footage as well as images, and this has been a massive project for Jim in recent times.

    For forum members, I can supply the set for £31.99 including recorded delivery to the UK, and for £37.99 including international signed for delivery.

    Either PM or email me at sales(at)hccarnivorousplants.co.uk if you're interested.

    I only have a limited number of these so be quick!!!

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  9. DEFRA consultation on the use of peat

    in Carnivorous Plant Societies

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    Playing devils advocate, but if the general population really cared (rather than jumping on a somewhat ill-informed band wagon), would they not be lobbying overseas governments of countries who burn millions of tons of peat every year in peat fired power stations? Ireland, Finland, Argentina, Russia... Far, far more than the comaparatively piddly amount used in the UK horticultural industry. That's where it all goes, and of course for the carbon footprint team, this releases more carbon as its burnt?

    Then of course I believe most of the vegetables we consume are grown in peat plugs, but that's not mentioned either-perhaps it's too unpalatable for people to acknowledge?

    Still, it's easier to kick the soft target in the balls, and gives said population something to chew on to keep them out of trouble.

    Nigel HC

  13. Adrian Slack: The man, the work, the history

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    He lives about 4 miles from here with his sister. I grew up reading his books, and apparently he had some greenhouses here in West Pennard where my nursery is based, though I'm not sure where exactly.

    I see his sister most years, and extend the invitaion each time, but she's not driven him over yet. I'd love to meet him, as without the enthusiasm in his books I doubt I'd be where I am today.

    Nigel HC

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  19. The phasing out of peat availability

    in General Carnivorous Plant Discussion

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    Quoting from memory, the garden industry in the UK uses about a million tonnes annually. What's never mentioned, as we are the easy target, are the countries with peat fired power stations which use about a million tonnes annually EACH.

    So perhaps the anti peat, save the planet, Guardian reading, bed wetting liberals in East Finchley should be lobbying countries like Ireland, Argentina, Russia, Finland etc. to stop burning the stuff in the power stations and doing the REAL damage. Or perhaps, that would mean getting off their arses and doing some work rather than kicking us guys in the balls for doing the real conservation bit by preserving these plants before they're gone forever.

    Nigel H-C

  21. Chelsea results

    in General Carnivorous Plant Discussion

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    Hi All,

    Thanks for the positive comments. Busy week as ever here, and should be busier from today as its now public days. Highlights for me so far are drooling over Crug Farms diusplay (they got the presidents award), and meeting after twenty years of knowing him, Allen Lowrie and his wife Pauline-he's got some amusing tales to tell!

    If you're visiting, do come over and say hello.

    Nigel HC

  22. Rather Misleading!

    in General Carnivorous Plant Discussion

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    It's little wonder that CP have a bad reputation when you see this crap. The number of people who tell me at the flower shows that they've got a slug eating plant and have planted in amongst the Hostas is astounding, though of course, bourne through ignorance.

    I tell folks that if they've been told these plants will clear a slug/snail problem to contact their local trading standards officer as they are clearly being conned.

    I know which individual started all of this several years ago, and I even had people tell me that he had personally told them just to plant it in the garden. Spin them some bullshit and they'll buy, with no regard to the fact that they are lying through their teeth.

    I could go on, but I have to re-label my Drosera capensis plants.

    Nigel HC

  23. DEFRA consultation on the use of peat

    in Carnivorous Plant Societies

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    I made my representation as a grower, rather than a nurseryman, and leant on the conservation argument that we are preserving plants which are rapidly heading for extinction.

    I also asked Stewart to do likewise as he has a different perspective again, in that he's seen first hand what is left, and this is particularly timely in view of his next book on Sarracenia.

    Nigel HC

  24. Having trouble with these Sundews

    in Drosera

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    I'd remove the rosette before it is destroyed completely, I tend to take them off straight away (did a couple yesterday).

    I think it's a lack of light in the winter combined with high humidity and lack of air movement. Mine are in my Drosera house with a minimum of 6 celcius and circulation fans running constantly.

    Nigel HC

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